Between the World & the Divine: Straddling the sacred and worldly, Sufi poetry has long engaged with concerns of the day as well as of eternity and beyond. Dr. Singh outlines an overview of some of the major poets, their historical, political, cultural and religious contexts, highlighting shared concerns, motifs, ideas and ideals as well as their location within Islamic literary, theological and philosophical traditions. With reference to key writings by a range of poets over time and place, she offers informed, culturally grounded, complex ways to consider Sufi writings. 

About Dr Singh - SUNNY SINGH, was born in Varanasi, India, and brought up in various Indian cantonment towns, Islamabad, Pakistan and New York City, USA. She studied at Brandeis University (USA), Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), and University of Barcelona (Spain). She has worked as a journalist and management executive in Mexico, Chile, and South Africa. She is the author of five critically acclaimed books, including three novels. In 2016, she co-founded the Jhalak Prize for the Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour.  Currently, she teaches Creative Writing and English Literature at the London Metropolitan University (UK).

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