Events List

MESP 2012 Calendar

Date  Start Time  Event  Format  Venue

MESP 2012 Main Events
Thursday 1 March - Sunday 11 March 2012

1/3 10am Mythical Yoga Workshop Quaker Meeting House

1/3 7pm Spirituality, Religion and Film Talk/Forum Augustine Church

2/3 10am Spiritual Dance and Movement Workshop Quaker Meeting House

2/3 7pm Spirituality, Mental Health and WellBeing Talk/Forum Augustine Church

3-4/3 10am Peace and Quiet Retreat 2-Day Retreat Gillis Centre

3/3 7pm Aggression, Leadership and Masculinity Talk/Forum Augustine Church

4/3 7.30pm Ancient Songs from Kurdistan Concert Augustine Church

5/3 10am Spiritual Experiences of Illness Workshop Quaker Meeting House

5/3 6.45pm Creative Inspiration for Health and WellBeing Evening Workshop Quaker Meeting House

6/3 10am Science meets Spirit Workshop Quaker Meeting House

6/3 6.30pm Unveiling of Reality Evening Workshop Gillis Centre

7/3 10am Coming to our Senses Workshop Quaker Meeting House

7/3 7pm Culture, Health and WellBeing Talk/Forum Augustine Church

8/3 10am Taize - Singing for Life Workshop Quaker Meeting House

8/3 6pm Swings and Roundabouts Evening Workshop Quaker Meeting House

9/3 10am Making Sense, Letting Go and Moving On Workshop Quaker Meeting House

9/3 7pm Transpersonal History Talk/Forum Augustine Church

10-11/3 10am Desert Wisdom Retreat 2-Day Retreat Gillis Centre

10/3 7pm Conflict and seeing different points of view Talk/Forum Augustine Church

11/3 10am Mindful Peace Walk Walk Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

11/3 7pm The Middle East and the West Talk/Forum Augustine Church

2012 Middle East Festival One World Peace Concert
Saturday 24 March 2012

24/3 6.30pm One World Peace Concert Concert St John’s Church

MESP 2012 Middle Eastern Film Festival
Monday 6 February - Monday 20 February 2012

6/2-20/2 Middle Eastern Film Festival Film Filmhouse

MESP 2012 Day Workshop on the History and Themes of Kurdish Cinema
Saturday 11 February 2012

11/2 10am History and Themes of Kurdish Cinema Workshop Augustine Church

MESP 2012 Masterclass with Yuksel Yavuz
Thursday 16 February 2012

16/2 2pm Masterclass with Yuksel Yavuz Masterclass Screen Academy Scotland


MESP 2012 The Agent Ria:registeredinart Artist’s Talk and Screening - Hakan Akçura
Saturday 18 February 2012

18/2 4pm Artist’s Talk and Screening - Hakan Akçura, Phuket:Two sides of the Islands Stills Gallery

MESP 2012 Pre Events
Tuesday 21 February - Wednesday 29 February 2012

21-22/2 7.30pm When Abel met Cain Storytelling  Scottish Storytelling Centre

21/2, 28/2, 6/3 12.15pm Mindfulness@Lunchtime Meditation St Mark’s Church

22/2, 24/2, 27/2, 29/2 12.30pm Himalaya Meals Meal Himalaya Arts and Crafts

22/2 7pm Sound of the Divine  Evening Workshop Theosophical Society

23/2 2.30pm Slingshot Hip Hop Screening and Discussion Screen Academy Scotland

23/2 6.30pm Moroccan Nights Hafla ECOS Cafe

24-25/2, 7.30pm, 25/2, 3pm Theseus and the Minotaur Storytelling Theatre Scottish Storytelling Centre

24/2 6pm Energy Treatments Treatments Theosophical Society

24/2 6.30pm Eyes Wide Open Film LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing

24/2 6.30pm Icons in the Early Christian and Byzantine World Talk Scotland-Russia Institute

24/2 7.15pm Naqshbandi Sufi Dhikr Dhikr Himalaya Arts and Crafts

24/2 7.30pm Planetary Gong Bath Sound Healing Theosophical Society

25/2 10am Stories and Culture of Palestine Cultural Presentations McDonald Road Library

25/2 11am Sabbath Morning Service Service Columcille Centre

25/2 2pm The Beshara Lecture Lecture Quaker Meeting House

25/2 2pm Bridge of Peace Ceremony Ceremony St John’s Church

25/2 6pm Heart Melodies with Lissa-Käthe Concert St John's Church

25/2 6.30pm Moroccan Nights Hafla ECOS Cafe

26/2 2pm A Journey on Tabla Workshop The Third Door

26/2 2pm Langar Community Meal Meal Guru Nanak Gurdwara

26/2 7.30pm A Journey on Tabla Concert The Third Door

26/2 8pm Sickert's Portrait of Israel Zangwill Talk Hebrew Congregation

28/2 7.30pm Meditation in Action Talk Theosophical Society

29/2 6.30pm Refugee Destitution in Scotland Animation Iglu

29/2 7pm Tyi Wara - The Earth Hero Storytelling Scottish Storytelling Centre

29/2 7.30pm Pranic Healing Talk Quaker Meeting House

29/2 8pm The Power of Dream and Story in Islam Talk Augustine Church

MESP 2012 Exhibitions and Displays
Sunday 29 January - Saturday 17 March 2012

3/2 6pm Byzantium: Splendour Perfected Talk and Opening Scotland-Russia Institute

4/2-17/3 Byzantium: Gateway between East and West Exhibition Scotland-Russia Institute

29/1-19/2 Remembered Places, Places Remembered Exhibition Filmhouse

18/2-3/3 Aisha Al-Sadie Solo Exhibition: Land of the Sun Exhibition St John's Church Hall

MESP 2012 Future Events
Organised by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace,
EICSP, Scottish Charity, SC038996

April/May 2012: MESP 2012 Middle Eastern Film Festival on Tour Across Scotland

21/4/2012 7.30pm Mantra Concert with Satyaa and Pari Concert Augustine Church

9/5/2012 7pm Consequences of the Arab Awakening Talk/Forum Augustine Church

12-13/5/2012 10am Chloe Goodchild  2-Day Retreat Gillis Centre

19-20/5/2012 10am Chloe Goodchild  2-Day Retreat Kagyu Samye Dzong Glasgow

25/5/2012 7.30pm Celtic and Middle Eastern Spirituality Music and Chanting Augustine Church

26/5/2012 10am Ali Newell and John Philip Newell Workshop Gillis Centre

27/5/2012 10am Sister Fionntulach Workshop Gillis Centre

15/6/2012 7.30pm Latif Bolat Turkish Sufi Music Concert Augustine Church

16/6/2012 10am Latif Bolat Sufi Poetry and Storytelling Workshop Augustine Church

14/9/2012 7pm Tour of the Buddha's Relics Opening Ceremony Chaplaincy Centre

15-16/9/2012 10am Tour of the Buddha's Relics Public Viewing Chaplaincy Centre

15/9/2012 10am Mindful Peace Walk George Square Gardens Labyrinth

20-21/10/2012 10am Expressions of Contemporary Shamanism 2-Day Conference Gillis Centre

24-25/11/2012 10am The Way of the Shaman 2-Day Retreat Gillis Centre

8-9/12/2012 10am Tao of Movement, Stillness, Breath and Sound 2-Day Retreat Gillis Centre

31/5/2013 7pm Father Laurence Freeman Talk/Forum St John's Church

1-2/6/2013 10am Father Laurence Freeman 2-Day Retreat Gillis Centre