Christine Brodbeck
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{{short description|Swiss dancer and Muslim writer}}
Rabia Christine Brodbeck (born Christine Brodbeck; 28 July 1950) is a Swiss dancer and author. She had an international career as a modern dancer. Since her conversion to Islam in 1986 she has written two spiritual books.
Biography
Brodbeck was born on 28 July 1950 in Basel, Switzerland. She trained in classical ballet and modern dance in London.{{cite web |url=http://www.tughrabooks.com/authors/detail/rabia-christine-brodbeck |website=Tughra Books |title=author's detail: Rabia Christine Brodbec |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229133216/http://www.tughrabooks.com:80/authors/detail/rabia-christine-brodbeck |archive-date=29 December 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/07/arts/review-dance-swiss-modern-sampler.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=72EE24C2374203EB47F0931DCF1DB13C&gwt=pay |title=Review/Dance; Swiss Modern Sampler |newspaper=The New York Times |date=7 April 1988 |last1=Anderson |first1=Jack}}
Brodbeck converted to Islam and became a practitioner of Sufism, a form of Islamic mysticism, in 1986 after visiting a mosque in New York City.{{Cite web |url=http://tugva.org/rabia-christine-brodbeck-sezai-ile-hayat-uzerine/ |title=Rabi̇a Christine Brodbeck Sezai̇ İle Hayat Üzeri̇ne |date=2 May 2018}} In 1987 she was a performer at the contemporary art exhibition documenta 8 in Kassel. In October 1990 she performed at the Annual Swiss Dance Festival in New York City, presented by Danspace Project and the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/24/arts/review-dance-bold-work-on-homeless-ends-swiss-festival.html |title=Review/Dance; Bold Work on Homeless Ends Swiss Festival |newspaper=The New York Times |date=24 October 1990 |last1=Dunning |first1=Jennifer}} She retired from dancing in 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.islamicity.org/15288/discovering-prayer-and-the-love-of-god-in-islam/ |title=Discovering Prayer and the Love of God in Islam – IslamiCity}}
She has authored two Islamic spirituality books, From the Stage to the Prayer Mat in 2012 and The Longing of the Soul in 2014.
Brodbeck lives in Istanbul and works as a dance teacher there.{{cite web |url=http://www.tughrabooks.com/books/detail/the-longing-of-the-soul |title=The Longing of the Soul by Rabia Christine Brodbeck |website=Tughra Books |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105050716/http://www.tughrabooks.com:80/books/detail/the-longing-of-the-soul |archive-date=5 January 2020}}
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