Sunday, 8 August,  2004   (21 Jumada ath-Thani, 1425)
6:00 p.m.  - 9:30 p.m.
Mevlevi “Meshk” - Music and Devotional Songs in the
Mevlevi Tradition
in Pinole. Join members of the Mevlevi Order of
America, Mevlevi Order International, and others in
learning to play and sing the ghazals of Mevlana
Jelaluddin Rumi, traditional Turkish “illahis”, and
informal “sem’a”. We will start with a potluck dinner
at 6:00 p.m., and begin our musical practises at about
7:00. All are welcome - bring musical instruments if
you have them.  Cost: Free  Location: 1211 Hazel
Drive, Pinole Info: 510-741-0686



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through Sept. 5, 2004 '' The Arts of Fire: Islamic
Influences on the Italian Renaissance'' at the J. Paul
Getty Museum in Los Angeles The technological
development of both glass and ceramic decoration
occurred in the Islamic Middle East between about 800
and 1350. These early techniques involving glazing,
gilding, and painting emphasized the qualities of
color and sparkle. By the 15th century, the active
trade around the Mediterranean and the growth of a new
affluent and urban European middle class in the late
Middle Ages made these fancy tablewares popular art
forms in Italy. About 950 glassmakers in Asia Minor
and the Middle East revived ancient Roman glass
techniques (or rediscovered the techniques
independently), and created the first luxury glass
since antiquity. Between 1100 and 1200 Egyptian and
Syrian enameled and gilt glass became the finest in
the world. Italians learned how to apply enamels and
gold to glass from Byzantine and Islamic craftspeople,
who arrived in Venice by 1300. Italians copied Islamic
ornament and also painted decorations that were more
typical of the Italian Renaissance. Cost: not stated
Location: Getty Center, Los Angeles, California
<http://www.getty.edu/visit/gethere.html> Info:
<http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/arts_fire/>



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Monday 2 August 2004 7:00 p.m. Zikr with Allaudin
Ottinger in San Francisco Allaudin Ottinger from
Kansas City will lead a zikr at the Mentorgarden.
Allaudin brings great warmth, joy and musicianship to
his zikr circles. Location: The Mentorgarden, 410
Precita, San Francisco, near the intersection of
Folsom and Cesar Chavez. Cost: not stated Info:
415-285-5208.



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Wednesday 4 August Omar Faruk Tekbilek in New
York City, NY Omar Faruk Tekbilek  will perform at
Central Park Summerstage in NYC Cost: Not Stated Info:
<www.summerstage.org> <riverhumm@...>



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Shaykh Taner Ansari - “Sufism and traditional Sufi
Meditiation” in London, England

Monday 2 August 6:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Shaykh Taner
Ansari - “Sufism and traditional Sufi Meditiation” in
London, England Shaykh Taner Ansari was born in
Tarsus, Turkey. He was initiated into the Qadiri Rifai
Sufi Order in Istanbul under Shaykh Muhyiddin Ansari,
from whom he received his license to teach Sufism; his
spiritual lineage also includes the Naqshbandi,
Mevlevi, and Bektashi orders. Shaykh Taner accepted
leadership of the Islamic Sufi Order of Qadiri Rifai
Tariqa of the Americas after the passing of Shaykh
Muhyiddin's successor, Shaykh Nuruddin Ozal. Sh. Taner
teaches Sufism throughout the United States and
abroad. Shaykh Taner's book on Sufism, “The Sun Will
Rise in the West: The Holy Trail” (Ansari
Publications, October 2000), is written specifically
for the Western reader. He regularly publishes
articles on spiritual topics and writes books on
Sufism. He resides in Northern California, where he
teaches privately and holds regular public lectures
and congregational zikr. Presented by “Sufi Group”, an
informal group, meeting every Monday to explore Sufi
meditation and spirituality. Location: Essex Unitarian
Church, 112 Palace Gardens Terrace, Notting Hill Gate,
London, W8 4RT, England Cost: By Donation, £3
Suggested (to cover hall rental) Info: Tel: 0794 44
89527 <Rita@...>
<http://www.rumi.org.uk/event>

Monday 9 August 6:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Shaykh Taner
Ansari - “Sufism and traditional Sufi Meditiation” in
London, England Shaykh Taner Ansari was born in
Tarsus, Turkey. He was initiated into the Qadiri Rifai
Sufi Order in Istanbul under Shaykh Muhyiddin Ansari,
from whom he received his license to teach Sufism; his
spiritual lineage also includes the Naqshbandi,
Mevlevi, and Bektashi orders. Shaykh Taner accepted
leadership of the Islamic Sufi Order of Qadiri Rifai
Tariqa of the Americas after the passing of Shaykh
Muhyiddin's successor, Shaykh Nuruddin Ozal. Sh. Taner
teaches Sufism throughout the United States and
abroad. Shaykh Taner's book on Sufism, “The Sun Will
Rise in the West: The Holy Trail” (Ansari
Publications, October 2000), is written specifically
for the Western reader. He regularly publishes
articles on spiritual topics and writes books on
Sufism. He resides in Northern California, where he
teaches privately and holds regular public lectures
and congregational zikr. Presented by “Sufi Group”, an
informal group, meeting every Monday to explore Sufi
meditation and spirituality. Location: Essex Unitarian
Church, 112 Palace Gardens Terrace, Notting Hill Gate,
London, W8 4RT, England Cost: By Donation, £3
Suggested (to cover hall rental) Info: Tel: 0794 44
89527 <Rita@...>
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Sunday 1 August 2004 2:00 p.m. – “Sounds Electronic”
Mercan Dede & Whirling Dervishes at Stern Grove,
San Francisco  The Turkish-born, Montreal-based,
Mercan Dede is a world-beat musician and producer. He
subtly fuses the Eastern spiritual traditions of Sufi
music with contemporary ambient sounds to create an
accessible mix of old and new, sacred and secular,
East and West. Founded in 1997, The Mercan Dede
Ensemble represents the culmination of Dede’s
extensive musical experience both in Turkey and the
United States. The Ensemble includes a fluid, changing
group of artists, including Mohammad and Farokh Shams,
Montreal-based percussionist Scott Russell, and
Canadian violinist Hugh Marsh. An adherent of Sufi
spirituality, Dede brings his holistic understanding
of sound, the rhythms of nature, and of the universe
to his interpretations of Sufi maqams, as well as to
his original compositions. Dede is an accomplished
musician who plays the ney (reed flute), bendir, frame
drum, zarp, and udu drum. He also spins vinyl under
the names Arkin Allen and Poundmaker, accompanied by
handpicked percussionists, vocalists, and musicians.
Dede has produced four solo recordings: Sufi Dreams
(1997), Journey of a Dervish (1999) on San Francisco’s
world beat and jazz label Golden Horn Records,
Seyahatname (2001) on his own label, Doublemoon
Records, and NAR (2002), also on Doublemoon. In
addition, Dede has worked as a producer on several
other world-beat recordings for Golden Horn and
Metropolis Records and has performed live with such
artists as Kani Karaca, Ihsan Ozgen, Natasha Atlas,
Mich Geber, Omar Sosa, Maharaja (formerly Musafir),
Shams Brothers, and Groove Ala Turca. Both as Arkin
Allen and as Mercan Dede, he has performed at events
as diverse as the Black & Blue 98 (a world-renowned
Montreal circuit party which drew 15,000 people), a
concert of improvisations on classical Turkish music
at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa, the
Istanbul Jazz Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival,
and the International Transmusical Festival in Rennes,
France in 2002. Cost: Free (but get there early to
find a seat!) Location: Stern Grove, 19th Ave. at
Sloat Blvd., San Francisco Info: <www.sterngrove.org>
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through Oct. 17, 2004  ''Caliphs and Kings: The Art
and Influence of Islamic Spain'' at the Arthur M.
Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.

