Rumi Festival 2019 Schedule
Rumi Festival 2019 Schedule
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Upstairs Great Hall
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Upstairs Dining Hall
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Downstairs Dining Hall
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Downstairs Front Hall
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Friday 10/4
7–9 pm
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Welcome
Rāfi Wright, event coordinator
Readings from
Rumi’s Mathnawi
Fātima Fay Besharat,
Emine Meg Savlov,
& Timothy Kinsella
Unity Zikr
(24-hour
Continuous Semā begins)
Shaikh Hafizullah,
Khalif Hassan Swanson,
Kenan Meyers,
Murshida Khadija Goforth,
Rifa‘at Richard Osborne,
Sarmad Michael Tide,
Scott Süleyman Hofmann
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Spiritual Art Table
open during event
Food and Beverages
Chat and Socialize
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9–10 pm
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9–11 pm
Mevlevi Zikr
& Poetry
Postneshin Jelaleddīn Loras & Scott
Süleyman Hofmann
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9–9:45 pm
Intro to the
Inclusive Continuous Semā
(“Especially for Those Who Think Turning is Not for Them”)
Raqib Brian Burke
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Devotional Vocal Improvisation
Jessika
Kenney
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10–11 pm
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Tasbiḥ Workshop
Michael Junayd Franz
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10:15–10:45 pm
Sohbet: “Finding One’s Own Service”
Seated Jerrahi Zikr
Rifa‘at Richard Osborne
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11 pm–
Saturday 10/5,
1 am
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Rifa‘i Zikr
and Illahis
Sherif Baba &
Cem Aydoğdu
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1–2 am
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Zikr
Shaikh Hafizullah
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2–3 am
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Flute & Drum Explorations
Dick
Valentine &
Don Berman
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3–5:40 am
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Musical
Improvisation
Dick Valentine,
Reverend Clare Morgan
& Friends
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5:45–6 am
Salat
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5:40 am
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Call to Prayer
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6–7 am
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Rifa‘ī
Evrad & Esma ul–Hüsna:
99 Divine Names
Rāfi Wright &
Latīf Thomas Carey
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7–8:30 am
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Mevlevi Morning Practices
& Shohbet
Scott Süleyman Hofmann,
David F. McGrath on Ney
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8:30–9 am
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Ney & Oud
David F. McGrath,
Stephen Elaimy, & Jane Hall
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8:30–10 am
Breakfast &
Silent Sohbet
Murshida Khadija
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Meditative
Practices
Hakkı Ron
Rivard
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9–10 am
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Sound Bath
Deborah Koff-Chapin
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10–11 am
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Turkish &
Arabic Music
David F. McGrath,
Jane Hall, & Stephen Elaimy
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Talk: “Spiritual
Fragrance of Islam: Rumi, Qur’ān, Hadith,
& The Mulla”
Imam Jamal Raḥman
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Healing
Service
Nasruddīn Eddie Greenberg
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11 am–1 pm
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Women’s Zikr
—Everyone
Welcome—
Murshida Khadija Goforth
Emine Meg Savlov
Jemilla Goldstein
Zafirah Spain
Barucha Paradox
Mirabhai Elizabeth Dunham
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1–2 pm
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Dances of
Universal Peace
Khalif Hassan Swanson &
Murshida Khadija
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Sohbet
Postneshin Jelaluddin Loras
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Discussion
Circle:
Art as Spiritual Practice
Deborah Koff-Chapin
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2–3 pm
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Sohbet
Sherif Baba
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3–4 pm
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Persian Rādifs
Jessika Kenney, vocals
Jane Hall, percussion
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Panel on
Rumi’s Mathnawi
Hafez Michael Bielas
Süleyman Scott Hofmann
Halim Rich Ater
Khālid Paul Kramer
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3–4:30 pm
Riyāzat (Esoteric Practices)
Shaikh Hafizullah
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4–5 pm
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4–4:30 pm
Harp &
Lute
Reverend Clare Morgan &
Grant Tomlinson
4:30–5 pm
Poetry with
Drumming
Barucha Paradox
River Ledgerwood
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Women’s Circle
–
Seeking Feminine Wisdom in Sacred Texts as Spiritual Practice
Ann Holmes Redding
Seemi Ghāzi
Jessika Kenney
Azra Rahim
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5–7 pm
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Unity Zikr
Shaikh Hafizullah,
Khalif Hassan Swanson,
Murshida Khadija Goforth,
Rifa’at Richard Osborne,
Sarmad Michael Tide,
Scott Süleyman Hofmann,
Seemi Ghazi
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7:30–9:30 pm
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Feast
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9:30–11 pm
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Take down and clean up
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Take down and clean up
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Take down and clean up
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Take down and clean up
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