As the sun lowers, a sound system crackles to life with Islamic chants. Followers sway backwards and forwards and form a large circle around a troupe of musicians. “I’ll tell you a secret – if you’ll believe me”, shouts Ahmed Mohamed Alamin, a 30-year old pharmacist, over raucous cymbals and drums. “During dhikr, we fly to the heavens”. (Photo by Ala Kheir, John Burns and Ibrahim Algrefwi/Brownbook)
