5th Annual Week of Islamic Art and Culture April 17-19 2012

 

All events are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring your friends and students.

 

April 17-19

Interactive Exhibition of Islamic Art of Ebru, Calligraphy & Crafts
Where: Gallery, Dolan Center for Science & Technology
When: 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 

April 17

Film: “A Righteous Servant of God”
(Allah’in Sadik Kulu)
The Life of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi

Where: Donahue Auditorium, Dolan Center for Science & Technology

When: 6:30 p.m.
 

The film specifically recounts Nursi’s years in Barla, a town in Isparta province, where he stayed for seven years between 1927 and 1934.

Refreshments will be served.

 

April 18

Lecture: Ibn Khaldun: Muslim Humanist
Dr. Paul Heck, Georgetown University
Where: Donahue Auditorium, Dolan Center for Science & Technology
When: 7 p.m.
Co-Sponsored by The Walter & Mary Tuohy Chair of Interreligious Studies

Dr. Paul L. Heck, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University’s Department of Theology

Ibn Khaldun is the most important figure in the field of History and Sociology in Islamic history. He
is one of those shining stars that contributed so richly to the understanding of civilization.

Refreshments will be served.

 

April 19

Sufi Music
Where: Dolan Center for Science & Technology
When: 6:30 p.m.

Refreshments will be served.

 

Film, Lecture, and Sufi Music. For details see the flyer