Shems Friedlander

Shems Friedlander (born Ira Friedlander into a Jewish family in New York January 8th, 1940 - Istanbul, 22 November, 2022, buried in Konya in the shadow of Mawlana Jalal udin al-Rumi) Shems Friedlander was an American Muslim visual artist, filmmaker, scholar and author on Tassawuf and Professor Emeritus, American University in Cairo, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. He produced many works on Tassawuf, especially the Mevlevi Tariqah, as well as the Halveti-Jerrahi Tariqa which he was a member of. After graduating from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1963 he embarked on a l…