Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Friday, 2 January 2015: Documentary Title: Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi: Askin Dansi

Hast-o-Neest 
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts invites you to 



Shahrazade Wisdom Tales
Movies/Documentaries

Film/Documentary Title: 

Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi: Askin Dansi

on Friday, 2 January 2015
at 7:00 pm
@ Hastoneest Gulberg


2005 Film/Documentary
Jalal Ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (d. 1273), popularly known as Rumi or Mevlana, was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian and Sufi mystic who composed one of the crowning glories of Persian literature, which profoundly affected the Persian cultural sphere of Khorasan. The Mevlawiya order, which is based on Rumi's philosophy, is popularly also known as the order of the whirling dervishes, and is recognised for the practice of Sama'a.

This documentary (2008) gives insight into the life and work of the man who changed the world with his message of Divine Love.


DIRECTOR: Kursat Kizbaz,Turkey
Running Time: 80 minutes


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Friday, December 26, 2014

Sat 27 Dec: Halqa-e-Khat فن خوشنویسی - M.Ali Zahid on Lahori Nastaliq


Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to its monthly open sitting

 فن خوشنویسی
Halqa-e-Khat
with Khattat Irfan Ahmed Qureshi


Khattat Muhammad Ali Zahid 
will speak on:
اسلامی ممالک کا دبستان‎ :لاہوری نستعلیق
Saturday, 27 December 2014 - 5:45 pm

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Mon, 29 Dec - Video Lecture Series on the Sirah of the Prophet (S.A.W.)

This Rabbi ul Awwal 

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to a series of ten recorded lectures 

 KA’L YAQUTI (BAYNAL-HAJAR) ©
A JEWEL AMONGST COMMON STONES
Video Lecture Series on the Sirah of the Prophet (S.A.W.)

29 Dec 2014 - 11 Jan 2015
(Each lecture series - in English & Urdu - is of 30 min duration 
followed by 30 min of discussion) 


Title First Lecture: 
Muhammad (S.A.W.) is the Prophet of God 
(On Revelation as a Source of Knowledge)

Monday, 29 December 2014
at 5:45 pm  

Dr. Basit Koshul, Dr. Ejaz Akram & Suheyl Umar


Other viewing dates: 
Wed, 31 Dec 2014 - Fri, 2 Jan 2015 - Sat, 3 Jan - Mon, 
5 Jan - Tues, 6 Jan - Wed, 7 Jan - Fri, 9 Jan - 
Sat, 10 Jan & Sun, 11 Jan) 

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About the recorded lecture series title Ka'l Yaquti: 
The purpose of this lecture series is to acquire a basic understanding of the nature of Prophets as ‘jewels’, and as ‘perfect’ (not ordinary) human beings using the example of the Noble Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) in particular. Each lecture series is divided into two sections: A historical narration and a commentary on that narration. 

The historical narratives are selected from three renowned biographies (sirah) of Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim (570-632 A.D.) (S.A.W.) as a Prophet and Messenger of God: Ibn Ishaq (c.704-767), Muhammad Haykal (1888-1956) & Dr. Martin Lings (1909-2005).
The commentators – listed below - are respected scholars of religion of known Western academic institutions and/or traditional institutions of the Indo-Pak sub-continent.

Dr. Mufti Kamaluddin Ahmed
Dr. Mufti Ghulam Sarwar Qadri
Suheyl Umar
Dr. Ejaz Akram
Dr. Basit Bilal Koshul
Allama Shahzad Mujaddidi
Dr. Naumana Amjad
Dr. Nasir Afghan

