Silk Roads

Status: ONGOING

Title: Sufi Frame-Drumming and Weaving Workshops

Location: Chalkhill Community Centre, Chalkhill Rd, HA9 9FX (200 yards from Wembley Park tube)

Description: Every Saturday learn to play the daf in the UK’s only Sufi daf classes. The sessions will introduce participants to the Sufi rhythms and styles of Turkish, Persian, and Arab Sufi practices.  Suitable for 8 years upwards.  Frame-drums available for learning and for sale at venue.

Or develop your creativity and technique in weaving workshops with award-winning textiles artist Rezia Wahid MBE. You can even take away your work in these fun and open workshops.

Funded by Big Lottery ‘Awards for All’.

£5 each workshop

Start Time: 11:30
End Time: 13:30
Start Date: 06-02-2010

Status: PAST

Title: 1001 Inventions

Location: Science Museum, Exhibition Rd, London SW7 2DD

Description: On Wednesday 27 January 2010 as part of the ‘1001 Inventions’ exhibition at the Science Musuem celebrating the contributions of the Muslim world to Science, Silk Roads is proud to be programming workshops and performances for the museum’s popular monthly ‘Science Museum Lates’.

Performances include music from Al Farabi Ensemble, Arabic folkloric dance, ’silat’ martial arts demonstration, while workshops include dabka dance, sacred geometry, weaving, and Sufi frame-drumming.

While admission is free, please note there is an adults-only policy for this evening.

www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

Start Time: 18:45
End Time: 20:00
Start Date: 27-01-2010

Status: PAST

Title: Deen Fest

Location: Alexandra Palace
Link out: Click here
Description: An event celebrating the positive contributions Muslims have made to the UK and to promote interfaith dialogue. With famous nasheed artists, popular comedians, leading faith leaders, senior political speakers and lots more. Khaled Hakim (songs) and Shafeek Ibrahim (tanoura dance) will represent Silk Roads.

Please note: though the event is free all attendees must be pre-registered. Click on the link above.

Date: 06-12-2009

Status: PAST

Title: SMWA Black History Month – Southwark
Description: A day of cultural events at Southwark Muslim Women’s Association, music workshops with Khaled Hakim.
Date: 24-10-2009

Status: PAST

Title: Interfaith Benefit Concert – Kensington Unitarians
Location: Kensington Unitarians, 112 Palace Gardens Terrace, Notting Hill Gate, W8 4TR

Description: An evening in aid of spiritual teacher and humanitarian Shaykh Taner Ansari. Music from Jewish ladino traditions of Sephardic Spain and Turkish Sufi traditions with Silk Roads Ensemble.

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