The Body in Remembrance: Dhikr in Moroccan Sufism
THE BODY IN REMEMBRANCE DHIKR IN MOROCCAN SUFISM Lindsay Rosenfeld A Senior Honors Thesis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Submitted in partial fulfillment for Honors in Global Studies April 2013 Approved by: ___________________________ Dr. Della Pollock (Advisor) ____________________________ Dr. William Lachicotte (Reader) Acknowledgements, 3 A Note on Translation, 5 CONTENTS Preface, 6 INTRODUCTION: Struggling with Amina, 7 CHAPTER ONE: Body Beginnings, 18 1. Methodology, 23 CHAPTER TWO: Setting the Stage – What is Dhikr?, 27 CHAPTER THREE: Ascetic Body in Practice, 36 2. Struggling with the Body, 44 3. Moving through Dhikr: From Struggling with to Being in the Body, 52 CHAPTER FOUR: Embodied History and Culture, 59 4. Remembrance Extended, 59 5. Rachida: The Child of the Zāwiya, 61 6. Seen Unseen: Looking Good, Looking Right, 72 CONCLUSION: Moving with Dhikr, 83 References, 92 Appendix A: Glossary, 98 Appendix B: Transcripts, 102 7. Dr. Saqi, 103 8. Mustapha, 119 9. Farah, 126 10. Mohamed, 132 11. Rachida, 136 12. Youssef, 144 Appendix C: Institutional Review Board Documents, 149 13. Consent Forms, 150 14. Interview Sample Questions, 153 2 acknowledgements In “Interbeing,” Thich Nhat Hanh writes: “If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow: and without trees, we cannot make paper.” In much the same way, this work could not exist without the ideas and encouragement of many others: my friends in the field, advisers and readers, interpreters, fellow thesis writers and classmates, professors, family, friends, and teachers of new and old who have opened the paths before us.
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