Calligraphy, applied to every conceivable surface, is
the most revered of Islamic art forms. It is a medium
that preserves the voice of God: Allah made himself
known to Muhammad not as a vision but as a stream of
wrenching, scorching words. It is also the vehicle of
poetry, now somewhat marginal in the West as a
literary form, but still treasured elsewhere. Thanks
to the habit of poetry, metaphor is a natural mode of
thought in Islamic culture. Everything is also
something else, higher or lower, and art is resonant
in that way. A gaily colored tilework depiction of a
court picnic from 17th-century Iran does double duty
as a picaresque glimpse of Eden. A cylindrical ivory
pyxis from 10th-century Spain, with high-relief
carvings of stems and flowers, is at once a practical
container and a transcendental valentine. Its
dome-shaped lid is inscribed with a poem, written as
if the pyxis were speaking, like the ghost of
Berlioz's rose: ''The sight I offer is the fairest of
sights, the still firm breast of a lovely young woman.
Beauty has bestowed upon me a robe clad with jewels,
so that I am a vessel for musk and camphor and
ambergris.'' The words are erotic, but their source is
religious, from the ''Song of Songs.'' This darling
object, whose proud maker signed his name, Khalaf, was
produced for a ruler of the Umayyad dynasty, which
entered Spain in the eighth century to establish the
Muslim kingdom known as al-Andalus.
The pyxis is one of thousands of objects collected by
the philanthropist Archer M. Huntington (1870-1955),
who established the Hispanic Society of America in
1904 to house them. The society, with its flagship
Goyas and gothic Madonnas, is an astonishing resource,
though famously underknown.

The Sackler show is the first time the Huntington
collection's Islamic art has been shown as a whole,
and the first time many objects have been seen outside
New York. The fine catalog by Heather Ecker, an
assistant curator at the Museum of Islamic Art in
Qatar, is the first book devoted to the material.
Overall, the works cover a comparatively circumscribed
chunk of cultural history, its presentation with a
clear, if episodic, narrative. It begins with a
10th-century marble capital, honeycombed with drilled
reliefs, from the Ummayad capital of Madinar al-Zahra
outside of Cordoba. And it continues with a silk panel
woven around 1400, decorated with bands of stars and
florettes similar to those found in Alhambra tilework.
In between, there are handwritten books: a
mathematical treatise in Latin, an illuminated Koran,
a Hebrew Bible with interlaced designs picked out in
micrographic script, relics of the period known as the
Convivencia, when Muslims, Christians and Jews
negotiated a peacable cohabitation in Spain.

Tolerance was always strained, but it was possible for
a while, and that's the lesson. In 1492, the Muslim
remnant in Granada was expelled and al-Andalus was
gone. The show's final entry brings us into the modern
era, a 1526 map of the world drawn by Juan Vespucci,
nephew of Amerigo. Spain is at the center, shooting
out tiny dark ships like bullets across the seas to
Asia, Africa and the New World. Europe was on its way
to becoming a global power to which Islamic culture,
among others, would ultimately be invaded and
colonized; but Islamic culture did not end. The 18th
century brought the beginning of a new kind of Islam,
one that both adapted to and resisted Western-style
modernism.

This Islamic art is not so different from the art of
our own past. It is richly made work for rich people,
alternately frivolous and thought-provoking, crass and
spiritually searching. The show makes a point of
demonstrating aesthetic interactions between Islam and
Europe. But Islamic art, unlike Western high art,
gives as much attention to function as to form. You
can drink from these things, wear them, walk on them,
read them. In this there is a humility that Western
culture, as a whole, lacks. It is what makes even the
most sensational objects in this show feel welcoming
and available in ways we still may not fully
understand, and so cannot fully respond to.

Most important, whether in elite or popular form,
Islamic art was meant to be part of life, to circulate
through it like water through the Alhambra, like the
voice of the Senegalese Muslim singer Youssou N'Dour
flowing from radios and CD players around the world
today. That world has grown very small, so small that
all art is now everyone's art. And there is only one
new history, the history of everyone, in which, even a
skeptic might hope, fear can be ameliorated, joy
shared.

Location: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian
Institution, 1050 Independence Avenue SW, at 12th
Street, Washington, D.C.  Info: (202) 633-4800


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July 18, 2004 - February 6, 2005 “'Palace and Mosque:
Islamic Art From the Victoria and Albert Museum'' at
the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Islamic culture, as expressed in art, is basically
about myriad forms of delight: sensual beauty,
intellectual stimulation, spiritual discovery. It
exalts unity in variety, the bringing of many
brilliant, unlike parts together to create an even
more brilliant whole. Harmony in tension is the goal.
There is something genuinely disorienting about an art
that so insistently merges reality and illusion,
nature and culture. The elevated and the everyday,
keeping dualities in constant motion.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, which holds
one of the most renowned Islamic art collections in
the world, is working on new Islamic galleries
scheduled to open in 2006. The 160 objects now at the
National Gallery, many exhibited for the first time
outside that museum, convey the richness of Islamic
art on a scale and quality hard to find in any
collection outside the Middle East. ''Palace and
Mosque: Islamic Art From the Victoria and Albert
Museum,'' is an saunter through centuries' worth of
art sorted under broad themes: the court, religion,
the written word. Ceramics from Spain, Iran and China
rub shoulders; candlesticks and Koran pages sit side
by side; history from the 8th to the 18th century is
covered in seven-league strides.

