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Dateline: 11th October, 2004
Islam Awareness Week at the Globe 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 (22nd 28th 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 27th and 28th 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. For full details of the Globe and Islam Aareness Week, go to Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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