Ginan and Qasida Recitations

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Opening times this week:

Monday: 10 am - 9 pm; Light Up the Dark • 6–9 pm
Tuesday: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Wednesday: 10 am - 4 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Friday: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday: 10 am - 5:30 pm

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.