This study explores the creation of saintly spheres in medieval Syrian landscapes surrounding Sufi masters and friends of God.

Daphna Ephrat =============

Daphna Ephrat is professor of Islamic and Near Eastern history in the Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies at the Open University of Israel. She is the author of A Learned Society in a Period of Transition (2000) and Spiritual Wayfarers, Leaders in Piety (2008), and co-author of several volumes.