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The first Seminar for the IIS Doctoral Scholarship recipients was held in London at The Institute of Ismaili Studies on 23 -24 October.
In 969 CE, the Fatimids
expanded from North Africa into Egypt, founding the city of Cairo as their new capital
Avicenna's Allegory on the Soul is a rare Ismaili publication written in medieval Yemen. It is the first time that this publication has been translated and made available in a printed edition. As a noteworthy addition to the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series, the volume combines a critical edition of the original Arabic text with a parallel English translation and an extended introduction.
When people come to read the Qur’an, there is an interaction between what the words of the Qur’an say and what the person reading the text already thinks and believes before reading it. This lecture marks the launch of The Meaning of the Word: Lexicology and Qur’anic Exegesis (2015)
One of the most important commentaries on the symbolical ‘Poem on the Soul’ (Qasidat al-nafs), attributed to the great Persian philosopher Ibn Sīnā (d. 1037), was written by 'Ali b. Muhammad b. al-Walīd (d. 1215), a major early representative of the Tayyibi Ismaili tradition, which emerged and flourished in medieval Yemen. Avicenna’s Allegory on the Soul presents an edition of the Arabic text of Ibn al-Walid’s commentary, ‘The Useful Epistle’ (al-Risala al-mufida), alongside an English translation and extended introduction. It offers invaluable insight into esoteric Muslim thought and a deeper understanding of Ibn Sina’s substantial intellectual legacy.
أقيم حفل تخريج الدفعة السادسة من طلاب برنامج تدريب معلمي الثانوي (STEP) في 11 نيسان 2015 في المركز الإسماعيلي في لندن. و حيث تخرج خلاله الحفل طلاب من كندا والهند وباكستان والبرتغال وسوريا وطاجكستان وتنزانيا والإمارات العربية المتحدة والمملكة المتحدة والولايات المتحدة الأمريكية. حصل كل خريج على شهادتي الماجستير: ماجستير التدريس (MTeach) وكذلك ماجستير الآداب والتربية والتعليم (MA) (المجتمعات والحضارات المسلمة). و تم منح كلا الشهادتين من جامعة لندن (University College London)، معهد التعليم (IOE).