Commentator Profiles:
Dr. Ejaz Akram, Associate Professor, Religion & Politics, LUMS, Lahore
Dr. Ejaz Akram is a Pakistani-American scholar specializing in the interface between religion and the transnational politics of the Muslim world. He has an M.A. in Comparative and Regional Studies as an M.A. in World Politics and a Ph.D. in International Relations.
Mufti Dr. Ghulam Sarwar Bukhari Qadri (Late), Founder Jamia Rizvia Trust,  Lahore
Pir Dr. Mufti Ghulam Sarwar Bukhari Qadri (Late) is one of the eminent scholars and writers of the country. He is also an authority on Fiqh with the titles of Mufti-e-Azam, Mufassir-e-Holy Quran, and Sheikh-ul-Tafseer & Hadith. He is the founder of Jamia Rizvia Trust in Model Town, Lahore. 
Muhammad Suheyl Umar, Scholar of Philosophy and Iqbal, Lahore
Muhammad Suheyl Umar is a notable scholar of Philosophy and Iqbal. He retired in 2014 as Director of Iqbal Academy Pakistan, Lahore.
Dr. Naumana Amjad, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore
Dr. Naumana Amjad completed her PhD in 2007 from the University of Warwick, England and has been an assistant professor at Punjab University since 2000.
Shaykh Mufti Kamaluddin Ahmed – Founder Tazkiya Academy, Lahore
Shaykh Mufti Kamaluddin Ahmed obtained his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. He was formally authorized in the science of Islamic spirituality (Tasawwuf) by his Shaykh in 2002.  He has studied sacred knowledge from traditional scholars in Pakistan for the past several years and possesses formal authorizations in a number of Islamic sciences. He has been a Visiting Professor, School of Social Sciences and Humanities at LUMS, Lahore.
Dr. Nasir Afghan, Director MBA Programme, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
Dr Nasir Afghan is Director MBA at IBA, Karachi. He has done his PhD in Managerial Effectiveness from University of Twente, the Netherlands. He worked several years in Singapore for a Fortune 500 Oil Exploration firm as a petroleum geologist. Dr. Afghan is also a visiting professor at University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria
Dr. Basit Bilal Koshul, Associate Professor, LUMS, Lahore
Dr. Basit Bilal Koshul taught as Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Concordia College. Currently he is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. He is also the author of 'The Postmodern Significance of Max Weber's Legacy'. 
Allama Muhammad Shahzad Mujaddidi, Editor Monthly Fiqh ul Batin, Dar ul Ikhlas, Lahore
Allama Muhammad Shahzad Mujaddidi is the editor of a scholarly magazine Fiqh-ul-Batin (A Sufi Anthology) published from Dar-ul-Ikhlas, Lahore.

Narrators of Historical Text:
Taimoor Khan Mumtaz
Dr. Mariam Riffat

Taimoor Khan Mumtaz has an MA in South Asian Architecture from Prasada, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK and a B.Arch 1994, National College of Arts, Lahore. He is currently partner architect with M/S Kamil Khan Mumtaz Architects and specializes in Islamic architecture. 
Dr. Marium Riffat is a practicing dermatologist. She lives and works in Lahore.

© Copyright of the Title: Ka'l Yaquti - Video Lecture Series remains with Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts (Lahore)

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Halqa-e-Masnavi: Thursday, 1 Jan - 7 pm

Halqa-e-Mathnavi 
A traditional study-circle on selections from 
the Mathnavi of Jalaluddin Rumi 
(alternate Thursdays) 
with
Maulana M. Shahzad Mujaddidi
Thursday, 1st January 2015 - 7:00 pm

Dars Lub-i Lubāb-i Masnavī:The Structure... by hast-o-neest

Monday, December 15, 2014

از کوچہء رندان Urdu Poetry sitting - Wed 17 Dec حفیظ ہوشیار پوری

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

از کوچہء رندان 
Urdu Poetry Sitting 
with Qasim Jafri Sahib

حفیظ ہوشیار پوری
(1912-1973)
محبت کرنے والے کم نہ ہونگے 
تیری محفل میں لیکن ہم نہ ہونگے


Wednesday, 17 December 2014
6:00 pm





31 G, Gulberg II
Queries: 0300 847 1855



Thursday, December 11, 2014

تکیہ ہست و نیست Sunday 4 pm


تکیہ ہست و نیست
برصغیر پاک و ہند  کے فن موسیقی سے آشنایءکی ماہانہ نشست
تیمور خان ممتاز اور شہرازاد عالم صاحبہ کے ساتھ


 سہ پہر ۴ بجے
 بروز اتوار


Sunday, 14 December 2014
4:00 pm

Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
31-G, Gulberg Ii
Queries 0300 847 1855

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Friday 5 Dec: Shahrazade Wisdom: Movie 'Safar-e-Kandahar' - 7 pm

Hast-o-Neest 
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts invites you to

Shahrazade Wisdom Tales
Movies/Documentaries

Film Title: 

Safar-e-Kandahar - The Journey to Kandahar

on Friday, 5 December 2014
at 7:00 pm
@ Hastoneest Gulberg


2001 Iranian Film
Set in Aghanistan during the rule of the Taliban, the film is based on a partly true, partly fictionalized story of a successful Afghan-Canadian, who returns to Afghanistan after receiving a letter from her sister, who was left behind when the family escaped, that she plans on committing suicide on the last solar eclipse of the millennium.
Kandahar was filmed mostly in Iran, including at the Niatak refugee camp but also secretly in Afghanistan itself.
DIRECTOR: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran
Running Time: 85 minutes


Queries: 0300 847 1855

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Study Circle - Mathnavi of Maulana Rumi - 6pm Thursday 4th December 2014


Halqa-e-Mathnavi 
A traditional study-circle on selections from 
the Mathnavi of Jalaluddin Rumi 
(alternate Thursdays) 


with
Maulana M. Shahzad Mujaddidi

Inaugural Sitting
Thursday, 4th December 2014
Opening lines of the Mathnavi:

Listen to this reed how it complains:
it is telling a tale of separations.