The exhibition's themes start with "The Written Word,"
featuring calligraphy from the 10th to 18th century.
Considered the noblest and most distinctive form of
Islamic art because of its association with the
Qur'an, beautiful calligraphic writing pervades
Islamic art. "Courts and Courtiers" introduces art
made for the secular realm of the ruling elite. Two
royal courts that flourished in the 16th and 17th
centuries will be featured - the court of the Ottoman
dynasty that ruled from Istanbul, and the Safavid
dynasty in Iran. "Mosques, Shrines, and Churches" will
examine works created for religious establishments,
including a 20-foot high pulpit (minbar) made for a
mosque in Cairo in the 15th century. The section also
includes works produced by Islamic artists for
Christian churches, reflecting the religious tolerance
that has characterized Islamic culture from its
beginnings in the 7th century. "Artistic Exchange,"
the final section, includes works of Islamic,
European, and Chinese manufacture. As the textiles and
ivories demonstrate, the wealth of interaction between
the Islamic Middle East and Europe was such that some
works of art cannot be easily assigned to one culture.


Of early Islamic art, elemental and austere, there
isn't much. Cosmopolitan late-style luxe dominates. As
a result, the multicultural eclecticism of Islamic
culture, the reality that there are as many versions
of Islam as there are versions of the West, emerges.
So does a ''decorative arts'' identity. The
association of Islamic art with design, as opposed to
''fine art,'' has done much to shape its reception in
the West, where the two categories are unequally
valued. For this reason, some adjustment of
perspective is useful. It will mean approaching a
pearlescent 13th-century mosque lamp from Syria or a
carved pulpit from Egypt as sculptural forms rather
than solely as liturgical furnishings. It will mean
accepting the fact that superlative paintings can be
found on ceramic plates as well as on paper. It will
mean sharpening the eye for patterns and understanding
that they have meaning and motivation. The floating
squiggles on a child's red kaftan look like jaunty
abstractions. But they are meant to evoke the
tiger-skin tunic worn by the Persian epic hero Rustam.
They turn the kaftan into a Superman costume of silk.
Bunchy, braided tendrils on a brass tray may hold
little interest on their own, but once you spot them
again on a carpet, then on a tombstone, then circling
the rim of a cup, you realize how ornament, usually
regarded as the equivalent of background music, is
essential to creating a coherent visual universe.
Further immersion is also likely to inspire a fresh
appreciation of the power of language, a power that we
sort of know about but that Islamic art makes concrete
and graphic.

Timothy Stanley, senior curator, Middle East, at the
Victoria and Albert Museum, is exhibition curator and
the principal author of the book that accompanies the
exhibition, “Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the
Middle East”.
Cost: not stated  Location: National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C. Info:
<http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/upcoming.htm#islami>

April 3 2005 to Sept. 4, 2005  ''Palace and Mosque:
Islamic Art From the Victoria and Albert Museum'' at
the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

Oct. 22 2005 to Dec. 11, 2005 ''Palace and Mosque:
Islamic Art From the Victoria and Albert Museum'' the
Setagaya Art Museum in Tokyo

Jan. 14, 2006 to April 16, 2006 ''Palace and Mosque:
Islamic Art From the Victoria and Albert Museum''
Millennium Galleries in Sheffield, England



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Thursday 29 July,  2004   -  11 Jumada ath-Thani, 1425
  8:00 p.m.

“Sufi music from Istanbul: The Erdemsel Brothers”
House Concert in Pinole

Faruk and Sinan Erdemsel carry on the 500-year-old
lineage of the 13th century Turkish sufi saint, Um
Sinan. As representatives of the Turkish Ministry of
Culture, they have traveled and performed
internationally, with a rich repetoire from the
Turkish dervish and ashiq traditions. Faruk sings
traditional Turkish “ilahis” and “nefesh”, including
many songs composed by his grandfather. Sinan is a
graduate of the Turkish Music Conservatory in Istanbul
where he studied with oudists Yurdal Tokcan and Halil
Aksoy, and was first oudist in the Classical Turkish
Music Choir.

This evening’s event will take place in an intimate
“house concert” setting, and will include
participation by local dervishes.

Cost: By donation ($15 suggested); none turned away
for lack of funds

Location: 1211 Hazel Drive, Pinole, California
Info: 501-741-0686 <rashid_patch@...>



