What and Where
Listing of Events - September 2017
Through September
Tafseer of the Holy Qur’an
Conducted by: Shaykh M S Bahmanpour
Venue: Islamic Centre of England, 140 Maida Vale, London W9 1QB
Time: Every Friday starting at 7.30 PM
Contact: 0207 604 5500
6th September
Card Making Workshop
Get creative and make your own greeting cards at this informal card-making workshop. Blank cards, envelopes, textured and coloured paper are provided, as well as Arabic words written on the spot by calligraphy tutor Joumana Medlej. Cut, assemble and paste to make your own highly personal cards for any occasion.
Venue: The Arab British Centre, 1 Gough Square, EC4A 3DE
Time: 5.30 PM – 8.30 PM*
Fee: £15
*You can come and leave at any time within the duration of the event however booking is essential.
7 – 13 Sept
Atlas Mountains Trek 2017
Join us and trek the highest summit in North Africa to raise funds for displaced families in Iraq. Travel through villages and meet the locals on your way up. Take in the stunning views of the Atlas Mountains. Also, spend one day sightseeing in the city of Marrakech.
Venue: Human Relief Foundation – 2 Claremont, Bradford BD7 1BQ, UK
Fee: £300
Sponsorship Target: £1500
More info: london@hrf.co.uk
9th September
Tour de Salah @ London
Now in its fourth year Tour de Salah, the biggest organised Muslim bike ride in the UK, is a unique physical and spiritual challenge like no other! Cycle across the capital stopping at iconic mosques and enjoy the wonderful scenery along the way.
– Choose from four routes covering 15km, 30km, 60km or a whole 100km
– Pick a charity partner or fundraise for a charity of your own choice
– Group rides for all abilities
– Female-only groups also available
Venue: Palmers Green Mosque, 30 Oakthorpe Rd, London N13 5JL, UK
Registration: £30
More info: http://tourdesalah.org.uk/
11 – 15 September
European Muslim Network Summer School (Germany)
The EMN Research Academy brings together a multi-disciplinary and international group of 40 to 50 students, researchers and members of civil society. It offers the participants the opportunity to study and discuss questions pertaining to Islam and Muslim life in general and Islam and Muslim Life in Europe, in particular, encompassing culture, politics and issues of identity in the European context with distinguished experts in this field from academia and the grassroots level. These topics will be dealt with in a historical as well as a systematic perspective focusing on the vision of the future of Islam and Muslims in Europe’s fabric.
Venue: Airport Hotel Global, Germany
Time: All Day
Fee: 850 Euros (including meals and multi-bed accommodation)
More info: http://www.beehive.so/activity/activity_details/3593
14 September – 5 October
History of Carpets from the Islamic World
This course will be fully dedicated to the history of carpet production in the Islamic world. Through the analysis of the most iconic carpets held in famous museums and collections in Europe and abroad, you will become familiar with threads, materials, patterns and trends as well as with patrons and places of manufacture.
The history of the carpet trade from the Islamic world to Europe, mainly Italy, and an excursus in the history of carpets’ representation on the paintings of the most celebrated Renaissance artists, will complete the course.
Venue: The Arab British Centre, 1 Gough Square, EC4A 3DE
Dates: 14, 21 and 28 September | 5 October
Times: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Fee: £130
More info: http://www.arabbritishcentre.org.uk/courses/islamic-art-architecture/
14 September
The Circulation of Contemporary Iranian Literature
A roundtable discussion with Houshang Moradi Kermani (writer), Ahmad Dehghan (writer), Afshin Shahneh Tabar (publisher of Candle & Fog) and the American translators Caroline Croskery and Paul Sprachman.
Moderator: Laetitia Nanquette (University of New South Wales, Sydney)
Organiser: Centre for Iranian Studies
Venue: Paul Webley Wing (Senate House) Room: Wolfson Lecture Theatre
Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact email: vp6@soas.ac.uk or 020 7898 4330
15 September
Monuments of Faith and Power: Yemen’s Religious Architecture
With the advent of Islam, Yemen became an important centre of Islamic learning and architecture. Since the 7th century, succeeding dynasties constructed mosques, madrasas (educational institutions) and mausoleums whose architecture drew on the country’s ancient heritage and on new elements which reveal the impact of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade as well as ties with regional powers such as Egypt and India. This lecture will examine the style and iconography of Yemen’s religious architecture in order to show the diversity of designs, techniques and materials that reflect the country’s diverse geography and its rich history. Moreover, it will show the distinctive elements that render this architecture unique in the Islamic World. A lecture by Noha Sadek, Independent Scholar, Paris
Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: Khalili Lecture Theatre
Time: 6:00 PM -7:00 PM
20 September
Living histories: works on paper by contemporary Arab artists
A 45 minutes gallery talk by Venetia Porter, British Museum. Suitable for all levels of knowledge.
