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Description:: Prayer concludes. Men begin to leave. The singer is heard in the background.
Date:: 30-Sep-16
Resource Type:: moving image
Collection:: Middle East & North Africa Collections
Kirkuk’s Great Sufi Mosque

Description:: Men and boys listen to the sheikh.
Date:: 30-Sep-16
Resource Type:: moving image
Collection:: Middle East & North Africa Collections
Kirkuk’s Great Sufi Mosque

Description:: A man with his white beard listens with others to the sheikh. In deference to Kirkuk’s diversity, the language of the sermon is in Arabic. In other Kurdish-held cities such as Sulaimani or Erbil, the sermons would likely be in Kurdish. The mullah ends the sermon by affirming that there is no god to be worshipped except God and that Muhammed is the final prophet.
Date:: 30-Sep-16
Resource Type:: moving image
Collection:: Middle East & North Africa Collections
Kirkuk’s Great Sufi Mosque

Description:: The tapl, braced only against some cushions, not secured in the wooden frame the men have, needs periodic readjustment by the player. She braces it, at times, with one stick, while striking it with the other.
Date:: 30-Sep-16
Resource Type:: moving image
Collection:: Middle East & North Africa Collections
Kirkuk’s Great Sufi Mosque

Description:: Men, as prayer draws to a close.
Date:: 30-Sep-16
Resource Type:: moving image
Collection:: Middle East & North Africa Collections
Kirkuk’s Great Sufi Mosque

Description:: Men at prayer. One man counts his prayers on his fingers, “Astaghfirula, Subhanalla, la illa ila Allah Akhbar,” while another bows in prayer.
Date:: 30-Sep-16
Resource Type:: moving image
Collection:: Middle East & North Africa Collections
Kirkuk’s Great Sufi Mosque

Description:: While some men whirl and others play the daff or tapl and others lead the singing, many men line the walls, swaying in a more restricted motion.
Date:: 30-Sep-16
Resource Type:: moving image
Collection:: Middle East & North Africa Collections
Kirkuk’s Great Sufi Mosque

Description:: In addition to swaying, bending, and head-banging, worshippers often whirl, as in Turkish and other traditional depictions of Sufis lost in prayer. Here, we see many different kinds of worship in one frame. Each man speaks only one word, “Live.”
Date:: 30-Sep-16
Resource Type:: moving image
Collection:: Middle East & North Africa Collections
Kirkuk’s Great Sufi Mosque

Description:: The angle of this clip shows the walls of the women’s room of worship. Marble tiling up to knee-height, the walls are largely painted white and the windows are draped in red and gold velvet.
Date:: 30-Sep-16
Resource Type:: moving image
Collection:: Middle East & North Africa Collections
Kirkuk’s Great Sufi Mosque

Description:: As the gathering moves into its final phases, the men exchange greetings, kisses, moving away from the walls toward the alcove with the daff and tapl players.
Date:: 30-Sep-16
Resource Type:: moving image
Collection:: Middle East & North Africa Collections
Kirkuk’s Great Sufi Mosque

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