Saying, "Ever since I was parted from the reed-bed,
man and woman have moaned in (unison with) my lament
Translation by Nicholson, 1926

Maulana Shahzad Mujaddidi is a Naqshbandi Mujadidi scholar and the founder of Darulikhlas, a publication house on religious texts. He is also a host of many television shows.


Monday, December 1, 2014

از کوچہء رندان - شاعر مجید امجد Wed, 3 Dec 2014

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to


از کوچہء رندان

شاعر مجید امجد
بدھ ۳ دسمبر

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
at 5:30 pm
with Qasim Jafri sahib


Queries: 0300 847 1855

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Sunday Lecture Series: Freemasons, the Occult & the Battle for the World - Talha Ali Kushvaha

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to a series of lectures by Talha Ali Kushvaha on 
Pakistan - Perspectives on the Past, Present & Future


Third Lecture of the Series
Free Masons, the Occult and 
the Battle for the World


Talha Ali Kushvaha 

Sunday, 28 December 2014 
at 5:45 pm

31-G, Gulberg II, Lahore
Queries: 0300 847 1855



First lectures in this series: 
‘Understanding the Real Impact of 
our Colonial History on our Present' 


Held on Sunday 30 November

Second Lecture of the Series
Music and Mind Control 
Held on Sunday, 7 December


Talha Ali Kushvaha studied Economics at London School of Economics and Multimedia at the National College of Arts. A researcher and appraisal specialist, his areas of interest are Communication, History, Culture, Media & Music. He has taught communication, sound design, and history; and is currently a visiting faculty member at National College of Arts. He is a saxophonist, song/script writer and voice-over artist. He lives and works in Lahore.


Monday, November 24, 2014

Halqa-e-Khat:Talk & Demo by Ahmed Ali Bhutta - Fri 28 Nov


Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to its monthly open sitting

Halqa-e-Khat
with Khattat Irfan Ahmed Qureshi

Khattat Ahmad Ali Bhutta
will present a Talk & Demonstration on:
'Ustad Tajuddin Zareen Raqam 
(1906-1955) Aur Lahori Nastaliq'

                                        Friday, 28th November 2014
       5:30 pm

Khattat Ahmed Ali Bhutta's teacher is Hafiz Muhammad Yousuf Sadeedi. He is from Faisalabad, and his expertise is in Nastaaliq, Naskh, Thuluth, Kufic scripts. He has participated in several calligraphy competitions and has been a part of the Hast-o-Neest calligraphy exhibition Darya Ba Hubab Andar at Koel Gallery, Karachi.





Queries: 0300 847 1855

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Shahrazade Wisdom: Film Title: Bab'Aziz (Tunisia): FRI, 21 NOV - 7 pm


Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts invites you to

Shahrazade Wisdom Tales
Movies/Documentaries

Film Title: 
Bab'Aziz - The Prince That Contemplated His Soul

on Friday, 21 November 2014
at 7:00 pm
@ Hastoneest Gulberg


2005 Film
The story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years...A fairytale-like story of longing and belonging, filmed in the enchanting sandscapes of Tunisia and Iran.
DIRECTOR: Nacer Khemir, Tunisia
Running Time: 98 minutes


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Tales for Children: Jack & the Beanstalk: SAT, 13 December - 4 pm

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites children to

کہانیوں کے رنگ
The Colorful World of Tales

with Pyarey Kausar Mian





STORY OF THE WEEK:

Jack & the Beanstalk

Saturday 13 December 2014

4:00 to 5:00 pm


Queries: 0300 847 1855

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

از کوچہء رندان Urdu Poetry Sitting Wed 19 Nov

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

از کوچہء رندان
Az Koo cha-e-Rindaan 
Urdu Poetry sitting 
with Qasim Jafri Sahib 


Session on
Anwar Shaoor

Wednesday, 19 November 2014 
5:15 to 6:15 pm

31-G, Gulberg II, Lahore



Anwer Shaoor born as Anwaar Hussain in Uttar Pradesh`s Farrukhabad town, he migrated with his parents to Pakistan from India in 1947, when he was four. He started writing poetry at the age of 11 and contributed his poems to children`s magazines and newspaper sections from Karachi to Delhi.

