Egypt celebrates Prophet's birthday with Sufi music stars

Egypt held the first Mawlid festival with Sufi chanting performances to highlight the main core of Sufism, which is combining all religions and urges people to accept each other, whatever their religion is.
Muslims attend a ritual ceremony to commemorate the Mawlid of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, outside Al-Hussein Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 16, 2018.
Muslims attend a ritual ceremony to commemorate the Mawlid of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, outside Al-Hussein Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 16, 2018. - Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images
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The Egyptian capital witnessed Oct. 16 the first festival observing Mawlid al-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, on the GrEEK Campus in Tahrir Square.

The Tagali (Transfiguration) festival was a one-day event featuring a synthesis of the most prominent Sufi music stars in Egypt and included seven performances.

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