The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) published a new book titled “The Secrets of Mastery in Contemporary Moroccan Sufi Poetry: Irfani Illuminations in the Poetry of Ahmed Mufdi”, by Moroccan researcher Dr. Abdelkrim Errhioui. This publication is part of the first releases of the Program of Research Excellence in Arabic Language and Literature, supervised by the ICESCO Center of Arabic to Non-Arabic Speakers.

The book explores the experience of Moroccan poet Ahmed Mufdi, as one of the most prominent voices in contemporary Moroccan Sufi poetry, focusing on what distinguishes his texts in terms of symbolic density, semantic richness, and the ability to combine heritage with contemporaneity, as well as artistic beauty with gnostic knowledge. The author also approaches this poetry from a critical perspective that seeks to highlight its expressive specificity and the broad possibilities it offers for interpretation and for exploring the spiritual and aesthetic dimensions of poetic discourse.

This publication brings to light the notion of “mastery” in this poetic genre, not as mere linguistic skill, but as the fruit of a profound existential and epistemological experience, one in which language becomes an instrument of unveiling, poetry a space for generating meaning, and the Sufi symbolic expression a vehicle for passage from the outward expression of words to the inward depths of signification.

This work aims to contribute to enriching literary and linguistic studies and to open new horizons for thinking about contemporary Moroccan Sufi poetry as a living discourse capable of renewal and creativity.

Access the publication via the following link:
https://icesco.org/vgsj