Islamic Art and Design with the Guardians
How often do you get to just walk in to a program with useful entertainment, great company and great food, as well as no hard work involved? Not often. When its one of the quarterly programs at Sanad for the “Guardians”, this is all true!
For over a year now, Sanad Trust Foundation as organized a quarterly Guardians for elders in the community. A recent event was “The Marshmallow Challenge and Game Night”, which was very well done. I must say the addition of Shahzad and Neelam to the team has been a very good thing for the guardians program.
The most recent event was a workshop on Islamic Architecture and Design. The guests were all there, deep in pleasantries and greetings when Rehan started the program with a dua and introduction of Asad Siddiqui. Asad was to take us on a trip to see the glory and beauty of Islamic architecture and design. This being too vast to cover in a few hours, so we only went to Turkey and Spain. It is always interesting to find out how some of these structures have moved with different religions. Mosques have become churches or vice versa and other times traded places as temples. But this is history of another nature and perhaps we can talk about it at another event.
For now, from the buildings we then focused on the intricate designs and the labor and technique involved with these designs. We were told by Asad we would be making one such design. I doubt if any of us believed it. But he then proceeded to take us step by step until we really did it! The pictures show that it was possible, with the right directions and supervision.
All this activity was then followed by a delicious lunch. Again all arrangements and serving done by the organizers and board members of Sanad Trust. Us seniors were just there to relax and enjoy. Just as things were winding up, some of the guests were leaving or others had left, Attiqa remembered some riddles that were on the entertainment agenda. One riddle being what is something that is half fruit and half flower? If you know, good for you! If not, come to the next Guardians program for the answer.
I am sure I speak on behalf of all the guests there to say thank you to Sanad Trust Foundation. The seniors might have been of different ages but the organizers and presenter were our children. They did all this even though they now have small children of their own and we all know how much work that in itself is. With gratitude, we are looking forward to the next Sanad Guardians event. Aren’t you?
–Ms. Nigar Mirza
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