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Tuesday 3 August, 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. “Becoming a
True Human Being: A Muslim Voice for Peace, Love, and
Universality” Cheikh Aly N'Daw at Graduate Theological
Union, Berkeley  Cheikh Aly N'Daw of Senegal is the
current head of the Khidmatul Khadim Branch (Branch of
Service) of the Muridiyya Movement. Cheikh Aly is a
Sufi Mystic as well as a modern man and entrepreneur
who draws from the deep wellspring of African Wisdom
to offer solutions to the many problems we face as
individuals and collectively. His practical system of
Liberation Therapy is a simple, direct and
transformative tool that encourages us to heal the
world, by first quietly going about the work of our
own self-transformation. Starr King Dean of Faculty,
Ibrahim Farajajé, is pleased to introduce Cheikh N'Daw
to the U.C. Berkely community. Don't miss this
opportunity to come into the presence of a remarkable
individual who is a voice of compassion and clarity
amidst the divisiveness and confusion of our troubled
planet. Cost: Free Location: Fireside Room, Starr King
School for the Ministry, 2441 Le Conte Ave., Berkeley,
California  Info: 510/845-6232 <http://www.sksm.edu/>
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Monday 26 July,  2004   -  8 Jumada ath-Thani, 1425
7:30 p.m. Rizwan & Muazzam Ali Khan Qawwali in
San Francisco The musical legacy of late qawwali
singer Nusrat Ali Khan has been passed on to his
teenage nephews, Muazzam and Rizwan Ali Khan.
Performing as Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali, the two brothers
bring a fresh approach to the religious Sufi music of
Pakistan. According to <www.worldmusicportal.com>,
"they use music as a vehicle to enlightenment or to
achieve inner knowledge — via rhythmic hand clapping,
percussion, harmonium and a vast repertoire of sung
poetry." Reviewing one of their concerts, Escape took
a similar view, writing, "the tone continues
throughout with the solo and group vocals of their
ensemble weaving through wheezy harmonium swirls and
tabla percolations. Cost: $20, general admission;
Dinner ticket, $39.95  Location: Great American Music
Hall, 850 O’Farrell (between Larkin & Polk), San
Francisco, California Info: <www.gamh.com>
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Friday 23 July,  2004   -  5 Jumada ath-Thani, 1425
1:30 p.m. (after Jumu’ah)“Unity Halaqa and Picnic”
With Imam Zaid Shakir in San Ramon. Presented by San
Ramon Valley Islamic Center. A community event for all
brothers and sisters: halaqa, barbecue, sports, and
lecture by noted scholar and speaker Imam Zaid Shakir.
Cost: not stated  Location(s) (Event in two parts):
first, Jumu’ah salat at San Ramon Community Center,
12501 Alcosta Blvd., San Ramon California; then,
picnic and halaqa a Central Park, on Bollinger Canyon
Road, San Ramon California. Info 925-640-0847
<alibhatti1@...> 925-286-7862
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Thursday 29 July,  2004   -  11 Jumada ath-Thani, 1425
  8:00 p.m. “Sufi music from Istanbul: The Erdemsel
Brothers” House Concert in Pinole Faruk and Sinan
Erdemsel carry on the 500-year-old lineage of the 13th
century Turkish sufi saint, Um Sinan. As
representatives of the Turkish Ministry of Culture,
they have traveled and performed internationally, with
a rich repetoire from the Turkish dervish and ashiq
traditions. Faruk sings traditional Turkish “ilahis”
and “nefesh”, including many songs composed by his
grandfather. Sinan is a graduate of the Turkish Music
Conservatory in Istanbul where he studied with oudists
Yurdal Tokcan and Halil Aksoy, and was first oudist in
the Classical Turkish Music Choir. This evening’s
event will take place in an intimate “house concert”
setting, and will include participation by local
dervishes. Cost: By donation ($15 suggested); none
turned away for lack of funds  Location: 1211 Hazel
Drive, Pinole, California Info: 501-741-0686 <rashid_patch@...>



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Saturday, 31 July,  2004   -  13 Jumada ath-Thani,
1425 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. “All Of Us Or None” East
Bay Peace & Justice Community Summit in Oakland This
Summit will be a forum where people with direct
experience in the criminal justice system can testify
and present our concerns to community leaders and
decision-makers. It’s time for an opena dn honest
dialogue with all sebments of the community. Let’s
talk about : Services; Jobs; Benefits;
Housing; Keeping Families Together. This forum will be
unique, because it is being organized by formerly
incarcerated people, to speak in their own voice.
Families, community members, activists, faith groups
and their leaders, strongly encouraged to attend.
Please arrive by 10:00 a.m. Childcare and community
lunch will be provided. “All Of Us Or None” is a
Project of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children.
Peace & Justice Community Summit is organized by All
Of Us Or None, California Coalition of Women
Prisoners, and Family Advocacy Network. Cost: not
stated Location: First Unitarian Church of Oakland,
685 - 14th Street, Oakland California  Info:
415-255-7036x337; 510-410-1099; 510-219-0297; 415-516-9599



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Tuesday 3 August 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.“Becoming a
True Human Being: A Muslim Voice for Peace, Love, and
Universality” Cheikh Aly N'Daw at 7th Heaven Yoga
Studio, Berkeley  Cheikh Aly N'Daw of Senegal is the
current head of the Khidmatul Khadim Branch (Branch of
Service) of the Muridiyya Movement. Cheikh Aly is a
Sufi Mystic as well as a modern man and entrepreneur
who draws from the deep wellspring of African Wisdom
to offer solutions to the many problems we face as
individuals and collectively. His practical system of
Liberation Therapy is a simple, direct and
transformative tool that encourages us to heal the
world, by first quietly going about the work of our
own self-transformation.  Don't miss this opportunity
to come into the presence of a remarkable individual
who is a voice of compassion and clarity amidst the
divisiveness and confusion of our troubled planet.
Cost: By donation, none turned away for lack of funds
Location: 7th Heaven Yoga Studio, 2820 7th St.,
Berkeley, California  Info: 510-741-0686
<rashid_patch@...>
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Friday July 16th 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. “Dreadlock, Mystic
Sufis of the Bayefall”- an evening with Serigne Cheikh
Rokhaya I'ali Ndigeul . Join hands and hearts together
for an evening with the Dreadlock, Mystic Sufis known
as Bayefall from West Africa and experience a Live and
Concious Awakening   Location: 2400 Magnolia St.,
Oakland California  Cost: $7 donation suggested; none
turned away for lack of funds  Info: Through the
Gateway of 40 Days and 40 Nights: Mystic Journey
Productions 510-601-1754

Saturday 17 July 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. "We are already
Enlightened; it is Just that we have Forgotten" - an
evening with Serigne Cheikh Rokhaya I'ali Ndigeul Have
you a question? You already know the answer. Come in
touch with an African Sufi master and experience your
enlightenment. Join hands and hearts together for an
evening of self-remembering with a truly enlightened
being, Serigne Cheikh Rokhaya I'ali Ndigeul  Location:
2400 Magnolia St., Oakland California  Cost: $7
donation suggested; none turned away for lack of funds
  Info: Through the Gateway of 40 Days and 40 Nights:
Mystic Journey Productions 510-601-1754





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Sunday 11 July  11:00 - 3:00 p.m.  “In-Depth Teachings
of the Naqshbandi Order” with As-Sayyid Shaykh Nurjan
Mirahmadi, authorized representative of Shaykh Nazim
Al-Haqqani of Cyprus and his kalifa for North
American, Shaykh Hisham Kabbani. This session will be
for those who are serious about learning muraqaba
(islamic meditation), the science of letters and #s
and other spiritual topics. This session will last
approx. 3-4 hrs
Cost: not stated
Location: Ribat al-Haba’ib / Masjid Al-Iman, 4606
Martin Luther King Jr. Way (at 47th) Oakland
Info: 510-654-7542 "masjid al iman ayubbi" <masjidiman@...>



