Nurzhan Zhedelbaev is a student and author based in Kazkhstan. He is the director of the Sufi Meditation Center and author of The Healing Power of Sufi Meditation (2005, ISBN 1930409265)Teachings of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order on Sufi Meditation known as Muraqaba. For more than a decade, As-Sayed Mirahmadi has worked to spread understanding of Sufi teachings throughout North America and the world. An expert on Islamic spirituality, he has studied with some of the world’s leading Islamic scholars and has helped found numerous educational and charitable organizations. MirAhmadi attended the University of Southern California, and then became the owner and director of a Southern California healthcare company. He retired from the private sector in the mid-1990s to pursue religious studies. He used his business skills to found an international relief organization, a spiritual healing center, and a religious social group for at risk youth. In 1995, he began studying Sufism under As-Sayed Shaykh Hisham Kabbani. MirAhmadi and Kabbani have since established additional Islamic educational organizations and relief programs throughout the world. MirAhmadi was also a founding trustee for the Islamic Supreme Council of America, a moderate Islamic religious organization.
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