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Arts Cultural & Conflict Resolution Events
Maharajas Exhibition November '09
Arab World Exhibition July '09
Ramadan Festival' August 22nd - Sept 28th 09
Mahmood Jamal : 'Poetic Mystics ' ( in development) November 2009
Flavours of India 2010
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Mayors Annual Lecture-
Organisation of Art Exhibition - March 2009
Samarra; Heritage & Culture -
CISS seminar on the history of the shrine in Samarra Iraq - February 2009
Peace Child
Interfaith Opera initiative: Creative development seminar February 09
Arts Versa(Ramadan Festival) and Fertile Ground :'Cooking From the Heart'
Kent House October 2008
St Ethelburgas Centre for Peace August 2008
Arts Versa/ US Embassy / Dutch Embassy/ Egyptian Embassy London
Ramadan Festival 2008 - - October 2008 - 2009
Barbican Arts Centre - Ramadan Nights
Victoria & Albert Museum - Interfaith/ Cultural Tours
Notting Hill Carnival _ Al Tanoura Whirling Dervish dancers
St Ethelburga's - Sufi Iftar : Qawwali and Dhikr
Kensington Town Hall - World Music / Eid Mela
Mansion House - Poetry at Lord Mayor of Londons iftar
Portobello Film Festival - Films from the Islamic world showcased
Council Chambers RBKC Town Hall - 9/11 Commemoration seminar
Eid in the Square - Concert/Cultural Exhibition with Mayor of Londons Office
UCL/ Demos/ Dutch Foreign Ministry/ British Home Office seminar on immigration and community cohesion
Regents Park Mosque - Culture Bazaar
ICE - Ramadan Night
House of commons : 'The Art of Cohesion' seminar
Change Institute/Department of Communities & Local Government
Research on Iranian Communities in the UK
March - June 2008
Arts Versa/Ramadan Festival Holland
Launch Event for the Ramadan Festival UK
September 2007 – November 2007
Department of Communities & Local Government
Event Co Ordinators in partnership with The Britslam Partnership
Details: Prevention of Extremism Conference
March 2007 – September 2007
Festival of Muslim Cultures
'Joining the Dots' Report June - July 2007
Fundraising for extending programme beyond 2007
Arts Versa/United States Embassy London
Jazz Bridges Concert / Exhibition event management December 2006 – February 2007
Arts Versa/Arts Council Of England
Qawwali Arts/Music Tours
Over 100 live concerts and performances organised and staged in the U.K. and Pakistan 1991- onwards
Barbican Arts Centre, Hackney Empire, WOMAD, Notting Hill Carnival, Trafalgar Square, Lord Mayors Mansion House, The Spitz, Subterranea, Watermans Arts Centre, Stratford Theatre East, Union Chapel,Kensington Town Hall, St Johns Church Notting Hill, Nottingham Mela, City Hall Candleriggs Glasgow, Brent Town Hall
, Watford Colloseum, Walthamstow Town Hall, St Ethelburgas Centre, Bradford Mela, Palace Theatre, Kiethleigh Mela,, Cardiff Town Hall, Huddersfield Town Hall, Middlesborough Mela, Lambeth Mela, (and many more)
Collaborating Artists
Aziz Mian ( Qawwali)Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Qawwali)Abida Parveen (Kafi)Rajab Ali Khan ( Ghazal)Sajad Ali Khan Qawwali Abdel Kader Saadoun ( North African Rai) Mahmood Jamal ( Poetry)Muhammad Gilani ( Afghan Folk)Fundamental ( Indie ) Kronus Quartet ( Jazz)Ustad Manesh/ Kansaria ( Sitar/ Tabla)Mac McLeod ( Jazz)North African Arts musicians (Rai/sufi )Faiza Shaykh ( Abstract )Oil paintings) Maryam Hashemi ( Artist) Swadeka Ahsun ( Artist) Light of Guidance Theatre Company Mahmood Khan ( Arts & Crafts exhibitions) MTO (Persian Sufi Music)Seja Majeed ( Abstract calligraphy) Naugul Durrani ( Architecture Exhibition) Senagalese Sufi singersHumera Akhtar ( singer) Abdul Lesharie ( Hip Hop Rapper) Psychosemetic (Hebaraic musician) Mohammad Yahya (rapper) Beraka ( Interfaith jazz band)
Radio & Television: International Research & Development
Pakistan 1987 Kashmir Insurgency Documentry, & Arts
1993 Qawwali and Sufi shrine documentary/music tour
1994 Contract procurement Pakistan Cicket Team
1997 Lahore Drama /Theatre production : Jamil Bismil/ Khalid Abbas Dar
1996 Kashmir P.M. – Prevention of Extremism /Int. Relations Institute
India 1997 Indian Rock - Channel 4 TV Documentary
1998 Apache Goes Indian' TV Documentary Research
Iran 1995 BBC Reportage on Conference
United States 1996 William Morris Agency Contract procurement for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Lata Mangeshkarfor India /Pakistan 50th anniversary celebrations.
