Ramadan Iftar & Lecture Series

Lecture by Dr. Mahdi Tourage

Date: Saturday September 27, 2008
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Admission: Adults ($20), Children (6-12; $10)

Noor Cultural Centre will be holding its traditional Saturday lecture and iftar evenings during Ramadan. The program includes three-course dinner, and maghrib, isha, and short taraweeh prayers. Lectures will commence approximately 90 minutes before maghrib time. Plan to attend and give yourself a Ramadan evening that is nourishing on every level. Activities and supervision for children will be provided.

5:30 p.m. | Lecture by Dr. Mahdi Tourage: Veils of Meaning: Life, Love, and Humor in Rumi’s Mathnawi

7:07 p.m. | Maghrib and Dinner (Caribbean cuisine)

Mahdi Tourage was born and raised in Iran. He has been living in Canada since 1986. He finished a BA in Sociology and a Bachelor of Social Work at York University, and his MA and PhD at the University of Toronto. Currently, he is an instructor at the University of Toronto, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Department, and the Mississauga campus, Historical Studies Department. He is also the book review editor of the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. His areas of specialty are Islamic mysticism (Sufism) and religious thought, classical and modern Persian literature, and Gender and Sexuality. He has taught courses on Islamic religious traditions, Persian language, and Orientalism-Occidentalism.