Shakespeare�s Globe will launch Islam Awareness Week in November as part of this autumn�s Shakespeare and Islam season. Renowned authors, scholars and creative artists are contributing to a unique programme of events from October to December designed to engage a wide audience in a dialogue across cultures. The aim of Islam Awareness Week (22 � 28 November) is to invite Muslims to share Islam with the public at large, providing information about its message and way of life, and to remove misunderstandings in the process. The theme for 2004 is the contribution of Muslims to British society today. Throughout the week, the exterior walls of the Globe will be illuminated by images of Islamic life and culture from around the world, viewable from vantage points on London�s South Bank. Over the weekend of 27 and 28 November an exotic souk designed by artists from The Prince�s School of Traditional Arts will give visitors an insight into the living tradition of Islamic art as well as an opportunity to buy items from stallholders. Throughout the weekend, Khayaal Theatre Company will be performing Souk Stories, and there will be a special choice of dishes from Muslim countries in the Globe Restaurant. More than 20 speakers will share their knowledge at the Globe this autumn on subjects ranging from Islamic gardens as paradise on earth to the Three Faiths Forum founded to promote understanding between Islam, Christianity and Judaism. The International Shakespeare Globe Fellowship Lecture on 24th November, given by Dr. Martin Lings of the British Museum, investigates Shakespeare�s empathy with Sufi philosophy. The 400th anniversary of the first recorded performance of Othello will be marked by staged readings of four plays in which Moors and Turks appear. Othello will also appear in a series of workshops on the Globe stage for children with special educational needs. HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the patron of the Shakespeare and Islam season at the Globe which runs to December 2004. PUBLIC LECTURES * Sunday 21 November, 7.00pm THE IAGO FACTOR: OBSTACLES ON THE PATH TO PEACE By Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Founder, Zaytuna Institute, California USA) The founding director of the Zaytuna Institute gives a spiritual interpretation of Othello, exploring its themes of war and peace with reference to our modern situation. Part of Islam Awareness week. * Tuesday 23 November, 7.00pm SUFI REFLECTIONS ON THE SHAKESPEARE SONNET By Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Founder, Zaytuna Institute, California USA) Shakespeare�s sonnets have often been examined as statements of human love. In this talk Shaykh Hamza Yusuf will suggest a new approach, exploring them through the lens of divine love. Part of Islam Awareness week. *Thursday 25 November, 7.00 � 8.00pm ISLAM AND THE INTERNET Ilm is the second most frequently used word in the Qur�an. In a seminal essay in 1992, Dr Sardar explored the concept of Ilm in relation to paper, print and compact discs. In this lecture he will discuss how the internet might serve or hinder the quest for knowledge and the communication of Islam and the Qur�an. Part of Islam Awareness week. * Tuesday 30 November, 7.00pm � 8.00pm GARDENS OF ISLAM: IMAGES OF PARADISE By Penelope Hobhouse This illustrated presentation will cover the history of the development of the Islamic garden, and the interpretation of the earthly garden as a replica for the celestial Paradise to be enjoyed by the faithful. Examples of gardens in Iran, Spain and India will be shown. * Wednesday 1 December, 7.00pm - 8.00pm �NEW TURKES�: ISLAM AND THE OTTOMANS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND Early Modern England was obsessed with the �Turke�, and by the close of the 16th century, theatres and printing presses brought the �infidel� before the public in a remarkable variety of forms. This lecture will explore the substance of this obsession and question how it was consequently the English who became the �New Turkes� of the title. * Thursday 2 December, 7.00pm - 9.00pm PEOPLE OF THE BOOK - THE THREE FAITHS FORUM The Three Faiths Forum exists to promote good relations, respect and understanding between the three Abrahamic monotheistic faiths of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. This panel discussion will consider the relationships, both positive and negative, which exist between the faiths today and may have existed in the time of Shakespeare. The panel will be chaired by Sidney Shipton and will include the co-founders of The Three Faiths Forum: Sir Sigmund Sternberg, Sheikh Dr. M