[BHS Etree] CLUBS: Muslim Student Association Speaker on 3/16

[BHS etree]

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THE MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION PROUDLY PRESENTS A SHORT LUNCHTIME VISIT WITH
A KEYNOTE SPEAKER-- 
SHAYKH YASSIR CHADLY.

March 16 at lunch in C115

For teachers and students alike, anyone interested in learning about Islam
and Sufism should come March 16, 2010 Room C115, at lunch to spend some very
pleasant time with a man who is one of the best folk storytellers and
musicians. Free to everyone.

Shaykh Yassir Chadly has been the imam (spiritual leader) at the Masjid-Al
Iman a multi-cultural Sufi-oriented mosque in Oakland, California since
1992. His unique blend of deep spiritual subjects combined with Sufi Folk
traditions and his own distinctive sense of humor has made him an extremely
popular lecturer around the Bay Area on subjects such as Islam,
transformation and Sufism. He is currently an adjunct professor at the
Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and has taught workshops at The
California Institute for Integral Studies teaching classes on Islam, Sufism,
The poet Rumi, and Sufi Storytelling and the art of sermon.
As a Moroccan musician, he has recorded albums with Jazz artists Omar Sosa,
Pharoah Sanders and Randy Weston and has recently released his first solo CD
entitled "AJEEB!!" available on itunes. He has also composed and performed
music for The Lines Ballet Company of San Francisco, The North Carolina
Ballet Company and The Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre.


Rabi'a Mirhadian, RN BSN
Parent Adviser
Berkeley High School Muslim Student Assoc.
510-672-2018