His first regular job was with Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu, which he got courtesy Jamiluddin Aali in 1964.There he served complete 30 years to retire in 2000. Anwar Shaoor has to his credit four collections of poetry including Me Raqsam, Mashq-i-Sukhan and Andokhta.


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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Study Circle on Traditional Psychology - Wed, 14 Jan


Hast-o-Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to an open forum

STUDY CIRCLE ON 
TRADITIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Raheel Ahmed & Taimoor Khan Mumtaz

The study circle will examine the book:

Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul by Titus Burckhardt

Wednesday, 14 January 2015
6:30 pm



Queries: 0300 849 3170



Sunday, November 9, 2014

'A Planet in Peril & A Sense of the Sacred' - Dr. Akmal Hussain - Sunday, 16 Nov

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to the concluding lecture in the series on
Capitalism & the Crisis of Civilization

“…This Economic and Social system is associated with inculcating a particular relationship between human beings  which is very different from the traditional relationship that we have seen over hundreds, thousands of years ..It systematically develops, as Erich Fromm has argued, aggressiveness in acquisition, competition…so this aggressiveness is combined with greed…celebrated by economists, as greed is what keeps the market functioning.”
Dr. Syed Akmal Hussain


‘A Planet in Peril & A Sense of the Sacred’
Dr. Syed Akmal Hussain

Sunday, 16 November 2014
at 4:00 pm

Venue:
31-G, Gulberg II, Lahore
Queries: 0300 847 1855


Dr. Akmal Hussain is an economist, author and social activist. He is currently Professor of Economics, Forman Christian College University, and Member, Governing Board, South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS), and Senior Fellow, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE).

Dr. Hussain has helped build organizations for overcoming poverty at the village, district, provincial and national levels in Pakistan. These include the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) at the national level and Punjab Rural Support Program (PRSP) at the provincial level. Apart from a large number of papers, reports and newspaper articles, Dr. Hussain has authored three books on development policy and has co-authored 27 other books on issues of poverty, peace and development, which have been internationally published. Dr. Akmal Hussain has a B.A. Honours Degree in Economics from Cambridge University and Ph.D. in Economics from Sussex University, U.K.  

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Sema-al-Qira'at - Sitting on Recitation on Saturday, 13 December

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to a monthly gathering...
 القراءة  سَمَاع
Sema-al-Qira'at
the art of qira'at & renowned qurra of Egypt, Iran and Pakistan 



with
Qari Khalid Usman Alvi Al-Azhari
introducing Qari Sheikh Mehmood Shahat (Egypt)

Saturday, 13 December 2014
6 pm




Queries: 0300 849 3170

انداز آذان اور اس کے روحانی اثرات - Lecture, Sat 8 November

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to a guest lecture

انداز آذان اور اس کے روحانی اثرات
(Spiritual basis for the Proper Recitation of the Azaan or Call to Prayer)
Dr. Zulfiqar Awan

Saturday, 8 November 2014
5:00 pm

Dr. Zulfiqar Awan is currently the President of the Islamic Society of Baltimore, USA. Previously he was associated with Minhaj University Lahore and a lecturer of Zoology at GC University Lahore (1964-1968).

Queries
0300 847 1855

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Arabic 1 & Farsi 1 (Classroom & Online) - 7-8 November 2014

Hast-o-Neest 
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
Abu Rayhan Biruni Centre of Languages


Arabic Level 1: with introduction to Arabic mystical poetry
Three month duration starting Saturday, 8 November 2014
Saturdays only from 4 to 5:30 pm - Qari Khalid Usman Alvi al-Azhari 





Farsi Level 1: with an introduction to Farsi mystical poetry
Three month duration starting Friday 7 November 2014
Fridays (4 to 5 pm) and Sundays (2 to 3 pm) - Muhammad Wasim 

Farsi Level 1 (Online): with an introduction to poetry
Three month duration for students living outside Lahore 
(Classes are conducted on a gmail email address) 
- starting Friday 7 November 2014: 
Fridays, 5 to 6 pm and Sundays, 3 to 4 pm - Muhammad Wasim 

Register
Send in Title, Name, Cell No. & Email address 
on 0300 8471855 or hast.o.neest@gmail.com

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