Sold Out Book Reading with Sufi Mystic Pir Zia Inayat Khan

in Conversation with Humera Afridi

Offered in collaboration with Shaykha Fariha and the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Community

**This event is Sold Out. Please join us for a Mother's Day book reading in Brooklyn on Sunday instead!**

We invite you to share an evening with us to celebrate the new book, Tears from the Mother of the Sun, written by Pir Zia Inayat Khan, featuring striking artwork by Amruta Patil. In this globe-spanning chronicle, Pir Zia sets forth an astonishing sequence of legends revealing little-known connections between ancient cultures and spiritual lineages, resulting in an unexpected marriage of myth and history.

Following a reading, Humera Afridi will set the stage for a conversation about the book, the relationship between art and spirituality, Divine play, and magic, mysticism, and alchemy on the Sufi path. The evening will conclude with a short meditation, welcoming guidance from the illuminated souls called upon in the book. All are welcome.

Books: Tears from the Mother of the Sun

Guests can bring their book to be signed or reserve a copy to pick up upon arrival. A limited number of copies will be available at the event, as supplies last.

--> To purchase a book online: https://pirzia.org/tears-from-the-mother-of-the-sun/

Additional Events

On Saturday, May 9th, we invite the Inayatiyya and Nur Ashki Jerrahi communities to join us for a special collaboration between Pir Zia Inayat Khan, mystic, scholar, and teacher of the Inayatiyya, and Shaykha Fariha, dervish and spiritual guide of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order. You can find out more and RSVP here.

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Bios

Pir Zia Inayat Khan, PhD, is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice. He is author of Tears from the Mother of the Sun with visual artist Amruta Patil, Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; and Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France.

Humera Afridi has worked as a writer and educator in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Dallas, Texas. She moved to New York City in 2001 to pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at New York University, where she was the recipient of a New York Times Fellowship. Her essays and stories have appeared in Granta, Guernica, and the Journal of Postcolonial Writing, among other publications. A graduate of Suluk Academy (Gulzar), Humera is currently at work on a biography of Pirzadi Noor Inayat Khan.

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