ISITA | Sufi Gnosis in West Africa: The Islamic Mysticism of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse - Zachary Wright

Name: ISITA | Sufi Gnosis in West Africa: The Islamic Mysticism of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse - Zachary Wright
Start: 2026-04-23T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-23T19:30:00-05:00
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Thursday, April 23, 2026 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CT

Community Room, Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., Evanston, IL 60201

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Join the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) for a talk in our Spiritual Luminaries of Islamic Africa series.

Zachary Wright, ISITA Director and Professor in Residence and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Northwestern University in Qatar, will discuss his research into Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (d. 1975), one of the foremost leaders of the Tijānīyya Sufi order and among the most prominent Muslim scholars of twentieth-century Africa.

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Rebecca Shereikis (847) 491-2598

r-shereikis@northwestern.edu

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