Lino Print Making

After her super successful Drawing course, my friend Hira Shah brings forth another artistic venture under the banner of Hira Shah Creatives. Learn the Fine Art of Lino Cut Print Making, beginning 7th May, 2017.

For further details contact 0594945858

Art Workshop For Adults, Teens and Children

Get your creative juices flowing with these upcoming art classes for kids, teenagers and adults. Learn the art of oils and acrylics and give your talent a professional touch.

Includes the following styles

• Oil Painting.
• Portrait making.
• Pencil sketching.
• Abstract modern art.
• Contemporary art.
• Impressionism.
• Arabic & English calligraphy.
• 3D Sketching.

All supplies will be provided.

Date: 25th March 2017.

Time: 4-6pm

Duration: 2 days a week, for 2 months

Location: Al Rehab, Arbaeen road

Cost: Children: SR 650, Adults SR 1150

 

Register on the number in the flyer above. Check Instagram for the latest updates.

Workshop: Drawing and Fine Art

Attention all Jeddah Blog readers with artistic ambition! A workshop for young women and adults called ‘Change the Way You Look at Things’ is coming up next month and may be just what you are looking for.

Details are as follows:

Orientation: 15 December, 2016. This will be an open day to ask questions.

Duration: Twice a week for 2 months.

Location: Rawdah District

Contact Hira Shah for course details and fees on 0594945858

What are Sensory Brain Breaks?

Differentiated learning is a framework for providing effective teaching to all students in a classroom regardless of difference in ability. If you are an educator, future teacher or even a mother then this workshop could be just the thing for you.

Think!

* Are your students struggling to learn?

* Do you want to accelerate learning in your group?

* How do you improve the efficiency of students?

* Do you want to improve cognitive skills in your students?

* Do you want to keep them engaged in learning?

* Keep them “focused” and “on task”?

Learn!

Learn how to identify children who are having difficulty coordinating both sides of their bodies.

Did you know that children having such issues have problems with motor functions such as reading and writing and daily functional tasks such as dressing and tying shoes?

Brain breaks are an effective way for reforming the mental and physical state of the learners in your group, whether they are gifted, average or struggling.

Brain breaks stimulate neurological pathways and help both hemispheres of the brain work together.

So join us today with our expert, Dr. Uzma Raheem on Sensory Brain Breaks. Revive effective teaching through techniques that speed the learning process of your children or students.

Highly recommended for educators, mothers and future teachers.

Professional Training. Limited Places.

Enroll today!

Call or whatsapp us:

056 663 1176

050 055 2385

GROUP DISCOUNT (5+): SR. 850 PER TEACHER REGISTERED

**Make sure your teaching is a memory worth treasuring for children**

We help you make that difference. Talk to us to know more!

E-mail: info@masterenglishtraining.com

 

 

Interview with Faran Tahir: Pakistani-American Muslim in Hollywood

Best known for his role as Raza in Iron Man and Captain Robau in Star Trek, Pakistani-American actor Faran Tahir talks exclusively to Anousha Vakani for Jeddah Blog about his career, his upcoming works and his recent acting workshop conducted right here in Jeddah.

Faran speaks to Jeddah Blog

Faran Tahir comes from a family of actors and writers, so we asked him what it was like growing up around artists and to what degree that influenced his decision to get into the acting field: “Your environment can of course have a significant influence on who you are, although no one in my family pushed me to pursue this as my career, on some level, I always knew that this is what I wanted to do.” His father, Naeem Tahir, an actor, scholar and dramatist also appeared in the immensely popular Pakistani movie Khuda Ke Liye. In a 2013 interview with Geek Mom, Faran Tahir explains that he loves stories; whether he’s reading them, attempting to write them or bringing them alive onscreen, as it has been a part of him and his family for decades.

Faran Tahir as Raza in Iron Man

Faran Tahir has appeared on stage, alongside drama and films. He has acted in episodes of Law and Order, The West Wing, Charmed and Grey’s Anatomy to name a few. His films include Picture Perfect, Elysium and Escape Plan. When asked which the better experience was, he replied, “To me, it depends what story we are trying to tell. Different stories require different mediums.” He adds that he doesn’t have a favourite role as, “The way I see it is that one should always give everything one has got to every role otherwise you are doing that character a disservice.”

As Captain Robau in Star Trek

The actor also admits that he is careful when choosing roles that may represent religion in a negative light, he goes on to say that while there are challenges to being a Pakistani Muslim in Hollywood, “There are times when one wants to not be labeled as anything but just ‘actor’. However, things are changing. There are better and more layered roles. Part of it is because we are increasing in numbers and because the market has become more global.”

Faran in “Escape Plan” with heavyweight icons of action Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger

We asked him about his latest venture Flight World War II opening in cinemas tomorrow, “It’s a science fiction movie. I play a pilot of a commercial airline. We take off from Washington DC for London and are hit by a freak lightening storm which throws us back in the past. The passengers and crew then discover that we are now flying over Nazi Germany during World War II. It is my job to bring the passengers and my crew home safely.”

The trailer for Flight World War II can be viewed below.

About other future projects, “I just did a CBS pilot for the series Super Girl. If that goes to series I might have a recurring role on that. I am starting a movie late summer called The 11th, and later this year, I will go play the title role of Othello in Shakespeare’s Othello.”

Jeddah was great. It has a wonderful artistic pulse. I would love to return if I am invited again.

Faran conducts acting workshops on and off, and he recently conducted a workshop in Jeddah on the invitation of the US consulate, “It is my way of connecting with other artists. It is important that we share our knowledge and experience. Jeddah was great. It has a wonderful artistic pulse. I would love to return if I am invited again.” Stay tuned for the release of Flight World War II on the 2^nd of June, which, judging by the trailer, is going to be a thrilling ride.

How to Say ‘No’

I would hazard a guess that most of us suffer from the ‘disease to please’. Learn to say no and to let go, in this invaluable workshop by trainee therapist Kim Lyon.