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Meanings of Mindfulness and Spiritual Awakening: Affliction and Holistic Healing in Contemporary Cairo American University in Cairo AUC Knowledge Fountain Theses and Dissertations Student Research Spring 5-25-2021 Meanings of Mindfulness and Spiritual Awakening: Affliction and Holistic Healing in Contemporary Cairo Sohayla El Fakahany [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds Part of the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, Sociology of Culture Commons, and the Sociology of Religion Commons Recommended Citation APA Citation El Fakahany, S. (2021).Meanings of Mindfulness and Spiritual Awakening: Affliction and Holistic Healing in Contemporary Cairo [Master's Thesis, the American University in Cairo]. AUC Knowledge Fountain. https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1627 MLA Citation El Fakahany, Sohayla. Meanings of Mindfulness and Spiritual Awakening: Affliction and Holistic Healing in Contemporary Cairo. 2021. American University in Cairo, Master's Thesis. AUC Knowledge Fountain. https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1627 This Master's Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Research at AUC Knowledge Fountain. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of AUC Knowledge Fountain. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The American University in Cairo School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HUSS) Meanings of Mindfulness and Spiritual Awakening: Affliction and Holistic Healing in Contemporary Cairo A Thesis Submitted to The Department of Sociology, Egyptology, Anthropology In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Sociology-Anthropology By Sohayla Khaled El Fakahany Under the supervision of Dr. Ramy Aly May 2021 2 To Gedo (my guardian angel), Mamita, Vano, Lala, and the joy they bring. To Mostafa Nabil, who I will always remember as sunshine. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5 1. INTRODUCTION 11 Situating Spirituality: Background 13 The Egyptian Soul 16 Conceptualizing Spirituality: Debates that are Unbound to Time and Space 18 Are 1992’s Magico-Spiritual Rites 2019’s Alternative Healing Modalities? 19 Seeker-Researcher: A Multi-sited Reflexive-Interpretive Method 22 More on Method: Participant observation, Conversations, Discourse Analysis 26 Notes on Positionality: 28 - Cosmopolitan Studying Cosmopolitans 28 - Spiritual Attunement: Shifting Gears: From Skeptic to Practitioner 30 What it takes to Study/Become Spiritual: Other Limitations of this Research 32 2. GET THAT ZEN AESTHETIC: CREATION AND CURATION OF AFFECTIVE NUMINOUS PLACES 37 Numinosity and The City 40 Next Door Ashrams: Wellness and Holistic Healing Places 43 1) Let's Talk Business 43 2) A Symbolically Heavy Family Business 49 3) Healing, if God Wills 53 4) The Crystalized Rooftop 55 From-Home Practitioners 59 1) Home-made Tarot 60 2) Channeling Healing 63 Mindfulness Made Easy: Healing in Busy Modern Times 68 Is the Zen Aesthetic Enough? 73 3) SPIRITUALITY AS SERVICE: MEANINGFUL ACTUALIZATION, AGENCY AND AWAKENING 74 Egyptian Holistic Wellness 75 The New Age yet Static 77 Healing as Delicatessen? 80 A Continuation of the Critique of the Spiritual Supermarket 84 - Meanings that Matter 84 - Credentialism and Careerism: Livelihoods and Hard Work 87 4 Nailing Healing: Accessibility and Efficacy 95 Symbolic Gestures and Talismans: Performance 98 A Final Foucauldian Note 101 Learning to Sit and Breathe: A Fieldnote 104 4) BODY, NEGATED; SOUL, SANCTIONED 107 The Body: Objects of Knowledge, Objects of Power, Objects of the State 109 Magic as Dirt 111 What the Law has to Say 114 Interlude: Estefham and Questioning One’s Position 117 Spiritualists or Charlatans? 119 Hiding in Plain Sight: A Brief Discourse Analysis the Hegemonic Media 122 Practitioners, Permitted or Prohibited 127 Conclusion: The Mystical Modern: Hybridity and Discourse 131 5) THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: ON CULTURAL-SPIRITUAL APPROPRIATION 136 A Call for Cultural Additivity: What Eastern Wisdom and Traditions Add 140 Interlude: Unfinished Personal Work; Healing is Non-linear: A Personal Reflection 144 Accommodation, Adaptation, or Appropriation 145 Spirituality, but make it Fashion: Stylistic Choices 149 Conclusion: Learning from Ancient Wisdom 150 6) CONCLUSION: BEHIND THE SCENES OF AWAKENINGS 152 BIBLIOGRAPHY 161 5 Acknowledgments This piece of work was created at a very turbulent time in my life. It was also a hard time in the lives of those around me. 2020 was a year where people around the world had to set their priorities straight. It was a year full of losses but also gains. It forced almost everyone around the world to think about what matters and what does not. Here is to the ones