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Saturday 10 July at 2:00 p.m. "Hijacking Catastrophe:
9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire” A film
documentary narrated by Julian Bond, examines how a
radical fringe of the Republican party has used the
trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a
pre-existing agenda to radically transform American
foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and
social programs at home. Featuring 27 interviews,
including Pentagon whistleblower Lt. Colonel Karen
Kwiatkowski, former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Scott
Ritter, MIT professor Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg,
Norman Mailer, Medea Benjamin, Vandana Shiva, Chalmers
Johnson and many others. "By helping us understand how
fear is being actively cultivated and manipulated by
the current administration, Hijacking Catastrophe"
stands to become an explosive and empowering
information weapon in this decisive year in U.S.
history."Naomi Klein, author, “No Logo” (Screenings
continue Saturday and Sunday 2:00  p.m. thru the
summer.) (Video available <www.mef.tv>  DVD / VHS
$19.95 + S&H)  Cost: Not stated  Location: Alameda
Auctions by the Bay Theater, 2700 Saratoga Street,
Alameda, California Info: <www.antiquesbybay.com>



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As-Salaamo Aleykum,

Dear subscribers to the SufiEvents Yahoo group,

Regularly scheduled gatherings for Zikr in the San
Francisco Bay Area have now been posted on the
Calendar section of the SufiEvents website at
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SufiEvents/>.

We hope that this will prove useful to the community.
(A list of the Bay Area Zikrs is also at the end of
this message>)

Please note: at this time, only regularly scheduled,
repeating gatherings for zikr have been added to  the
website Calendar. Other, "one-time" events / classes
are not yet listed there, although we hope to
eventually have all the "Sufi Events Update" items
listed in the Calendar.

If you discover any errors in your group's listing (or
anyone else's), or if you would like to include a
gathering or event that is not currently listed, send
the details to me at <rashid_patch@...>

(Please include date, time, a description of the
event, the cost (if any), the location, and phone
numbers, e-mail addresses, and/or web links for people
to contact for more details. Please send event
information as text, in the body of an e-mail, NOT as
an attachment of any sort. Please do NOT send PDFs or
other image files of fliers or posters, just the
details as "text". Doing otherwise will definitely
delay (and possibly prevent) your event information
being posted.)

Also:  I am interested in adding listings for Urs /
Maulid / Mousem type events in various places around
the world. If you know dates and details about such
upcoming events, please send me word about them! Our
community includes many people who travel widely, and
who would greatly appreciate knowing about such
events. I was just  e-mailing one subscriber, about
where they could find qawalli sessions in Dehli and
other places in  Northern India.. some other
subscribers are in Turkey, en-route to Syria right
now..  others are traveling about Yemen..  another is
en-route to Lhassa. All would appreciate hearing about
any upcoming sufi festivals. Thanks for your help!

As-Salaamo Aleykum, wa Rahmatullah, wa Barakata Hu!

Rashid Patch

_____________________________________

San Francisco, California Bay Area Zikr gatherings:
_____________________________________

Mondays:

Every Monday 7:00 p.m.
M.T.O. Shahmagsoudi  Zikr and lecture
Location: Berkeley, California
Info: 800-733-7700 <http://www.mtoshahmaghsoudi.org/>

Tuesdays:

Every Tuesday 7:00 p.m.
M.T.O. Shahmagsoudi  Zikr and lecture
Location: Novato, California
Info: 800-733-7700 <http://www.mtoshahmaghsoudi.org/>

1st Tuesdays 7:00 p.m.
Zikr with Sheikh Firdousi Wyrick Chisti (Sufi
Ruhaniyat)
Location:The Garden 3070 Prather Lane Santa Cruz,
California
Info: 831-479-9278 <Dravich@...>
<www.sufievents.com>

Wednesdays:

Every Wednesday 8:00 p.m.
Qadiri-Rifai Zikr w/ Shaykh Ibrahim Spiegel
Location: Berkeley, California
Info: 510-849-4913 <ibrahim@...>

2nd Wednesdays (except July & Aug) 8:15 p.m.
Rifai Hadrat w/ Aamil, lineage from Murshid Hassan
al-Moumani ar-Rifai of Balata, Nablus.
Location: Downtown Dance-Art Space, 172 No. Main
(behind Sebastopol Cookie Co.)
Sebastopol, California
  Info: 707-823-4337
<aamil@...><www.sufisonoma.org/index.htm#SebZikr>

1st, 3rd, 5th Wednesdays 8:00 p.m.
Chisti Zikr w/ Pir Shabda Khan (Sufi Ruhaniyat)
Location: Fairfax Semahane 781 Bolinas Road, Fairfax,
California
Info: 707-829-6773 <Karimrahim@...>
<www.marinsufis.com>

Thursdays:

Every Thursday 7:45 p.m.
Dua-e Kumail - Zikr as taught by Hazrat Ali
Location: Islamic Cultural Center of Northern
California 1433 Madison Street, Oakland, California
Info: 510-832-7600 <www.iccnc.org>

Every Thursday   after Salat ul Maghrib
Dua-e Kumail - Zikr as taught by Hazrat Ali
Location: Islamic Center of Zehra, 475-473 Los Coches
St., Milpitas, California
Info: 408-888-4380 <www.islamicresearch.org>

Every Thursday   after Salat ul Maghrib
Naqshbandi Zikr - "Khatam-i-Khwajagan"
Location: Jamil Masjid, 427 California Avenue, Palo
Alto, California
Info: 650-321-1819 <http://jamil.com/jic/>

Every Thursday 7:30 p.m. (except 1st Thurs)
Chisti Zikr of Hazrat Inayat Khan
Location:The Garden, 3070 Prather Lane, Santa Cruz,
California
Info:  831-479-9278 <www.sufievents.com/calendar.html>

2nd Thursday 8:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Mevlevi Order of America Zikr, Poetry, Music, &
Turning
Location: 65 Norwich St., San Francisco, California
Info: 415-285-5208

2nd and 4th Thursdays 7:30 p.m.
Sufi Ruhaniat Zikr w/ Halim Robert Friedman
Location:1080 Bart Rd., Sonoma, California
Info: 707-935-7681
<http://www.sufisonoma.org/details.htm#SonomaZikr>

