Sufi
Filmmaker Designer Actor
Former SuperModel
ATIYA KHAN
ATIYA KHAN
About
Atiya Khan is a well-known media personality in Pakistan. She has achieved a high level of acclaim and success, undertaking leadership and pioneering roles in the fields of directing, producing, presenting, modelling and acting for the advertising and television industry in Pakistan.
This background merged with active participation and patronage of Sufism after she met her teacher Shaykh Nazim in 2001 which led her to produce content promoting Sufism and moderate Islam through a wide variety of channels.
​She launched her spiritual clothing brand Arizai in 2022.
ARIZAI
Spiritual Fashion
Combining her love of fashion with her passion for spirituality Atiya has created a clothing brand which is the perfect blend of fashion and spirituality.
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All the garments are embellished with a sacred symbol from various faith traditions intricately hand embroidered making each one an amulet of power and protection.
The designs are soulful and ethereal.
Using only the finest artisan loomed natural fabrics in cotton, linen and silk, the clothes are breathable and very comfortable to wear. Featuring cuts and designs that are simple and timeless.
SHAYKH NAZIM
Head of the Naqsbandi Sufi System
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Atiya met Shaykh Nazim Haqqani head of the
Naqsbandi Sufi Silsila in 2001.
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Shaykh Nazim has been at the forefront of the battle against wahhabism or the extremist interpretation of Islam endorsed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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He encouraged her to use media to challenge the religious narrative which resulted in a series of religious talks shows produced and presented by Atiya for national television.
He also directed her to Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and has been a great support in her journey to unravel the Qalandar Code.
QALANDAR CODE
Rise of the Divine Feminine
A documentary film about Atiya’s 20 year association with the Malang’s of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar a very popular but radical sufi saint.
The Malang’s or followers see the Qalandar as a reoccurring Christ Consciousness in the form of Adam Shiva Jesus Ali and Lal.
They have preserved a secret tradition about the daughter of the Prophet of Islam Fatima.
They believe she escaped to a cave known as Lahoot la Maqan or the place beyond space and time in the remote barren rugged mountains of Balouchistan.
The story had striking parallels to the escape of Mary Magdalene to the caves in the South of France.
The Code led her to the concept of the Divine Feminine in Islam which is mirrored in all spiritual traditions within different religions.
Leading her to question whether the awaited messiah is in fact a woman returning together with her divine counterpart to restore the yin yang balance torn apart by patriarchy.
Watch Qalandar Code
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