The Last Week…
The last week has been immensely action packed and adventure filled. Given that, not much has been posted here, but look forward to a few posts in the near future. I’ve plenty of things to put up, just haven’t had the time. So, a quick update:
Last weekend was the International Council of Traditional Music: Ireland conference. I presented a paper entitled Musical Tawhid: Divine Oneness and Collectivity in Sufi Dhikr Practice. In a nutshell, this paper explained how by experiencing Divine Oneness in the musico-ritual practice of the dhikr, the Sufi in the community I researched, they begin to see each other as One. I’ll post a recording from the paper soon (so I don’t want to lay it all out here and ruin the surprise). The quality isn’t the best, but I work with what I have. 
The paper was incredibly well received. Beyond that, the conference was absolutely brilliant so it was. The papers were great, and meeting all the fellow researchers from all over Ireland, as well as those from as far away as Japan. It was a blur and I was exhausted by the end of it.
Which brought me to this week. Got a decent bit of writing done, up until my birthday. Celebrations tend to slow down the work a wee bit. So, that said, its been an incredible week. And expect more soon.