Maqbool Sabri obituary

Founder member of the Sabri Brothers, masters of qawwaliThe Pakistani musician Maqbool Sabri, who has died from a heart attack aged 65, was a founding member of the Sabri Brothers, who took to the west the devotional music known as qawwali. Rooted in the mystical Islamic expression of Sufism, qawwali is traditionally sung at the shrines of saints. Its roots lie in Persia, and today the music is particularly popular in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. Its initial purpose, according to Maqbool...

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