2006 U N Research trip with Director of Al Khoei Foundation / Hakim Foundation
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Film and Television
Arts Versa/ Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia
Live & Learn Britain
Cultural Education documentary about British Culture for Saudi Arabian Students studying in the UK
March 2009
Arts Versa/ US Embassy London
Jazz Bridges Concert Filming
Afghan Folk Meets contemporary American Jazz – A three hour live concert film.
Details : Executive Producer
Jazz Bridges Documentary
A one hour documentary about the artists musicians and their trans cultural collaboration
December 2006 – March 2007
Arts Versa
'Sweet Poison'
A Three Part ‘Rights of Passage’ Drama serial about two Pakistani teenagers in Britain and their chamelion existence on the streets of contemporary London with 9/11 and 7/7 as the backdrop.
Date From: March 1997 Date to: Current
Arts Versa / Chrysalis Television for Channel 4 TV
'Words Of Fire'
Retrospective Documentary about Salman Rushdie's contoversial novel 'Satanic Verses' and its impact on ordinary people around the world caught up in the aftermath of the polemics and politics of the Fatwa.
Date From: May 1999 Date to: October 1999
Arts Versa/ Epicflow Films for Channel 4 Television 'Gang Warfare'
Cook Report style investigative documentary about teenage Asians in Gang Wars around West London.
Date From: April 1998 Date to: June 1998
Arts Versa/ Amazing Productions for British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
'Muslims in Britain'
A One hour documentary about ordinary Muslims living in Britain subsequently screened on various terrestial channels in Muslim countries.
Date From: July 1995 Date to: July 1997
Arts Versa/ Epicflow Films for Channel 4 Television
'Goals and Dreams'
A fly on the wall observational documentary that followed the lives of three teenage Asian footballers trying to make it to professional soccer at West ham F.C. Derby Co.F.C. and Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Date From: February 1995 Date to: May 1995
Arts Versa/ Quick Idea Films for Channel 4 Television
'Apache Goes Indian'
A Series of Five One hour programmes following Indo-Brit artist Apache Indian on his journey through the streets of india back to his birth place in Jalundar.
Date From: October 1993 Date to: March 1994
Arts Versa/ Quick idea Films for Channel 4 Television
'Indian Rocks'
Research and development of documentary about Indian Music industry.
Date From: April 1993 Date to: October 1993
Arts Versa/ Epicflow Films for Channel Four Television
'Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Live in Concert'
The greatest exponent of Qawwali Music in a three hour live performance.
Date From: January 1993 Date to: September 1993
Arts Versa/Muslim Youth Forum
Event Management of Three National Conferences on Muslim Youth Development and Social Development in the UK - 1989 - 1991
Arts Versa/ Sports Development Institute
Production of a One Day Charity Cricket International between Pakistan's World Cup winning team led by Javed Miandad and India's official team led by Muhammad Azharrudin played at Middlesex Cricket Club in front of a crowd of 12,000.
Date From: May 1991 Date to: August 1993
BBC World Service
Radio Production for 'South Asia Survey'
Freelance contributions to regular half hour programme
Date From: November 1992 Date to: April 1993
Arts Versa/Soul Purpose Productions for BBC 'Ramadhan'
A series of short documentary programmes about Muslims in Britain during the fasting month
Date From: January 1992 Date to: October 1992
Arts Versa / Epicflow Films for Channel 4 Television
'Quarrels'
A Series of Five half hour Documentaries in which the Presenter acts as a mediator between feuding individuals.Example: A prostitute in Leicester confronts a Muslim worshipper who lives on the same patch.
Date From: January 1991 Date to: December 1991
BBC Radio
Details: BBC Programme Services:
Production of News and Current affairs programmes. Focusing on Asian stories with national relevance. F/L
Date From: February 1990 Date to: November 1990
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