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Dear Sufi Trail friend ,

The days are getting shorter, the sun visits us only briefly but when we do see the sun and the rays that touch us all, they bring so much joy into the coming winter. Time to get ready for the winter stillness and enjoy the sun rays that keep beaming like a slow breath of mother earth. Got to love the seasons and a great time to join Marian Brehmer's Sufi Trail adventures online, he will share his story with you on the 1ste of December, make sure to sign up.

love,
Sedat & Iris
Sufi Trail

Items November edition

  • Bansuri to Rumi - crowdfunding
  • Marian Brehmer Sufi reading
  • Jesper and Pleun get ready
  • Hanna Jahanforooz
  • Agenda

Bansuri to Rumi

In the month were winter brings us the lowest sunlight on the Northern Hemisphere we will start our crowdfunding campaign for the musical pilgrimage documentary on 5th of December! If you don't want to miss the date you can sing up here or email us for more details.

Marian Brehmer Sufi reading
Afbeelding
In the golden light of the sunset across the Bosphorus, we rounded up our zoom call. Marian Brehmer arrived home safe in Istanbul after a cycling adventure from Istanbul all the way south to Hatay. On a sunny Sunday, he took us by the virtual hand and guided us all the way through his adventure. We didn’t say much but were utterly impressed by the mystical beauty that came from telling the story of a Sufi Trail journey. We relived the whole trail all through the story and felt a glowing feeling of warm-hearted kindness that the Sufi Trail embodies. He cycled the Sufi Trail and was an early bird on the Mecca Trail which promises to be as eventful as the Sufi Trail. The community feeling that was created on the Sufi Trail will “inshallah” be re-born on the Mecca Trail also. To let you enjoy the adventures of Marian Brehmer he will give a digital lecture about this journey. It will be free to join so make sure not to miss it! 

Tuesday 1 December 19:00h (CET)
(21:00h tuning in from Turkey)
to receive the zoom link, please sign up by email:marianbrehmer@mailbox.org

Marian Brehmer cycling Sufi Trail

Afbeelding
YouTube celebrity Marian Brehmer and all this in corona times you can fast forward to 31.06 to see Marian featuring in this joyful film of the local YouTube influencer Orhun Topkaya!

Young vibrant and ready to go

Our two youngsters have brought already so much joy in the office we had to show there enthusiasm. Jesper Vlaar and Pleun Heerschop get ready for 2021 to cycle with us. Jesper is working as an intern for the cycling routes and is promoting the cycling event for the Sultans Trail next year. Off course they don't stop in Istanbul and check out the Sufi Trail cycling route in Turkey and show us their goodies!


Sufi on Bike (English)

Hanna Jahanforooz

Hanna is a singer, song writer and musician. She was born in Tehran- Iran,and continue to live there four more years after the Islamic revolution, till she was 12 years old. Then her family decided to escape to Israel. Throughout the years, she learned vocal tutoring based on opera, theatre acting, movie acting and became a professional artist. Her art is influenced from Farsi (Persian) music, soul, opera, ethnic and world music. She is singing in Persian language, Hebrew, English and Spanish language. Hanna created her own unique and personal style, a combination of oriental Farsi music from the east and western influences. 



With her broad vocal range, Hanna performs both folk songs and improvisations, and her songs have proved capable of deeply moving audiences. Hanna cooperated with local and European musicians, who create world & ethnic music. Hennas main dream is let her voice to be heard over the seas, and to continue bringing joy and happiness to people from all over the world.

Sufi on Bike

Ready to prepare your cycling journey on the Sufi Trail? We are very happy to offer the cycling guide with all the information you need to cycle from Istanbul to Konya visiting the ever-changing landscape of Anatolian Turkey. Get ready to Cycle to the light


Hike & Bike Events

Sufi Trail organizes hiking and cycling events on the Sufi Trail. They are events to promote slow travel and camp outside under the stars in Anatolia, Turkey.  
If you have questions you can call & app us on: +31 6 440 447 90

Agenda

Turkey 2021:

Sufi Trail hiking caravan
10 May - 19 June

Sufi Trail biking caravan
10 - 26 September

Publications

Published by Sufi Trail:
Sufi Trail hike guide part 1 (English)
Sufi Trail hike guide part 2 (English)
Sufi Trail hike guide (Turkish)
Bella Coma - Natalia Mihai (English)
Leegte - Merel van Essen (Dutch)
Sufi on Bike (English)

 Sufi Trail app in Hiiker

Expected Books:
Hiking the Sufi Trail in Turkey - Susan Elliott (English)

Check out our shop for more 

Your Sufi Story

We love to hear your Sufi Trail story for the next newsletter. You can also send your Sufi (trail) related message or story. Keep it short. 300 words maximum and send it to sufitrail@gmail.com
And yes we love pictures and video's ❤

We hope that you like the work of Sufi Trail. You may also consider making a donation to the Sufi Trail foundation.

CONTACT
Stichting Sufi Trail, Friends of Rumi and Khorasan Saints
Hagestraat 10
2011 CV Haarlem
Holland

Email: sufitrail@gmail.com

Whatsapp & mobile:
Sedat Çakır:  +31 6 508 906 96
Iris Bezuijen: +31 6 440 447 90

Editor: Iris Bezuijen
Contributions: Marian Brehmer, Aslınur Akdeniz Brehmer, Hanna Jahanforooz, Kees van Boxtel

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