Sanctity, Orality and Questions about Cultural and Religious Identity in North Morocco: The Case of Lallā ʿĀʾisha al-Khaḍrāʾ, Saint of Alcazarquivir

This study presents some results from my fieldwork dealing with the female saints of the north Moroccan city of Alcazarquivir, which has been carried out between 2012 and 2014 in that village. The connections between orality and writing are more frequent as the educational level of the interviewee i...

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Main Author: El Hour, Rachid 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Journal of Sufi studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-98
Further subjects:B orality and writing
B female Muslim sanctity
B Alcazarquivir (Morocco)
B Sufism
B Lallā ʿĀʾisha al-Khaḍrāʾ
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