Sat-Sun 6-7 Aug: 2-Day Short Study: God, Man & Cosmos - Hamid Reza Fazil

Hastoneest August Short Study Programme

Two-Day Short Study Course:

God, Man & Cosmos

The Structure of the Universe in Islamic Metaphysics (Urdu)

Hamid Reza Fazil 

Sat/Sun 6th-7th August 2016

5:00 - 7:00 pm 

Hamid Reza Fazil sahib teaches philosophy and Arabic at Hastoneest. He holds a degree in Islamic Philosophy from Iran.

Registration: Send in Title, Your Full Name, Emal Address & Cell Number to hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0300 8493170
Registrations are required for the August Courses. Reading material may be emailed to registered participants for each course. The 2-Day Course fee is Rs. 2000/participant. Student sponsorship is available (Deserving students need to request via email).

Venue: 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore - Google Map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1PUcmgZjrfyhU2orOTkogP7NbXdw&hl=en_US
Email: hast.o.neest@gmail.com; Cell: 0300 8493170

Fri 5 Aug: Farsi Level 1 - Fatima Fayyaz

Hast o Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

announces a three month duration course

Farsi Level 1 (Beginner Level)

with Fatima Fayyaz (Oriental College, PU & Tehran University)

Fridays & Saturdays, 5:30 - 6:30 pm

starting Friday, 5 August 2016.

Registration: Interested students are required to visit the office at Hastoneest between 2:00 - 6:00 pm any working day to fill a form and submit 50% of the total fee of three months. Course fee is Rs.3000/month. Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com or Kausar Ali sahib at 0321 4847091 - Hastoneest, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore.

Mon 1 Aug: Reading the biography of Rumi & Discourses of Shams e Tabriz - Fatima Fayyaz & Taimoor Khan

Hast o Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Walk in and participate in the

Monday Reading

with Fatima Fayyaz & Taimoor Khan Mumtaz

Reading from the biography of Rumi -

Manaqib ul Arifin about the family of Maulana Rumi,

& Discourses of Shams e Tabriz Maqalat e Shams

Monday,  1 August 2016

6:00 pm

Hastoneest, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II

Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0300 8493170

Sunday 31st July - Dars Hikayaat: Read & Discuss

Dars Hikayaat: Walk in to a weekly gathering of story tellers and wisdom tales. Masnavi Rumi, Bostan Saadi, Kalam Zaheen Shah Taji r.a.

Sunday 31st July,

5:30 pm

Kausar Ali, Fiaz Ahmed Khan & Rabia Sultan

Query: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321 4847091

Sun 31st July: Takiya Hastoneest Classical Music (Open)

Hastoneest July Study Programme 2016

Walk in this Sunday (Open Event)

Takiya Hastoneest Classical Music

A gathering for classical music

Sunday 31st July,

4:00 - 5:00  pm

OUR USTADS

This month’s Takiya Hast-o-Neest presents its rich galaxy of teachers of classical music:

Riaz Hans

– teaches ‘Beginners & Childrens’ music class at Hast-o-Neest. Multi-talented Riaz Hans is a Composer, Singer and Tabla player. A student of Ustad Parvez Paras - he also learnt from the renowned tabla master of the Punjab Baaj, Ustad Altaf Hussain Tafu.

Shahzad Khalil

– teaches Sitar at Hast-o-Neest. An upcoming sitar player, Shahzad Khalil is also a regular part of Hast-o-Neest poetry and prose recitals.

Reza Shaukat

– teaches Tabla at Hast-o-Neest. Son of legendary table maestro Ustad Mian Shaukat Hussin Khan, Raza Shaukat possesses a deep and subtle knowledge of the art of classical Tabla.

Rustam Fateh Ali Khan

– son of legendary Classical Vocalist of the Patiala Gharana, Ustad Bare Fateh Ali Khan. Rustam Fateh Ali is the leading classical vocalist from the younger generation of Patiala Gharana singers. He teaches Classical Singing once a week at Hast-o-Neest.

