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| Learner |
| 03/15/01 at 17:35:06 |
| [center][color=Blue]IMAM HAMZA YUSUF CONFERENCE[/color] [color=Green]The Olive Group Presents:[/color] [color=Red]AD MEN OR MAD MEN - How much more can we take?[/color] A conference about the impact of advertising on society.. Speakers: GEORGE MONBIOT and HAMZA YUSUF HANSON Supported by Q-News and the City Circle[/center] Conference Themes include: - The psychology of advertising - Capturing and exploiting share of mind - Building 'tribes' of followers based on brands -The economics of advertising - The modern machinery of advertising - Breaking the spell of the Ad Men [color=Red]DATE: Friday, 30 March 2001 TIME: 8pm - 10pm (Doors open at 7pm) LOCATION: Westminster Central Hall, Storeys Gate, Westminster, London, SW1H 9NH (See directions below)[/color] [center]ADMISSION: £10 TICKET HOTLINES: 020 8795 2724 ; 07974 321 129 ; 0958 462 185 (Note: Tickets are limited and must be booked in advance)[/center] REFRESHMENTS: Packed food can be purchased before the conference, from 7pm. [color=Blue]SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES GEORGE MONBIOT[/color] was born in 1963. He has been named by the Evening Standard as one of the 25 most influential people in Britain. 'Captive State', his critically acclaimed book about the corporate takeover of Britain, was published in September 2000. He is also the author of investigative travel books Poisoned Arrows, Amazon Watershed and No Man's Land. In Britain he started the campaign against mahogany imports, joined the direct action movement against road building and founded The Land is Ours campaign. He writes a column for the Guardian and has presented a number of documentaries and series on BBC2, Channel 4 and Radio 4. He was the first British journalist to draw attention to the hazards of genetic engineering in the national press. He is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Philosophy in Bristol, an Honorary Professor at the Department of Politics in Keele and a Visiting Professor at the Department of Environmental Science at the University of East London. From 1993 to 1995 he was a Visiting Fellow of Green College, Oxford. In 1995 Nelson Mandela presented him with a United Nations Global 500 Award for outstanding environmental achievement. [color=Blue]HAMZA YUSUF HANSON[/color] was born in Walla Walla, Washington and raised in Northern California. He became Muslim in 1977 in Santa Barbara, California and subsequently moved to the Middle East and studied Arabic and Islam for four years in the United Arab Emirates and later in Madina, Algeria, Morocco, and West Africa. He received teaching licenses in various Islamic subjects from several well-known scholars in those countries. After a ten year sojourn of studies abroad, he returned to the United States and took degrees in Nursing from Imperial Valley College and Religious Studies at San Jose State University. He is the co-founder of Zaytuna Institute, which is dedicated to the revival of traditional study methods and sciences of Islam. He has translated several classical texts from Arabic and presently teaches at Zaytuna Institute in Hayward, California. [color=Red]LOCATION MAP AND TRAVEL DETAILS[/color] Underground : Westminster & St James's Park Underground Stations are on the District & Circle lines. Buses: 11, 24 & 511 pass the door. 3, 12 53, 53X, 77a, 88, 109 & 159 stop nearby. Rail: Central Hall is within easy walking distance of Victoria, Charing Cross & Waterloo mainline stations. Car Parking: Public Car parks operate in Abingdon Street, Horseferry Road and Rochester Row on weekdays. Ample free street parking is usually available after 6.30pm week nights and most weekends. |
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| BrKhalid |
| 03/15/01 at 17:45:19 |
| Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) I'm ringing that number first thing tomorrow!! Central Hall is a big place, there should plenty of space left |
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| Learner |
| 03/15/01 at 17:58:56 |
| slm :) [quote]I'm ringing that number first thing tomorrow!![/quote] Masha'Allah! Insha'Allah I'll meet you at the conference. Anyone else coming? I hope to see all the UK Madinah Citizens there or else... ;) wlm |
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| BrKhalid |
| 03/15/01 at 18:05:02 |
| Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) Would you believe this clashes with the QM(W) dinner on the same night? Typical London Buses again, don't see any scholars for ages and then....... |
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| Learner |
| 03/15/01 at 18:29:19 |
| slm [quote]Would you believe this clashes with the QM(W) dinner on the same night?[/quote] You're kidding me right? I can't believe it! Subhanallah this always seems to happen. Last summer we had 9 conferences happening at the same time over one weekend! wlm |
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| bhaloo |
| 03/15/01 at 18:40:43 |
| slm Leave it to the British to plan something. ;) |
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| muhannad |
| 03/16/01 at 19:36:50 |
| sorry guys but I can't offer any solutions to this. |
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| Zara |
| 03/18/01 at 10:30:07 |
| [slm] :-) [B]Br. Learner[/B] Jazahkallah khair 4 the info.... Insha'allah I shall be going to the conference.. [B]Br. Muhannad[/B] I was unable to book my QM tickets I hope I have better luck with the ticket hotline for this conference - insha'allah. I hope all you UK sisters will be coming!!!! [wlm] Zara |
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| Learner |
| 03/18/01 at 17:04:43 |
| slm :) [quote][B]Br. Learner[/B] Jazahkallah khair 4 the info.... Insha'allah I shall be going to the conference.[/quote] Zara, make sure you phone the ticket hotline and get the tickests ASAP. wlm :) |
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