2-Day Seminar: The World of Miniature

2-Day Seminar Course 

(Final Seminar Course: Islamic Art & Culture Program - Feb/May 2014)

The World of Miniature

Fyza Aamir

JUNE 2014, Tues 3rd – Wed 4th

3:00 pm to 6:00 pm

The world of Miniature Art is essentially form. Any art cannot be called ' traditional ' or 'Islamic ' on the grounds that it's subjects originate in a spiritual truth ; it's formal language must bear witness to a similiar origin.

Every traditional art is founded on a science of forms, on the symbolism inherent in the forms. A symbol is not merely a conventional sign. As Titus Burkckhardt clearly defines it , a symbol manifests an archetype by virtue of a definite ontological law. It is this 'formal language ' within the world of miniature painting which we will explore in this course.

Fyza Aamir has a BFA in Miniature Painting, National College of Arts, 
Lahore and teaches Miniatures at Hastoneest. 

Reading material will be provided. Course fee is Rs. 3000/participant. 

Certificates issued on request. Further queries on 0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

To Register

Send in 'Course Title, Name, Cell No. & Email' 

on hast.o.neest@gmail.com or 0300 847 1855.

Venue: 

Hast-o-Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts, 31-G, Gulberg II, Lahore.

Lecture on Ahmed Mimar Lahori

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

Ahmed Mimar Lahori, Meteorology & the Taj
Rizwan Azeem

Saturday, 31 May 2014
5:30 pm

Rizwan Azeem is an architect, honorary Associate of NCA with interests in History, Literature, Environment Design and Housing. He has taught at many universities and presented papers at international conferences.The current lecture is based on his research article published in Urdu Encyclopedia of Islam in 2002.

Queries: 0300 847 1855

Thursdays: Dr. Shahzad Qaiser & Punjabi Sufi Poetry

Hast-o-Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

THURSDAYS (Fortnightly):

DOCTRINAL SITTING: DIWAN-I-FARID

Sufi poetry of Khawaja Ghulam Farid (Mithankot)

 حضرت خواجہ غلام فرید 

- the famous 19th-century Sufi poet 

by Dr. Shahzad Qaiser

5:30 to 6:30 pm

Begins Thursday, 29 May 2014

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

31-G, Gulberg II (Near Main Market)

Queries: 0300 847 1855/0300 849 3170

TRIBUTE TO SYED MUHAMMAD NIZAMUDIN AULIYA r.a.

Hast-o-Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

& Asian Study Group

invite you to a poetry and prose reading in tribute to 

Mehboob-e-Ilahi Hazrat Shaikh Syed Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya r.a.

 حضرت شیخ خواجہ سیّد محمد نظام الدّین اولیاء                       

“Arab Yār Tori Basant Manāī!” –

“We celebrate Spring for you, O Arab friend!”

– His Disciple (Murid) and Khalifa Hazrat Abul Hassan Amir Khusru Dehlvi's greeting on the occasion of Basant – the festival of Spring – as recorded in the first-hand account, Nizami Bansari. 

Taimoor Khan Mumtaz

 Fatima Fayyaz

with Shahzad Khalil on the Sitar

and Guest Artist Maham Sohail

Monday, 2nd June 2014

7:00 pm

(Programme followed by langar at 8:00 pm)

Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

31-G Gulberg II, Lahore

TAIMOOR KHAN MUMTAZ is a practising architect working at Kamil Khan Mumtaz
Architects. He specialises in Islamic Architecture  and is the founding director of ‘Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts.

FATIMA FAYYAZ studied the Farsi language at Oriental College, Punjab University 
and at Khana e Farhang in Lahore. She is currently sitting for her Masters in Farsi Literature 
and teaches Farsi at Hast-o-Neest.

SHAHZAD KHALIL is  from a family of Qawwals and chose to learn the Sitar instead of adopting his family's genre in music . His style of playing the Sitar is tuneful and soulful. Shahzad Khalil teaches the Sitar at Hast-o-Neest.

 Queries: 0300 847 1855

hast.o.neest@gmail.com

PHILOSOPHY-SUFISM-ARTS SUMMER STUDY 2014

PHILOSOPHY-SUFISM-ARTS

SUMMER STUDY 2014

Hast-o-Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Summer Program: JUNE - JULY - AUGUST: 2014

TWO-DAY SEMINAR COURSES (INTRODUCTORY):

Duration per day: 2 hrs 20 min - 5:30 to 7:50 pm

Seminar Course Fee: Rs. 3000/Participant

(Scholarship for deserving students on application)

JUNE: 5-6 & 26-27th
01: ASPECTS OF SUFISM: Shahzad Mujadidi/ Taimoor K Mumtaz 
02: THE METAPHYSICS OF PUNJABI SUFI POETRY: Dr. Shahzad Qaiser

JULY: 3-4 & 24-25th
03: THE NATURE OF DIVINE KNOWLEDGE: Dr.Shahzad Qaiser
04: COMPARATIVE RELIGION: Dr. Ejaz Akram (LUMS)

AUGUST: 7-8 & 28-29th
05: INTRO TO FARSI: Fatima Fayyaz/Ahmed Javed 
06: INTRO TO ARABIC: Ustad Hamid Reza Fazil/Qari Khalid UsmanAlvi Al-Azhari 