Fridays:

Every Friday 8:30 p.m.
Qadiri-Rifai Zikr w/ Sayid Shaikh Tanner Ansari
Location: Napa, California
Info:  707-255-3588 <qrt@...>

Saturdays:

Every Saturday 8:00 p.m.
Naqshbandi Zikr - "Khatam-i-Khwajagan" w / Shaykh
Yasser Chadly
Location: Ribat Al Haba'ib / Masjid Al Iman, 4606
Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland, California  Info:
510-654-7542

Every Saturday   after Salat ul Maghrib
Naqshbandi Zikr - "Khatam-i-Khwajagan"
Location: Jamil Masjid, 427 California Avenue, Palo
Alto, California
Info:  650-321-1819 <http://www.jamil.com/jic/>

Every Saturday 6:30 p.m.
Helvetti-Jerrahi Zikr w/ Shaykh Ragib Frager Location:
Jerrahi Dergah, 3644 Hoover Street, Redwood City ,
California
Info:  650-364-1699<http://www.jerrahi.org>

Every Saturday 7:00 p.m. Oveyssi Zikr w/ Piri Nahid
Angha and Pir Ali Khianfar
Location: Institute for Sufi Studies 14 Commercial
Blvd., Suite #101, Novato, California
Info: 415-382-7834  <http://www.ias.org/index.html>

1st Saturday 7:45 p.m.  Threshold Society Zikr w/
Shaikh Kabir Helminski
Location: 303 Potrero St., Bldg. 42, Rm. 202, Santa
Cruz , California
Info: 831-840-4635 <dervishcrier@...>
<www.sufism.org>

Sundays:

Every Sunday
Shadhili-Hashimi-Darqawi Zikr w/ murids of Sh. Nuh
Keller
Location: San Francisco, California Bay Area (varies)
Info: <ksarsour@...> for location and
time

Every Sunday 5:00 p.m.
Qadiri-Buchishiyya Zikr w/ murids of Sidi Ahmad Costas
of Fes
Location:1211 Hazel, Pinole, California
Info: <510-741-0686

Every Sunday 6:30 p.m.
Qadri Zikr w/ Shaykh Mohammad Ahmed Qadri
Location:Munoz Hall, 109 J Street, Fremont, California
Info:  510-739-6759 <www.iecrcna.org>

Every Sunday evening
Nur Ashki Jerrahi Zikr w/ Shaykh Ibrahim Nureddin
Farajaje
Location:Hazrati Hajjar Tekke 472 43rd St., Oakland,
California
Info: 510-282-9995 <nurashkijerrahi@...>

2nd & 4th Sunday 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Mevlevi Order of America Zikr and Turning
Location: 7th Heaven Yoga Studio, 2820 7th St.,
Berkeley, California
Info: 510-741-0686 <rashid_patch@...>

1st and 3rd Sunday 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Qadiri Rifai Zikr and Sohbet
Location: Open Circle Academy, 1001C River St. Santa
Cruz, California
Info: 831-684-1548  <gitalori@...>
<www.qrtsufi.org>

3rd Sundays  7:00 p.m.
Chisti Zikr of Hazrat Inayat Khan w/ Murshida Rabia
Ana Perez
Location: Murad Hassil  386 63rd St.  Oakland,
California
Info: 510-594-1729 <usa@...>
<http://www.sufimovement.net/schedule.htm>

3rd Sunday  2:30 p.m.
Mevlevi Order of America Zikr & potluck
Location: Occidental, California
Info: 707- 874-9462
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July, 2004 Timbuktu Educational Foundation “Back To
Africa Tour: From Here to Timbuktu” Ten-day cultural
exchange tour to Mali, including visits to Bamako,
Mpoti, Djenne, Timbuktu, Dogon Country, the Niger
River, Goree Island, and more. Info: 510-748-9033
<aiesha@...>
<www.timbuktufoundation.org>




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Saturday 10 July, 2004   8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. “Awe
To Action: A Day of Exploration & Dialogue” Burning
Man meets Academia meets Sufi practice! Moments of awe
and wonder, whether experienced in meditation,
communing with nature, or in radical self-expression
in a temporary desert city, can bring us to our knees
and open our hearts in ways that truly change our
lives. How can we translate our personal experiences
of awe into effective action for the benefit of our
communities and our world?  Join an inspiring
gathering of scholars, scientists, spiritual
practitioners, artists, community leaders and
visionaries of every kind in a day of exploration and
dialogue. Plenary and panel presentations by Huston
Smith, internationally recognized author of The
World's Religions; Larry Harvey, founder of the
Burning Man Festival; and many others are combined
with dozens of breakout/discussion sessions and
experiential explorations.  This unique event is
presented by the Council on Spiritual Practices and
the UCLA Working Group on Awe-Inspiring Experiences.
It is supported by the Templeton Foundation and the
Metanexus Institute, and cosponsored by the California
Institute of Integral Studies and the Association for
Transpersonal Psychology. Special evening presentation
will include a Sufi Zikr led by Shaykha Tamam Khan,
accompanied by DJ Ammon Haggerty, and video visual
effects by VJ Michal Lazar, starting at 8:00 p.m.
Presenters include: Huston Smith, John Perry Barlow,
Wilson Riles, Larry Harvey, Most Rev. Bavi Edna Nedi
Rivera, Brian Behlendorf, Erik Davis, Sis. Chandrau
Desai, James Fadiman, Harley K. Dubois, Dorothy
Fadiman, Marcella Eversole, Ralph Hood, Mushim
Ikeda-Nash, Dacher Keltner, Ammon Haggerty, Tamam
Kahn, Michael Lazar Cost: $75; $120: sponsor (help
others to attend) $45: students/low income All options
include lunch and dinner, entry to all daytime
sessions, and special evening event for a full 14
hours of inspiration and inquiry. Register online
before Thursday July 8 to reserve your meals; Onsite
registrations are not guaranteed to be included in
meals  Location: 1st Unitarian Universalist Church,
1187 Franklin St. (at Geary), San Francisco,
California. Info: <www.awetoaction.org>



