Professor Adam Sabra (University of California, Santa Barbara), a renowned scholar of Middle Eastern history of philanthropy and Sufism, and Middle Eastern social history in general, gave a lecture at Waseda University (Friday, Feb. 24)(face-to-face).
Date
Friday, February 24, 15:00-17:30
Venue
Waseda University, Toyama Campus, Building 33, 16th floor, Conference Room 10
Speaker
Prof. Adam Sabra (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Title
A City Illuminated: A Noble Lineage in Ottoman Cairo
Details
Images of light and illumination are common to Sufi theology, nighttime religious devotions, and the social life of the religious nobility in Cairo in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. As the most prominent lineage of scholars and Sufis in Ottoman Cairo, the Bakri Lords combined a luxurious lifestyle with a commitment to spiritual leadership to create a distinct form of sociability that illuminated Cairo and beyond.
