Egypt's Tanoura Puts Kaleidoscopic Spin on Dervish Tradition
In a 500-year-old stone theater in the Egyptian capital, two young dervishes spin ceaselessly. Slowly, then all at once, they are consumed in a flurry of vivid fabrics. Born into a lineage of whirling dervishes, Mohamed Adel, 20, takes great pride in the uniquely Egyptian interpretation of the centuries-old ritual…
Asharq Al-Awsat ·
Asharq Al-Awsat