A Zaki Badawi and the Revd. Dr. Marcus Braybrooke. Tickets for Lectures: �5.00 (�4.00 GlobeLink/FoSG/conc) �3.00 student Box Office: 020 7401 9919 Venue: The Nancy W. Knowles Lecture Theatre, Shakespeare�s Globe, SE1 * Wednesday 24 November, 7.00pm � 8.00pm THE INTERNATIONAL SHAKESPEARE GLOBE FELLOWSHIP LECTURE By Dr Martin Lings Dr Lings� lecture will investigate Shakespeare�s empathy with Sufi philosophy and the innermost aspects of the Islamic faith, as revealed in Othello and other plays. The International Shakespeare Globe Centre Fellow, Dr Martin Lings, was Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books at the British Museum, where he had been in special charge of Qur�anic manuscripts for a number of years. He has a degree in Arabic from London University and held a lectureship at Cairo University. Tickets: �10.00 (�8.00 GlobeLink/FoSG/conc) �5.00 student Venue: The Nancy W. Knowles Lecture Theatre, Shakespeare�s Globe, SE1 ISLAM AWARENESS WEEK LECTURES * Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 November, 11am � 5pm A series of free talks and recitals will take place every hour, on the hour between 11am-5pm. Talks will cover a range of subjects concerned with Islam, Islamic Arts and Islam in the classroom. For a full schedule of talks, please clickhere Tickets: Free of charge Venue: The Nancy W. Knowles Lecture Theatre, Shakespeare�s Globe A SOUK AT THE GLOBE * Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 November The Globe souk will borrow elements from across the Muslim world to recreate the visual, aural and aromatic milieu of a bustling trading centre and the street theatre that surrounds it. Visiting artisans will demonstrate metalwork, woodcarving, jewellery making and other crafts for visitors who will also be able to buy items from stallholders. The souk has been designed by graduate students and alumni from the Prince�s School of Traditional Arts. Admission: Free READ NOT DEAD Venue: The Globe Education Centre Theatre, Park Street, SE1 Globe Education�s Read Not Dead series of staged readings seeks to record lesser known plays that survive from the late 16th and 17th centuries. �Performances with scripts� of over 100 plays by Shakespeare�s contemporaries have already been presented by professional casts in the Globe Education Centre Theatre. The plays for autumn 2004 all take place in or include characters from Islamic lands. * Sunday 28 November at 3.00pm LUST�S DOMINION (C 1599-1600) By Marston, Dekker, Haughton and Day Lust-filled and corrupt Spain is the setting for the first Elizabethan play in which a Moor takes centre stage. Unlike Othello, Prince Eleazar is out of the mould of previous stage villain Moors such as Aaron and Ithamore. However he has more wit and craft than his predecessors and plots his way through a world of complete duplicity, only to be out-manoeuvred in a play of his own making in Act V. This is a dominion in which Iago, rather than Othello, would feel at home. * Sunday 5 December at 3.00pm THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, THE MOOR OF VENICE By William Shakespeare The earliest recorded performance of Othello was given on 1 November 1604 at Whitehall. The play was first printed in 1622. It appeared again a year later in the First Folio collection of Shakespeare�s plays. Modern editions and productions conflate the two printed texts but they are very different. Is the 1622 edition closer to the version that the Court audience heard in 1604? We celebrate the 400th anniversary of that performance with a rare opportunity to hear the 1622 text. Tickets for Read Not Dead :�10.00 (�8.00 GlobeLink/FoSG/conc) �6.00 student RARELY PLAYED Rarely Played seminars providing engaging and inspiring introductions to each of the plays featured in the Read Not Dead series are open to all. This autumn the seminars will be led by Maggy Williams and Diana Devlin. Tickets: �16.00 (�14.50 GlobeLink/FoSG/conc) �11.00 student (Prices include a ticket for the Read Not Dead performances) Venue: The Nancy W. Knowles Lecture Theatre, Shakespeare�s Globe, SE1 To book call box office on 020 7401 9919. For further details please contact Gerry Halliday on 020 7902 1406, gerry@shakespearesglobe.com or Alison MacLeod on 020 7902 1492, alison@shakespearesglobe.com Notes to Editors Globe Education offers workshops, lectures and evening courses to students of all ages and is open daily. For further information, telephone 020 7902 1433. Shakespeare�s Globe Exhibition is open daily � May to Sept. 9am to 5pm. Oct to April from 10am to 5pm. 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