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Sunday 1 August - Tuesday 10 August 2004 Shaykh Taner
Ansari in London. Shaykh Taner Ansari, Pir of the
Qadiri Rifai Tariqa will be visiting London, England
between the 1st and 10th of August, inshallah. He will
be available for talks, zikr and sohbet. If you would
like to meet with Shaykh Tanner, invite him to your
group, or arrange an event with the shaykh, please
email <Ritaalik@...> Info:
<www.qadiri-rifai.org>





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Wednesdays, June 30 to September 1, 2004 7:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m.  “Arabic for Beginners” with Imam Tahir
Anwar  Abdul Hameed Siddiqui’s book ARABIC FOR THE
BEGINNERS will be used for this course. The rules of
Arabic grammar have been simplified, and students will
be acquainted with the language of Qur’an and Hadith.
Cost: Classes are Free and will be for 10 weeks
Location: South Bay Islamic Association (SBIA) 325 N.
Third St.  San Jose, California  To Register / Info:
408-947-9389 <imamtahir@...>

Thursdays, July 1 to September 2, 2004  7:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. “Tajweed: Qur’anic Recitation” with Imam
Tahir Anwar  Learn the basic rules on how to recite
the Qur’an correctly. A small pamphlet by the name of
“Simplified Rules of Tajweed” will be used for this
class, and each student will have the ability to
practice a few Surah’s with the rules of Tajweed.
Cost: Classes are Free and will be for 10 weeks
Location: South Bay Islamic Association (SBIA) 325 N.
Third St.  San Jose, California To Register / Info:
408-947-9389 <imamtahir@...>




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Saturday, July 10th, at 6:00 p.m. American Muslims
Intent on Learning and Action  (AMILA) July Gathering
presents Filmmaker Naeem Mohaiemen.  Muslims have
spoken out many times against the persecution of
Muslim minorities, but few have addressed situations
where a Muslim society mistreats minority communities
within their midst. Documentary filmmaker Naeem
Mohaiemen tackles this issue in his native Bangladesh
with his new film, “Muslims or Heretics?” The film,
which premiered in Bangladesh earlier this year, looks
at the Ahmadiyya community in Bangladesh, showcasing
increasing legal restrictions on the group and an
increasingly violent movement to take over or convert
the community. Naeem, who has also co-produced a film
about globalization entitled “Rumble in Mumbai”, is a
professional journalist who is regularly published in
mainstream and alternative media, as well as editing
the websites Shobak and alt.muslim.. He runs Nilufar,
Inc., a television & new media consulting practice.
Cost: Donation.  Dinner will be provided (Please bring
$5 for pizza) Please Note: The room is quite small,
and there will be no childcare provided. Location:
203 Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley,
California. Wheeler is the large building located
directly west of the Campanile clock tower, between
the Sproul Hall administration building and the Main
Library. For a map of campus, visit
<http://www.berkeley.edu/map/> Parking is often
difficult around campus; please arrive a bit early to
find street parking. Info: <www.amila.org/>




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Sunday, 18 July, 2004  -  30 Jumada al-Awwal, 1425
8:00 p.m. “40th Day” Memorial for the Passing of
Shaykh Abd-ar-Rahman ash-Shaghouri ash-Shadhili
al-Hashimi ad-Darqawi Successor to Shaykh Muhammad
al-Hashimi, himself successor to Shaykh Ahmad
al-’Alawi al-Mostaghanemi. One of the best known
contemporary sufi masters of Damascus, Shaykh Abd
ar-Rahman ash-Shaghouri was noted for his depth of
classical knowledge. His tariqa emphasizes not only
the illumination  of the heart through dhikr and
supervised solitary retreat (khalwat), but also
mastery of the tenets of the faith of Ahl as-Sunna
from clasic traditional texts. The legacy of Shaykh
Ash-Shaghouri lives on through more than 20 murshids
he trained, who now teach throughout the Arab
countries and around the world. Two of his khalifa
influential to Muslims in North America and Europe are
Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller, and Shaykh Muhammad
al-Yaqoobi al-Hasani. Shaykh ash-Shaghouri passed from
this life on Tuesday 8 June,  2004 (19 Rabi ath-Thani,
1425 Heigra)  We will gather on the 40th day after his
death, for recitation of Surah Ya Sin, zikr, and
informal sema’ for the benefit of Shaykh Abd
ar-Rahman’s soul.  Location: 1211 Hazel, Pinole  Info:
501-741-0686 <rashid_patch@...>





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July 9 - 12 Sufi Healing: a series of events with
Sayed Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi

Friday 9 July 2004  6:00 p.m. -10 p.m.  (& Saturday 10
July 2004    9:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m.) The Golden Chain
Academy Presents: The Sufi Healing Program: Sufi
Healing  Learn Energetic Healing through the use of
Sufi Sound Therapy, Drumming and Chanting , learn how
to use Sufi Chakra points to heal yourself and others
and learn how to attune to angelic light. Cost:
$150.00, including materials. Class size limited to a
minimum of 10, maximum of 20. Certificate of
completion awarded. Advanced classes will be
available. To Register / More Info: 510-521-5247
<twosweets@...> 

Saturday 9 July  7:30 p.m. "The Fragrance of Spiritual
Realities From the Ahl Haqqa'iq" with As-Sayed Shaykh
Nurjan Mirahmadi of the Naqshbandi Haqqani Tariqat
Potluck: bring a dish and an empty cup (the heart) to
be filled! Cost: Free Location: Ribat Al Haba'ib /
Masjid Al Iman 4606 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Oakland, California Info:  510-717-2064
<masjidiman@...>

Saturday 10 July 2004    9:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m. The
Golden Chain Academy Presents: The Sufi Healing
Program: Sufi Healing  Learn Energetic Healing through
the use of Sufi Sound Therapy, Drumming and Chanting ,
learn how to use Sufi Chakra points to heal yourself
and others and learn how to attune to angelic light.
Cost: $150.00, including materials. Class size limited
to a minimum of 10, maximum of 20. Certificate of
completion awarded. Advanced classes will be
available. To Register / More Info: 510-521-5247
<twosweets@...> 

Sunday  11 July  7:00 p.m - - 9:00 p.m.  “Sufi
Healing” with As-Sayed Nurjan Mirahmadi of the
Naqshbandi Haqqani Tariqat a free lecture. Healing
from the perspective of the primacy of the soul;
techniques of spiritual healing, derived from the
traditional practises of sufism.  Cost: Free
Location:  Alameda MultiCultural Center 842 Central
Avenue (at 9th), Alameda, California  Info:
510-717-2064 <masjidiman@...>




