Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Thur 25 Feb: 5:30 pm: Opening Lecture of the 7-DAY WORKSHOP on the ARTS OF THE BOOK by Dr. Ejaz Akram (LUMS)

Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts


Ibn Muqla Centre of Arts invites all interested to the
Opening Lecture of the 7-DAY WORKSHOP on the ARTS OF THE BOOK by Dr. Ejaz Akram (LUMS)

Thursday, 25th February 
5:30 pm

Queries: 
hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321 213 0346



Monday, February 22, 2016

7-DAY WORKSHOP: ARTS OF THE BOOK Thurs, 25th February – Sun, 8th March, 2016

Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
Ibn Muqla Centre of Arts

Listen to the theory & history and then practice and appreciate the four art forms that make up the 'Arts of the Book' - Calligraphy, Illumination, Illustration (Miniature) and Book Binding (with Geometric Pattern making)

7-DAY WORKSHOP: ARTS OF THE BOOK 

Thursday, 25th February – Sunday, 8th March, 2016 

(The Opening Lecture of 25th February is open to all)


A 7-Day Workshop - spanning over two weekends (Friday, Saturday (5:30 pm onwards) & Sundays (2:00 pm onwards) – introducing the philosophy & practice of the ‘Arts of the Book’ of the Islamic Tradition: CALLIGRAPHY, ILLUMINATION, GEOMETRIC PATTERNS, MINIATURE/ILLUSTRATION & BOOK BINDING with Taimoor Khan Mumtaz, Waleed Zaman, Fyza Fayyaz, Irfan Qureshi & Ustad Muhammad Moosa ; Opening lecture (5:30 pm) by Dr. Ejaz Akram (LUMS)

(Participants interested in one art form may register as well)

Registration: Send in ‘Title, Name, Cell Number & Email Address’ on hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321 213 0346. The registration fee is Rs.5000/- for adults & Rs. 2500 for students - with special concession for deserving students. Venue: Hast-o-Neest: 3 Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore.


Saturday, February 6, 2016

Sunday, 14th Feb: "Common Grounds in the Spiritual & Ethical Traditions of Judaism & Islam" : Dr. Reuven Firestone


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

Weekend Guest Lecture (Open)

"Common Grounds in the Spiritual & Ethical Traditions 
of Judaism & Islam" 
Dr. Reuven Firestone

Sunday, 14th February 2016
5:30 pm

Venue: Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts, 
3, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore. Queries: 0321 213 0346

Dr. Reuven Firestone lives & teaches in the United States of America. He founded the Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement (CMJE), a joint program of Hebrew Union College, the Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Foundation and the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California.

His academic field is religions and his Ph.D. is in Arabic and Islamic studies. His Research Interests include Qur’an and its exegesis; Religious Phenomenology; Comparative Religion; and Religious Dialogue. 




REGISTRATION 
is necessary - of name & cell number (only) of interested participants on 
hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321 213 0346 if you wish to attend this lecture. 


Queries: 0321 213 0346

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Fri, 5 FEB: 6:30 pm: Pearls of the Quran

Pearls of the Quran
(Open/Walk in weekly sitting)

Tafsir of Mystics/Urafa (IRFAN); Scholars/Ulema (BURHAN); Philosophers/Falasifah of select verses of the Quran (Mulla Sadra, Ibn Arabi, The Study Quran & more) (URDU) 
- Maulana Hamid Raza Fazil


Fridays, 6:30 pm

Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
Queries: 0321 213 0346


Monday, February 1, 2016

Wed 3 Feb: 4:30 pm - Viewing & discussing "The New World Order" with Talha Ali Kushvaha

Wednesdays, an open forum (no charges) of history & discussion
Thinking History Today
with Talha Ali Kushvaha



This week on Wednesday 3 Feb - 4:30 pm - Viewing & discussing the 2009 documentary
"New World Order" in which Alex Jones, a celebrity radio host, and underground cult hero, is the main character of the film. The film chronicles Alex and four other conspiracy theorists, on their ceaseless quests to expose the "massive global conspiracy" that they believe threatens the future of humanity.







Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
31 G, Gulberg II, Lahore
Queries: 0321 213 0346

Wed 3 Feb: 5:30 pm: از کوچہء رندان - زہرا نگاہ

Wednesdays, an open sitting of Urdu poetry & prose ...
This week, reading Zehra Nigah

از کوچہء رندان
قاسم جعفری





:شعر و سخن
زہرا نگاہ 


بروز بدھ ، 5:30 بجے بعد مغرب
Wednesday, 3 Feb 2016, 5:30 pm




      Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
31 G, Gulberg II, Lahore
Queries: 0321 213 0346