Program:

Old Bandishes (compositions)

Riaz Hans, Old bandishes and reminisces -10 mins

Sitar

Sitar Recital by Shahzad Khalil - 20 mins

Tabla

Tabla Demo by Raza Shaukat -15 mins

Vocal

Demonstrating Patiala Gharana singing through

old compositions of the gharana by Rustam Fateh Ali Khan -30 mins

Venue: Hastoneest, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, 

Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore

Query: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0300 8493170

Thur 4 Aug: Re-imagining the Muslim-Hindu Encounter in Pre-Modern South Asia - Dr. Fuad Naeem

Hast o Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts invites everyone to the

Open Guest Lecture

Re-imagining the Muslim-Hindu Encounter

in Pre-Modern South Asia

Dr. Fuad Naeem  

(Assistant Professor Religion,  Gustavus Adolphus College  (Minnesota, USA)

Thursday, 4 August

6:00 pm

The talk will be a critique of the common notion of a perpetual opposition between Hindus and Muslims in South Asia that came about due to British colonial historiography; examining the many diverse facets of the Muslim-Hindu encounter.

Dr. Fuad Naeem's dissertation research focused on the nineteenth century Muslim scholar and theologian Muhammad Qasim Nanautvi, founder of the influential school of Deoband, his particpation in religious debate and dialogue between Muslims, Christians, and Hindus in South Asia and the transformations and reconfigurations of Islamic scholarly traditions in the modern period. His interests include Islamic intellectual traditions in South Asia, Muslim encounters with religious others, Islam and modernity, the Qur'an and its exegesis, and Islamic philosophy, theology, and esoteric traditions.

Venue: Hastoneest, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore.

Query: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0300 8493170.

Sat 23 July: Study Circle: The Love Poetry of Hafiz Shirazi; Diwan e Hafiz - with M. Waseem

Study Circle: The Love Poetry of Hafiz Shirazi: Diwan e Hafiz Shirazi محمد حافظ شیرازی

Saturdays, starting Saturday 23 July, 2016

4:30 pm with Muhammad Waseem 

(Farsi teacher at Hastoneest)

(Its an open invitation study circle; there is no registration and no fee requirement. Download pdf file of Diwan e Hafiz and bring your copy to the study circle)

Hafiz of Shirazi (1315-1360, Shiraz, Iran) is to Iranian Love Poetry what Shakespeare is to English Drama. His poetry at times takes a philosophical overview of Love and God. Hafiz’s poetry has immense influence over the literature of Persia and is often recited by heart even today in Iran and Afghanistan.

Hastoneest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II

Lahore - Query: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0300 849 3170.

Hastoneest Movie/Documentary: Thur 21 July: The Fountain (a 2006 movie on love and mortality)

HASTONEEST MOVIES/DOCUMENTARIES

The Fountain 
(a 2006 American epic on love and mortality)

Hastoneest open invitation - walk-in! - to join Danish Bashir & friends 

in viewing and in a post-viewing discussion on a 2006 American epic drama film

 that blends elements of fantasy, history, spirituality, and science fiction.

Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the film consists of three story lines: 

a modern-day scientist and his cancer-stricken wife, a conquistador and his queen, and a space traveler in the future who hallucinates his lost love. The story lines reflect the themes of love and mortality.

Thursday, 21 July 2016 at 7:45 pm!

Venue: Hastoneest, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, 

Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore

Query: 03214847091

Hastoneest Open Invitation Wisdom Tales : Friday, 22 July 2016

HASTONEEST WISDOM TALES

Hastoneest open invitation - walk-in! - to join Kausar Ali, Fiaz Khan and Rabia Sultan 

in reading/narrating wisdom tales from Rumi, Hafiz, Fariduddin Attar and more...

Participants can listen to and join the post-reading discussion and/or bring a tale of their own.

Friday, 22 July 2016 at 4:00 pm!

Venue: Hastoneest, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, 

Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore

Query: 03214847091