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Tuesday, July 6, 2004 7:30 p.m. Veretski Pass in
Concert at Freight and Salvage, in Berkeley In Eastern
Europe, the roots of "world music" go back centuries:
historically, Jews, Christians, Moslems, Rumanians,
Ukrainians, and  Roma played music together in this
multicultural area where professional musicians had to
know as many musical styles as the diverse peoples
among whom they lived. Veretski Pass, a trio of
veteran klezmer artists,  plays Old Country Music that
ranges from melodies of Medieval Poland and dances
from Bessarabia, Ruthenia, and Bukovina to music
originating in the Ottoman Empire -- much of which
they learned from field recordings they  themselves
gathered. Cookie Segelstein (Budowitz, New Haven
Symphony Orchestra), Joshua  Horowitz (Budowitz), and
Stuart Brotman (Ellis Island Band, The Klezmorim, San
Francisco Klezmer Experience, Brave Old World)
synthesize raw energy  and polished musicianship to
produce music of unusual depth and power on a variety
of traditional instruments, including violin, viola,
button accordion, bass, bassetl (three stringed bass),
basy (three stringed  Polish folk cello), baraban
(Jewish style drum), and tsimbl (hammered  dulcimer).
On stage, as on their recent self-titled album,
Veretski Pass extends an irresistible invitation to
discover a lost musical world full of deeply  felt
emotions and unbound energy.  Cost: $16.50 adv / $
17.50 door  Location: Freight and Salvage, 1111
Addison Street, Berkeley, California   Info: (510)
548-1761 <www.freightandsalvage.org> Tickets at the
door or
<http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=sfbay&query=detail&event=520509>



Wednesday July 7, 2004 7:00 p.m. Veretski Pass in
Concert at Kuumbwa Jazz Center Santa Cruz In Eastern
Europe, the roots of "world music" go back centuries:
historically, Jews, Christians, Moslems, Rumanians,
Ukrainians, and  Roma played music together in this
multicultural area where professional musicians had to
know as many musical styles as the diverse peoples
among whom they lived. Veretski Pass, a trio of
veteran klezmer artists,  plays Old Country Music that
ranges from melodies of Medieval Poland and dances
from Bessarabia, Ruthenia, and Bukovina to music
originating in the Ottoman Empire -- much of which
they learned from field recordings they  themselves
gathered. Cookie Segelstein (Budowitz, New Haven
Symphony Orchestra), Joshua  Horowitz (Budowitz), and
Stuart Brotman (Ellis Island Band, The Klezmorim, San
Francisco Klezmer Experience, Brave Old World)
synthesize raw energy  and polished musicianship to
produce music of unusual depth and power on a variety
of traditional instruments, including violin, viola,
button accordion, bass, bassetl (three stringed bass),
basy (three stringed  Polish folk cello), baraban
(Jewish style drum), and tsimbl (hammered  dulcimer).
On stage, as on their recent self-titled album,
Veretski Pass extends an irresistible invitation to
discover a lost musical world full of deeply  felt
emotions and unbound energy Cost: $12 adv / $ 15 door
Location: Kuumbwa Jazz Center 302-2 Cedar Street,
Santa Cruz, California   Info:  831-427-2227 Tickets
available at: Streetlight Records & online:
<www.zookbeat.com/events/> <www.kuumbwajazz.org>




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Monday 12 July 2004  6:30 p.m.  - 9:00 p.m. Whidbey
Island, Washington: An Evening of Sacred Aramaic Music
& Dance with Archbishop Dionysious Behnam Jajjawi of
the Syrian Orthodox Church, and Anahata Iradah,
musician, composer, senior teacher & mentor of Dances
of Universal Peace, on Whidbey Island, Washington.
Archbishop Jajjawi is visiting from Syria, where he is
considered to be a repository of sacred music in the
lineage of the Christian Syrian Orthodox tradition.
122nd in the line of bishops since St. James of
Jerusalem, he holds the transmission of the earliest
Church of Christianity. Born 80 years ago in the
Aramaic city of Mosel in Iraq, he has spent his life
in the Middle East negotiating peace. Archbishop
Jajjawi is on Whidbey Island to record many of his
Aramaic treasures, so they will be preserved for
future generations. Anahata Iradah is the musical
director for this Aramaic recording project. Her
interest in Aramaic originated through the Dances of
Universal Peace. She is also the artistic director of
Tara Dhatu, a non-profit organization assisting the
Tibetans in exile. Anahata teaches sacred dance and
music throughout the world. (Learn more about her work
at <www.taradhatu.org> <www.traveling-light.net>)

During this special evening, Archbishop Jajjawi will
share stories and sing Aramaic songs from 2nd-12th
century. Aramaic was the language that Jesus used to
give discourses; largely unknown in the West, it
carries the vibration of the original transmission.
Anahata Iradah will perform a few musical pieces
inspired from Aramaic texts. In addition, she will
lead some Aramaic Dances of Universal Peace, to bring
a deep sense of peace to our gathering and to send our
prayers out to the Middle East and around the globe
that there may be peace in our life time.

Please bring a sitting cushion or back jack for your
comfort. Limited seating is available for those who
cannot sit on the floor.  Parking is limited, please
carpool if possible. We suggest comfortable shoes,
there may be a short walk to the event location.

Cost: There is no charge for this event; however
donations to support the Aramaic recording project
will be greatly appreciated. Tax deductible donations
may be made to the Blessed Foundation.

Location: Whidbey Institute, Chinook Center, off
Campbell Road, Clinton, Whidbey Island, Washington

Info: 360-221-8185 <anahatadup@...> <www.whidbeyinstitute.org>



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Tuesday, 27 July,  2004   -  9 Jumada ath-Thani, 1425
8:00 p.m. “40th Day”  Memorial for the Passing of Pir
Vilayat Khan Son and successor of Hazrat Inayat Khan,
Pir Vilayat was both friend and teacher to many (if
not most) members of the Sufi community in North
America and in Europe. Pir passed from this life on
June 17, 2004  (28 Rabi ath-Thani, 1425 Heigra). We
will gather on the 40th day after his death, for
recitation of Surah Ya Sin, zikr, and informal sema’
for the benefit of Pir Vilayat’s soul.  Location: 1211
Hazel, Pinole  Info: 501-741-0686 <rashid_patch@...>



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