Hidayat Inayat Khan and Jordan Zinovich Reading, New York City, April 24, 2005

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Hidayat Inayat Khan and Jordan Zinovich Reading
New York City, April 24, 2005

From 4-6 pm on Sunday, April 24th, at the FusionArts Museum, 57 Stanton Street, Hidayat Inayat Khan will launch his latest title, *Reflections on Inner Sufi Teachings* in conjunction with the launch of *The Company I Keep* a new poetry collection by Jordan Zinovich, a Canadian writer resident in New York. The event is free and refreshments will be provided.

Hidayat Inayat Khan is the leader of the International Sufi Movement, a global philosophical organization based in the Netherlands. His father was one of India's greatest musicians, and his grandfather was known as the "Beethoven of India." His sister was the well known W.W.II heroine, Noorunisa Inayat Khan (code name Madeleine), who received both the Croix de Guerre and the George Cross and is the subject of the recent biographical novel *The Tiger Claw.* Hidayat is a composer whose symphonies, string quartets and choral works have been performed by important European orchestras and are available on disk. His music blends modern western composition (he studied in Paris under the renowned Nadia Boulanger) with ancient Indian ragas for a true 'Fusion' of the traditional and the avant-garde.

*Reflections on Inner Sufi Teachings* is the latest in a series of books he has written interpreting Sufi teachings for contemporary readers — all of which are published by Ekstasis Editions of Victoria, BC under the Mystic Ocean Imprint (see www.ekstasiseditions.com or www.canadabooks.ca).

Jordan Zinovich is a senior editor with the Autonomedia Collective. He has authored seven books, was an early associate of The Unbearables, helped birth the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, is an active member of the Amsterdam Balloon Company, and is one of the organizers of the annual Fiery Tongues Poetry Festival — which takes place every Whitsun weekend in Amsterdam, Holland. *The Company I Keep* is his first publication with Ekstasis Editions.

The FusionArts Museum launch is sponsored by FusionArts Museum and Ekstasis Editions. It is one of a series of April events celebrating poetry and the International Sufi Movement, including two notable ones: at 7 pm Tuesday, April 19, the Canadian Consulate and Poet's House will host a reception celebrating Canadian poetry. (Contact Poet's House (212) 431-7920 for further information.) And on Friday, April 22, at 7:30 pm Hidayat Khan's string quartet "La Monotonia," which is dedicated to his martyred sister, will be performed as part of an evening of Sufi mystical music and arts at St. Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue.

(Further information is available from: aishah1@iwon.com )

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