HAST-O-NEEST : June 2014

Friday, June 27, 2014

Ramadan Programme July 2014

Hast-o-Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

RAMADAN PROGRAMME JULY 2014

CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION:

Opening 4^th July till end July

11:00 am to iftar

(Open to all)

‘THE SELF-DISCLOSURE OF GOD’

HASTONEESTBOOKS EXHIBITION:

Opening 30^th June till end July

11:00 am to iftar

(Open to all)

PHILOSOPHY-SUFISM-ARTS SUMMER STUDY:

5:30 – 7:30 pm (with iftari)

2-Day Seminar Course:

3rd/4th:

The Nature of Divine Knowledge:

In view of Islamic Philosophy & Theology
Maulana Hamid Reza Fazil

Dr. Qaiser Shahzad (International Islamic University Islamabad)

24th/25th:

Comparative Religion:

The Particular & the Universal in Religions

Dr. Ejaz Akram (LUMS)

5-Day Workshop:

7th/11th:

Introduction to Traditional Calligraphy:

Irfan Ahmed Qureshi

14th/18th:

Introduction to Miniatures:

Fyza Aamir

Registration:

Send ‘Title, Name, Cell Number, Email Address’ to

0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

CHILDREN:

Traditional Calligraphy:

Irfan Ahmed Qureshi

Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 11:00 to 12:00 pm

Quran Stories:

Kausar Ali

Mondays and Thursdays, 11:00 to 12:00 pm

Tajweed Quran:
Syed Tayyab Ali
Saturday & Sundays, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Registration:

Send ‘Title, Name, Cell Number, Email Address’ to

0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

SITTINGS:

(Open to All)

(Date will be announced on the emailing list and on FB/Twitter)

(Timing at 6:15 to 7:15 pm with iftari)

Diwan-e-Farid (Thursdays - Fortnightly): Dr. Shahzad Qaiser

Az Koocha-e-Rindaan (Urdu Poetry: Wednesdays - Fortnightly): Qasim Jafri

Dars: Syed Uzair Abdullah

(REGULAR CLASSES

will be held with ramzan timings)

Queries:

0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

2-Day Course: Metaphysics of Punjabi Sufi Poetry

Hast-o-Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Baba Fariduddin Masud Ganj Shakr

Khawaja Ghulam Farid

Baba Husayn Shah

2-Day Seminar Course:

THE METAPHYSICS OF PUNJABI SUFI POETRY

Dr. Shahzad Qaiser & Amna Hayat Khan

Dr Shahzad Qaiser, Federal Secretary (Retd), did his Masters in Philosophy from the University of the Punjab with Arnold Gold Medal, and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan with Allah Nawaz Khan Tareen Gold Medal. He is the recipient of Pitras Bokhari Award in English Literature; Waris Shah Award in Punjabi Literature; Khawaja Ghulam Farid Gold Medal, Islamia University, Bahawalpur; President’s Award for Pride of Performance (Literature) and Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Literature). He has authored books on the subjects of Metaphysics, Religion and Philosophy in English including ‘Understanding Diwan-i-Farid’ and ‘The Metaphysical and Cultural Perspectives of Khawaja Ghulam Farid’s Poetry and Iqbal’. He is a Punjabi poet using the genre of ‘Kafi’. He has also written Urdu Inshaiya (Light Essays).

Amna Hayat Khan has done her Masters in English from Kinnaird College, Lahore and Masters in Women Studies from the University of York, U.K. She is deeply steeped in the tradition of Punjabi Sufi poetry. She has rendered ‘Abiyat’ of Hazrat Sultan Bahu into English Prose. She has interpreted the Quatrains of the great Sufi Master in the Light of Tradition.

Thursday 26 to Friday 27 June 2014

5:30 to 8:00 pm

REGISTRATION:

Send in 'Title, Name, Cell No. and Email Address'

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

Queries:

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Friday, June 13, 2014

Urs celebration of Baba Hussain Shah r.a.- Friday 20 June

Hast-o-Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

invites you to

The Urs Celebration
Hazrat Baba Hussain Shah r.a.

(Khair Shahi Qadri)
(d.1956)

Friday, 20 June 2014

at Darbar Sharif
Chandaali, District Gujranwala
Link to Map

SIGN-UP
for the day-trip by Wednesday, 18 June
on 0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com.

Bus will leave at 2:00 pm from Hastoneest in Gulberg II
for arrival at the Darbar by Asr & return after Maghrib.
The Darbar is approx. 1.30 hours drive from Lahore.
Link to Map