The Social Function of the Ahmediyya-Idrisiyya-Order in Draw city, Southern Egypt "A Field Study in Social Anthropology"
Khalil Ahmed Mohamed, H., Hussein El-Damanhory, S. (2024). The Social Function of the Ahmediyya-Idrisiyya-Order in Draw city, Southern Egypt "A Field Study in Social Anthropology". EKB Journal Management System, 7(2), 1-21. doi: 10.21608/ijmsac.2025.322073.1038
Hanaa Khalil Ahmed Mohamed; Sohair Hussein El-Damanhory. "The Social Function of the Ahmediyya-Idrisiyya-Order in Draw city, Southern Egypt "A Field Study in Social Anthropology"". EKB Journal Management System, 7, 2, 2024, 1-21. doi: 10.21608/ijmsac.2025.322073.1038
Khalil Ahmed Mohamed, H., Hussein El-Damanhory, S. (2024). 'The Social Function of the Ahmediyya-Idrisiyya-Order in Draw city, Southern Egypt "A Field Study in Social Anthropology"', EKB Journal Management System, 7(2), pp. 1-21. doi: 10.21608/ijmsac.2025.322073.1038
Khalil Ahmed Mohamed, H., Hussein El-Damanhory, S. The Social Function of the Ahmediyya-Idrisiyya-Order in Draw city, Southern Egypt "A Field Study in Social Anthropology". EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 7(2): 1-21. doi: 10.21608/ijmsac.2025.322073.1038

The Social Function of the Ahmediyya-Idrisiyya-Order in Draw city, Southern Egypt "A Field Study in Social Anthropology"

International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Cultural Heritage
Volume 7, Issue 2, December 2024, Page 1-21  XML PDF (770.08 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ijmsac.2025.322073.1038
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Authors
Hanaa Khalil Ahmed Mohamed email 1; Sohair Hussein El-Damanhory2
1PhD Researcher
2Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Faculty of Art, Helwan University
Abstract
The study aimed to achieve its main objective, which is identifying the social function of the Sufi Ahmediyya-Idrisiyya-Order in the Egyptian society, exactly in Draw city, Southern Egypt, and to understand its religious, economic and social functions within the society, relying on several theoretical approaches and methodologies of collecting field data. It relied on the functional structural theory as well as role theory, and the anthropological approach with its various tools such as interview, observation, coexistence within the community, which greatly contributed to identify the main features of the research topic and case study approach.The study aimed to achieve its main objective, which is identifying the social function of the Sufi Ahmediyya-Idrisiyya-Order in the Egyptian society, exactly in Draw city, Southern Egypt, and to understand its religious, economic and social functions within the society, relying on several theoretical approaches and methodologies of collecting field data. It relied on the functional structural theory as well as role theory, and the anthropological approach with its various tools such as interview, observation, coexistence within the community, which greatly contributed to identify the main features of the research topic and case study approach.
Keywords
Sufi orders; Sufism; social function
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