Moulid El-Nabi, commemorated on 12 Rabi Al-Awwal (the third month of the Islamic calendar), falls this year on 15 September of the Gregorian calendar.

The festivities will occur at various locations before, during, and after Moulid El-Nabi Day.

Sufis, who often wear green turbans and use musical instruments, recite the Quran and praise Allah and Prophet Muhammad.

With millions of Sufis in Egypt, the traditional practices of their rituals are discrete, with chants and rituals confined to hadras (which means "presence" in Arabic), mosques, and religious ceremonies.

Sufi chanters and their ensembles will perform the hadra rituals and zikr music to reflect an authentic spiritual experience.

Al-Hour ensemble
Thursday, 12 September, 7pm
Mawlana Art Space, 26th of July St., Downtown, Cairo

Mostafa El-Shafie sufi chanter
Thursday, 12 September, 7:30pm
Al-Ghuri Dome, Al-Darb Al-Ahmar, Cairo 

Rahat Al-Arwah ensemble
​Friday, 13 September, 8pm
Al-Ghuri Dome, Al-Darb Al-Ahmar, Cairo 

Nazra ensemble
Friday, 13 September, 8pm
El-Raba Cultural Centre, Al-Moez St., El-Gamaliya, Cairo

Religious Song ensemble
Sunday, 15 September, 8:30pm
Arabic Music Institute, 22 Ramsis St., Downtown, Cairo 

Welad Sydna ensemble
Sunday, 15 September, 9pm
The Wisdom Hall, Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July St., Zamalek, Cairo

Abu Al-Gheit ensemble
Special guest: chanter Nasser Sharaf
Thursday, 19 September, 8pm
Bayt Al-Suhaymi, Al-Moezz St., Old Cairo

Religious Song ensemble
Thursday, 19 September, 8:30pm
Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria Opera House, Alexandria

Religious Song ensemble
Saturday, 21 September, 8:30pm
Damanhour Theatre, Damanhour

Al-Hadra Al-Masreya ensemble
Thursday, 26 September, 8pm
Heliopolis Public Library, Heliopolis, Cairo