Venue: Room 34, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Time: 1.15 PM – 2.00 PM
Fee: Free, drop in.
21 – 22 September
Archives, Activism and Social Media
A two-day workshop organised by Cambridge Digital Humanities Network in collaboration with Documenting the Now project. This event will create a space for conversations between activists, archivists and researchers with the aim of building communities of practice around ethical and technical challenges in archiving born-digital social movement data, creating awareness of how to use specific methodologies, tools and services for producing and using archives of born digital activist material, and fostering cross-cultural dialogue by bringing activists from different regions of the world together for in person conversation and network building.
Venue: G06/07, Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site, Centre For Research In The Arts, Social Sciences And Humanities, Cambridge, CB3 9DT
Time: 3.00 PM on the 21st – 5.00 PM on the 22nd
Info on how to register: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/27316
More info: http://www.arabbritishcentre.org.uk/whatson/conflict-cafe-syria/
23 September
Arabic and arabesques: themes in Islamic art
A 45-minute gallery talk by Vesta Curtis, British Museum. Suitable for all levels of knowledge.
Venue: Room 52, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Time: 1.15 PM – 2.00 PM
Fee: Free, drop in.
25 September – 27 November
Persian Calligraphy, Nasta’liq Script By Keramat Fathinia
This ten-week course is suitable for all levels. Although, previous knowledge of the Persian language is not necessary for beginners, familiarity with the alphabet is an advantage. This is an exercise-based course on the writing techniques of the Nasta’liq script which is constantly engaged with Persian language and literature. You will also learn about the theory and history of Islamic calligraphy. The course will start with a general introduction to most Islamic calligraphy styles and traditional tools and materials. The letters’ shapes as the basic elements in calligraphy will be explored in detail through the course and advanced compositions and juxtaposition of forms will be covered at elementary and upper levels.
Organiser: London Middle East Institute
Venue: MBI Al Jaber Building, 21 Russell Square, MBI Al Jaber Seminar Room
Time: Every Monday 6:30-8:30 PM
Fees: £250
To register visit the SOAS Online Store. There will be a small additional charge of between £10 and £20 for materials and tools.
Contact email: vp6@soas.ac.uk or 020 7898 4330/4490
29 – 30 September
All Our Tomorrows
Leeds DEC and MEND (Muslim Engagement & Development) invite you to the first ever full day teachers’ conference in Yorkshire on how to equip you to tackle Islamophobia in your school. All participants will receive a ‘Challenging Islamophobia’ school materials pack.
Venue: Civic Hall, Calverley St, Leeds LS1
Fee: £65 – £85
Register at: tackleislamophobia.eventbrite.co.uk
More info: adam@leedsdec.org.uk / 07454920798
30 September
Enchanted Waterfall Trek
Our Enchanted Waterfall Trek is designed to help raise funds for our Winter Warmer Packs campaign which provides winter aid to refugee families.
Venue: 7 Davenant Street, PICK UP LOCATION, London, E1 5NB
Fee: £20
Target: £200
More info: https://www.islamichelp.org.uk/waterfall/
30 September & 1 October
The Ultimate Reminder
This course is a study of the Qur’an through the major events in the life of the Prophet(s). The aim is to appreciate how God – through the Qur’an – supported, strengthened, consoled, uplifted and reminded the Prophet(s) as he went about the monumental task of conveying the message of Islam.
Venues:
30th Sept – the University of Salford, The University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT
1st Oct – The Bordesley Centre, Muath Trust, Stratford Rd, Birmingham, B11 1AR
Time: 8.30 AM – 7.00 PM
Fee: £35
More info: https://alkauthar.org/course.php?course=774
31st Oct – 2nd Nov
World Halal Expo 2017
Showcasing a convergence of an ethical lifestyle with ‘Halalonomics’, the World Halal Expo is a two-day International Halal Trade & Tourism exhibition for the Global Halal industry to meet the key players of UK Halal market, providing a comprehensive business platform to connect the trade & industry with the multi trillion-dollar global halal market. The event is a high impact business platform to look at the lucrative business opportunities that the global halal market presence offers and cater to the needs of the halal producers, traders and business leaders looking to expand their business globally.
Venue: Olympia, Hammersmith Rd, London W14 8UX
More info: http://www.worldhalalexpo.co.uk/index.html
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