Fariha al Jerrahi

Sheikha Fariha al Jerrahi (born Philippa de Menil; June 13, 1947)[1] is an American Sufi spiritual teacher of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order based in the United States.

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Biography

Philippa de Menil was born in 1947 to French Catholic parents in Houston, Texas.[2] She met her spiritual guide Muzaffer Ozak who initiated her directly to the path and she became known as Fariha al Jerrahi. She co-founded, with Lex Hixon, the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order in New York City.[3] In 1995, after Lex Hixon died, she became the spiritual guide of the order, which is based at Dergah al-Farah in New York City.[4]

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  1. Philippa de Ménil (born June 13, 1947) - Her full name at birth (according to the records - see: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VD6J-QC6) was Anne Caroline Philippa Menu Deménil. According to this same record, at the time of her birth Philippa's father John was spelling his surname as 'Menu Deménil' rather than as 'Menu de Ménil'. However, the original French spelling of this family's surname was 'Menu du Ménil'. For example, John's father is listed as Georges-Auguste-Emmanuel Menu du Ménil in the following works (among many others): (1) Annuaire de la Noblesse de France et des Maisons Souveraines de l'Europe by André Borel d'Hauterive (Paris: au Bureau de la publication, 1885), Vol. 41, p. 202 (2) Annuaire de l'Armée Française pour 1892 (Paris: Berger-Levrault & Cie, Éditeurs, 1892), p. 448. All these spelling variations have caused a certain amount of confusion among researchers. In her earlier years Philippa sometimes wrote her name as Philippa A. de Ménil.
  2. Philippa is a daughter of French banker, businessman, philanthropist and art collector John de Menil (Baron Jean Marie Joseph Menu de Ménil) (January 4, 1904 - June 1, 1973) and Dominique de Menil (née Dominique Izaline Zélie Henriette Clarisse Schlumberger (March 23, 1908 - December 31, 1997). John was a Baron in the French nobility due to his paternal great-grandfather Paul-Alexis-Joseph Menu du Ménil (1764-1834) having been made a baron de l'empire by Napoléon Bonaparte on September 11, 1813. Philippa's paternal grandparents were Baron Georges-Auguste-Emmanuel Menu de Ménil (1863-1947) and Marie-Madeleine Rougier (1866-1929). For more information see: http://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?/ang=fr&p=paul+alexis+joseph&n=menu+de+menil. Philippa's father became a naturalized U. S. citizen in 1962, at which time he changed his first name 'Jean' to 'John'. After this name change in the United States, he was generally known (and referred to) simply as 'John de Ménil' rather than as 'John Menu de Ménil' or 'John Menu Deménil'. Members of this family residing in the United States rarely use their complete French surname 'Menu du Ménil' (or 'Menu de Ménil'), preferring to use instead the shortened form 'de Ménil'. Also, sometimes they use the spelling 'Deménil' instead of 'de Ménil'. Philippa's mother Dominique was a daughter of François Conrad Schlumberger (1878-1936), a geophysicist who became an oil-equipment and oil-services magnate through his company Schlumberger Ltd. Dominique was heiress to a large fortune in Schlumberger company stock passed on to her by her father Conrad. Dominique and John de Ménil had 5 children, the youngest of whom was Philippa. Each of these 5 children (including Philippa) had a trust fund (containing Schlumberger company stock) set up for them by John and Dominique. In the early 1980s the Schlumberger company stock in each of these trust funds was worth about $57 million. Philippa's first marriage (on May 14, 1969 in Harris County, Texas) was to Francesco Pellizzi (born July 14, 1940), an Italian anthropologist, art critic and art collector. After getting divorced from Francesco, Philippa married Heiner Friedrich in 1978. Heiner Friedrich (born April 14, 1938) is an important art dealer and collector of minimal art and conceptual art. Philippa was Heiner's second wife. For additional in-depth information on Philippa de Ménil, please see http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1996/09/colacello199609 - "Remains of the Dia", by Bob Colacello, Vanity Fair (September, 1996)
  3. "Sheikha Fariha Fatima". Nur Ashki Jerrahi Community. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  4. "Sheikha Fariha Fatima". Nur Ashki Jerrahi Community. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
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