In the Name of Allah Most Gracious-Most Merciful Irving Karchmar
Irving Karchmar is the son of Holocaust survivors who became a darvish of the Nimatullahi 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 in Chicago, and has worked on such varied magazines as Hustler and the American Bar Association’s Human Rights magazine. Between 1977 and 1985, he published Fantastic Films magazine, a journal of Science Fiction and fantasy movies and television. 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 poetry collection, It Was Mostly You. Since 2006, he has written the popular Darvish blog, and is a full member of the Islamic Writers Alliance (IWA).
Organization and Group Membership/Affiliations
Islamic Writers Alliance
Published Work
Mr. Karchmar’s first novel, Master of the Jinn, has so far been translated and published in seven languages: English, Russian, Turkish, Indonesian, German, Croatian, and Spanish.
Master of the Jinn is a mystical adventure tale wherein seven companions are sent by a Sufi master on a quest to find the greatest treasure of the ancient world – King Solomon’s ring. The very same seal ring of a hundred legends, it is said to control the Jinn, those terrifying demons of living fire. In the course of their journey, the companions discover not only the truth of the ring and the Jinn, but also the path of Love and the infinite mercy of God. Read reviews and excerpts at http://www.masterofthejinn.com.
