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Nūr ʻalá nūr = Light upon light
نور على نور = Light upon light
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Egypt.
- Social sciences.
- Philosophy and religion.
- Sociology.
- Religion.
- Muslims.
- Islam.
- Religion--Study and teaching.
- Documentary films.
- Social Sciences.
- social sciences.
- sociology.
- religion (discipline).
- islam.
- Medical Subjects:
- Social Sciences.
- Sociology.
- Islam.
- Genre:
- documentary film.
- Documentary films.
- Feature films
- Nonfiction films
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (77 min., 48 sec.)) sound, color
- Other Title:
- Light upon light
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo Aarhus 2022
- Language Note:
- In Arabic and English with English subtitles
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- "One day, an Egyptian friend gave Danish anthropologist Christian Suhr a piece of advice: Stop focusing on all the darkness in the world, and look at the light instead. Tired of studying the tensions between Muslim and Western world views in Europe, Suhr began to study religious experiences of light in post-revolutionary Egypt. LIGHT UPON LIGHT explores how practitioners of Sufi Islam search for light at a time of deep darkness and political turmoil. Throughout his journey in Cairo and back home in Denmark, Suhr engages in conversations with friends and acquaintances while also observing and participating in rituals that open the hearts of practitioners to the light of God. While speaking to universal human concerns, the film offers a nuanced portrayal of religious practices as the filmmaker seeks to understand the experiences of those he meets as well as his own experience of divine light."-- From Documentary Educational Resources
- Credits:
- Director, Christian Suhr ; producer, Hala Lotfy
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2022
- OCLC:
- 1484377198
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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