Lectures on video — Shaykh Mohamed Faouzi Al Karkari

Paris · France — 27 February 2025

AI and Peace: what future do we want?

A lecture at the Sorbonne with Cédric Fiducia (prompt manager and AI expert), Hassan al-Bakkali (MIT graduate, CEO of Ceres Advisory) and Shaykh Mohamed Faouzi al-Karkari, founder of the Al-Karkari Institute.

University of Chicago · United States

Spiritual Attire: The Inner Dimensions of Clothing

A conversation with the Shaykh, Dr. Yousef Casewit and Dr. Maria Hamilton Abegunde on clothing in North and West African religious traditions. Dr. Heather Akou later interviewed the Shaykh on the spiritual meaning of patching and knowledge production.

University of Chicago · United States — 23 July 2023

Walking as a Spiritual Practice

In this video project sponsored by the Marty Center, Professor Yousef Casewit interviews the Shaykh on Sufi wandering (siyaha): a practice rooted in the Qur'anic command to “journey in the land”, and shaped by his decade of walking across Morocco.

Paris · France — 29 April 2024

The Love of Allah — LVDV podcast

An interview in Paris for the LVDV podcast, on the love of Allah.

University of Chicago · United States — 26 March 2025

Extraordinary Experiences, Unveiling and the Imaginal

The Martin Marty Center hosted Professor Jeffrey Kripal, a scholar of comparative religion, in conversation with the Shaykh about extraordinary experiences, visionary unveiling, the in-between realm of the Imaginal, and the Light central to Sufi thought.

Yale University · United States — 19 May 2025

Lecture at Yale University

A lecture given at Yale University (part one; the lecture is split into seven videos on YouTube).

Yale University · United States

Q&A at Yale: the place of the self in the pursuit of knowledge

What is the place of the self in the pursuit of knowledge? How can academic study of Islam remain ethically grounded and spiritually alive? A Q&A with students and faculty, delivered in Arabic with live English translation.

UC Berkeley · United States — 4 April 2025

Commentary on Abu Madyan al-Ghawth's poem

The Shaykh's commentary on Abu Madyan al-Ghawth's poem “Whenever I Remember My Lord”, presented at the Al-Karkari Institute workshop at UC Berkeley: a traditional exploration of its spiritual and philosophical meanings.

United States — 10 August 2024

Inauguration of the Al-Karkari Institute in the USA

The inauguration of the Al-Karkari Institute for Sufi Studies in the United States.

Stanford University · United States — 17 January 2025

Stanford workshop on Hallaj's poetry

A workshop on Hallaj's poetry by the Shaykh at Stanford University. The workshop has fifteen parts: the player plays the whole series in sequence.

Paris · France — 2025

A Voice for Peace

“The emphasis of the exoteric jurists is often placed solely on the vertical relationship between the servant and his Lord, neglecting the horizontal relationship, that is, within society.”