Irving Karchmar is the son of Holocaust survivors who became a darvish of the Nimatullahi

Nimatullahi

The Ni'matullāhī or Ne'matollāhī is a Sufi order originating in Iran. According to Moojan Momen, the number of Ni'matullāhī in Iran in 1980 was estimated to be between 50,000 and 350,000. Following the emigration of Dr...

 Sufi Order in 1992. He has been a writer, editor, publisher and poet for many years. He has an M.A. in Philosophy from DePaul University

DePaul University

DePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul...

 in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, and has worked on such varied magazines as Hustler

Hustler

Hustler is a monthly pornographic magazine aimed at men and published in the United States. It was first published in 1974 by Larry Flynt. It was a step forward from the Hustler Newsletter which was cheap advertising for his strip club businesses at the time. The magazine grew from a shaky start to...

and the American Bar Association

American Bar Association

The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...

 (ABA) Human Rights magazine. Between 1977 and 1985, he published Fantastic Films

Fantastic Films

Fantastic Films was a US film magazine specializing in the genres of science fiction and fantasy.-Publication:Fantastic Films began regular publication in 1978 under the banner of Blake Publishing Corp. Issue no...

magazine. In 1986, Mr. Karchmar was on the staff that won the Trade Magazine Press Editors Award for work on the ABA’s Barrister magazine. In the same year, he published his first book, It Was Mostly You, a collection of poetry. He also writes the popular blog Darvish.

Master of the Jinn - A Sufi Novel

Mr Karchmar is the author of Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel. Heralding "the revival of Sufism" and "a fresh literary voice to Islam" Master of the Jinn has been associated with the works of Rumi and Hafiz

Hafiz

Hafidh |f.]] ḥāfiẓa), literally meaning 'guardian', is a term used by Muslims in modern days for someone who has completely memorized the Qur'an.-Overview:...

 as a link to "the ways of the heart in our midst today." The book has been translated and published into twelve languages, including Russian (Povelitelʹ dzhinnov), Turkish (Cinlerin Efendisi), Indonesian

Indonesian language

Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....

(Sang Raja Jin ), German (Meister der Jinn), Croatian (Gospodar demona) and Spanish (El Maestro de los Jinn).

External links

• Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel ISBN 1594577234 ISBN 978-1594577239
• Darvish