who matter to me. “There aren’t enough words in all languages that can suffice the amount of love I share with my mother, sister, and niece.” Here is to my family: - Mamita! Thank you for being understanding and for giving me the space to grow and be independent. The kind of work I do can be very controversial for people in general, but mothers specifically. However, you believed in me and what I do from the start and till this moment. Thank you for being the first person to notice how anthropology made me grow and better understand the world. More importantly, thank you for supporting me and listening to me every step of the way. You have been there and given me attention to things you might find not only uninteresting but also problematic. You are the greatest listener I know because even though anthropology and theory, for example, might not be your favorite topics, you managed to always be keen on knowing what I have to say. - Vano, My big sis and first best friend. Thank you for introducing me to the realm of spirituality and for sharing your own journey with me. Our conversations and shared interests helped shape this piece of work. You are the spark that initiated my interest in spiritual and alternative healing, and you continue to inspire me every day. I wouldn’t have been here spiritually or academically without your support. Lastly, thank you for bringing Lala to this world. She has shown me a kind of love and motivation I never knew existed. - I do not think I would have reached half of what I am now without my grandfather's teachings and inspiration. Growing up, Gedo always called me el mo3eeda, the teacher/assistant lecturer, because of my informative tone. Today, I remember his words in every class I TA. I am forever grateful for the role model you are, and I will always look up to you. 6 “There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family.” Here is to my chosen family: - Alya, Thank you for always being the first person to clap for me for the past fifteen years. Thank you for teaching and reminding me that everything comes and goes at the right time. Thank you for constantly proving to me that with practice, one can do anything. Thank you for every time you told me “you can do it”. You always did that in a weird voice, but it always helped. Thank you for knowing me more than I know myself. Thank you for making me keep in mind that breaks and breathing are essential. Thank you for sharing some of my fieldwork encounters with me and making sure you know all about them when you don’t. In the past years, you were by my side in every single experience. I know that I will always have you to count on in every aspect of my life. Sharing tears of joy and despair with you makes my whole life journey an enjoyable one. You are, and will remain, my ride or die. - Mostafa, I do not know what to write to you. I know your beautiful soul is looking down and smiling, which only proves how amazing of a friend you were. Losing you is one of the hardest things I have ever had to go through. You taught and continue to teach me that a little kindness and a smile goes a long way and that achieving one’s dreams is attainable. You also taught me that believing in and staying true to yourself is the most beautiful thing one could aspire to achieve. I will forever be grateful for you and the little time we got to be best friends. This time, although brief, was filled with joy and positivity. For that, I will always miss you and remember you as my ray of sunshine. - Salma, Thank you for every time you listened to me whine and complaint about the amount of work I have. Thank you for helping me academically and as an amazing friend. Thank you for helping me get over my creative and writer’s blocks, always. Thank you for always supporting me and being there in the worst of times before the best. Thank you for helping me create Estefham. You entered my life, and before I knew it, I had a friend that I know I will keep forever. - Rahma, Thank you for always being the voice of reason and my grounding when my thoughts are racing. We have been friends since we were kids and we both watched each other grow, which makes our friendship extremely valuable. Thank you for being my shoulder to cry on throughout the past fifteen years! No matter what happens, know that I'll always be there for you just like I know you’re there for me. For that, I am thankful. - Menna, Thank you for being the best friend anyone could ask for. Thank you for being my secret keeper and the person I trust the most. Thank you for believing in me and therefore helping me believe in myself and in this project. 7 - Mayar, Even though we’ve known each other for a short time, you have become a very important person in my life.
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