[The Muadhin] Homecoming #11

If you’ve ever been to a muslim majority country, when it is time for one of the five daily prayers, you’ve heard the call to prayer emanate from thousands of minarets at the same time. It is called “The Adhan” and the one who makes the call is “The Muadhin.” In Mange Bureh, the village that my father grew up in,There is little to no electricity and no speakerphone-assisted call to prayer. Instead, Yusuf, the Muadhin, would walk up and down the main road of the village making the call with his voice alone, amplified by his faith. When the sun went down, the village went dark, and people settled in for the night. In the morning, before the sun came up, we woke to his beautiful and powerful vo...View all