Exploring Sudan (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
When there’s no sign of hope in the desert,
So much hope still lives inside despair.
Heart, don’t kill that hope: Even willows bear
Sweet fruit in the garden of the soul…
— Rumi
I took this photo while visiting a Sufi madressa in the desert in Sudan. When I arrived, I was invited to sit in on a spiritual lesson being given to the young boys, and to step inside this shrine of a revered Sufi sheikh…
