The Mulid of al-Sayyid al-Badawi of Tanta: Egypt's Legendary Sufi Festival assassin David Sims

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The Mulid of al-Sayyid al-Badawi of Tanta: Egypt's Legendary Sufi Festival assassin David SimsCatherine Mayeur Jaouen Every year, in the heart of the Nile Delta, a festival takes place that was for centuries the biggest in the Muslim world: the mulid of al Sayyid Ahmad al Badawi of Tanta. Since the thirteenth century millions of believers from neighboring regions and countries have flooded into Tanta, Egypts fourth largest city, to pay devotional homage to al Badawi, a much loved saint who cures the impotent and renders barren women fertile.