FIVE-DAY WORKSHOPS (INTRODUCTORY):

Timings: 5:30 to 7:50 pm

Workshop Fee: Rs. 4000/Participant

(Scholarship for deserving students on application)

JUNE: 9-13th & 17-20th
01: INTRO TO ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE: Ar. Taimoor Khan Mumtaz 
02: CLASSICAL MUSIC: GH Lali/Dr. Amjad Waheed 

JULY: 7-11th & 14-18th
03: CALLIGRAPHY: Irfan Qureshi 
04: MINIATURE PAINTING: Fyza Fayyaz 

AUGUST: 11-15th & 18-22nd
05: QURANIC ILLUMINATION-TAZHIB: Ustad Irfan Ahmed Qureshi 
06: QURANIC RECITATION: Qari Khalid Usman Alvi 

REGISTRATION:

Send 'Seminar/Workshop Title, Name, Cell No, Email Address' to 0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

On receipt of acknowledgement of registration, the participant will be requested via cell and email to complete the registration details before the starting date of the seminar course/workshop.

Further Query:
0300 847 1855, 0300 849 3170 and hast.o.neest@gmail.com

DETAILS OF SEMINAR/WORKSHOP & PROFILES OF TEACHERS WILL BE UPLOADED ON THE EVENT PAGE- FB Event Link - PHILOSOPHY-SUFISM-ARTS SUMMER STUDY 2014

Shahrazade Wisdom: Shah Waliullah r.a.

Shahrazade Wisdom: 

Reading Sessions

(Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays)

MONDAYS:
8:00 to to 10:00 pm 
Reading from FUYUZ-AL-HARAMAIN:
Hazrat Shah Waliullah r.a.
-Taimoor Khan Mumtaz
Monday, 19 MAY 2014
8:00 to 10:00 pm
Hast-o-Neest 
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
Queries: 0300 847 1855

Book Launch: Moroccon Sufi Saint Ibn Mashish

Hast-o-Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

invites you to a

BOOK LAUNCH CEREMONY

Al Mathal al A'la

As-Salat al Mashishiyyah

by Mawlai Abd as-Salam Ibn Mashish 

(A Sufi Saint of Morocco of the 12th Century - Founder of the Shadilli Tariqa)

Commentary by

 Abu Faydan Faridi,

Na'layn Publications, Karachi 2014

Monday, 12 May 2014

5:30 pm

 Programme

5:30 pm

Welcome Address

Taimoor Khan Mumtaz

5:40 pm

Introduction to Hastoneest Books

Irshad Mujeeb

5:50 pm

Audio-Visual Presentation on

 Mawlai Abd as-Salam Ibn Mashish

6:00 pm

Introduction to

As-Salat al-Mashishiyyah

Abu Faydan Faridi

6:45 pm

Maghrib

7:00 pm

Tea, Q&A & Book Signing Ceremony

Shaykh Aby Faydan Faridi (Muhammad Harun Riedinger) was born  in a Christian family in  Bavaria, Germany in 1947.  After a journey to the shrine of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi r.a. he accepted Islam in Pakistan in 1975 and eventually took bayt with Hadrat Shahidullah Faridi r.a. of the Chishti Sabri tariqa.

After a journey to the shrine of Mawlai Abd-as-Salam ibn Mashish r.a. in 2011 he entered the Shadhili-Darqawi tariqa under the guidance of Shaykh Ebrahim Schuitema whom he met during that trip. Presently he lives in Karachi with his family and counsels a growing circle of seekers and devotees.

Hast-o-Neest

31-G, Gulberg II, Lahore

RSVP: 0300 847 1855

THURS 8 MAY: 'A FIERCE GREEN FIRE'

Hast-o-Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

invites you to 

a documentary screening by

  The LahoreProject - a social networking organization of 

The Lahore Conservation Society

A FIERCE GREEN FIRE

Thursday 8th May, 2014

5:30 pm 

 (Refreshments available)

A Fierce Green Fire is the first 'big-picture exploration' of ' a new environmental consciousness' amongst the people of this planet!

The stakeholders are politicians, multinationals and activists..

The context is the conservation movement of the ‘60s,

 the ‘70s environmentalism around pollution,

alternative ecology strands,

 the rise of global issues in the ‘80s and finally,

climate change!

Directed and written by Mark Kitchell, Academy Award-nominated director of Berkeley in the Sixties, and narrated by Robert Redford, Ashley Judd, Van Jones, Isabel Allende and Meryl Streep, the film premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2012,

Inspired by the book of the same name by Philip Shabecoff and informed by advisors like Edward O. Wilson

Running Time: 120 minutes

Queries: 0332 6264914

Presentation on The Constitutional Distribution of Power in GoP

Hast-o-Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

invites you to a presentation

The Constitutional Distribution of Power

 in the Government of Pakistan

Sultan Babar Mirza

Babar Mirza will share a primary, informative presentation on the 'various components' of the Government of Pakistan which he developed to explain 'Who Rules Pakistan according to the Constitution?' to his younger brother..

Sunday, 4 May 2014

5:00 pm

Sultan Babar Mirza is a high court advocate and an associate at a corporate advisory firm. He did his LL.M. from University of Michigan Law School, U.S.A. (Fulbright scholar) and his B.A./LL.B. from Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan (NOP scholar).

Queries: 0300 847 1855