Râbi'to Al Adawiya, born in Iraq around 713, thus less than a century after the Prophet's death, spent her life to Basra, where she lived withdrawn from the world and where she died in 801 to more than 80 years old. A leading figure in Muslim mysticism, she is considered among the most important voices of Sufi poetry.An accomplished courtesan, prostitute, dancer and ney player, freed from slavery she abandoned everything to consecrate herself to the love of God. Her short poems extolling the love of God disrupted the principles and customs of her era's religiosity long before those of another important mystic - Hallâj - born 50 years after her death.Inspired by the melodic material proper to the repertoire of the unforgettable Egyptian singer Oum Kalsoum, Kudsi Ergunercreatesa musical score for ney, percussion, oud and kanoun, while the poetic texts of Râbi'to Al Adawiya are entrusted to the exceptional voice of the young Syrian singer Waed Bouhassoun.Kudsi Erguner is considered the best ney flute player and is known to have collaborated with Peter Gabriel, Martin Scorsese, Maurice Bejart, among others, but crucial was his musical work with Peter Brook in the Mahabharata