Ginan and Qasida Recitations

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This session includes a diverse selection of devotional poetry commonly recited among Ismaili Muslim communities as forms of devotional expressions. Recitations include poems, Tajik Pamiri madoh, South Asian ginans, Persian and Arabic qasidas and nasheed.