YM ACTIVATE+
Two one-day events with one goal: to make life easy!
We know growing up can be difficult. A young man's teenage years are some of the most stressful, emotional and confusing of his life. If nothing else, they're the most changing years: one day a sweet chubby boy - the next, a bean pole with body odour and a caterpillar above his top lip...
...and didn’t life seem so hard in high school – but now that I’ve left, I feel like I’ve been plucked from my warm bed and thrown into the cold, harsh wilderness...
...BUT THAT’S WHERE ACTIVATE+ COMES IN!
With the help of top and expert instructors, both local and from a bit further afield, we hope to answer your questions, clear you doubts, ease your confusion and give you a firm handshake into your new-found Muslim manliness!
To allow us to focus on the issues facing particular age groups, we have split ACTIVATE+ into two events:
MONDAY 15th AUGUST - 11-15 years: for brothers in the early stages of 'the change'...
TUESDAY 16th AUGUST - 16+ years: for brothers leaving high school, or in education/work, and navigating the next phase of life...
£4 entry: registration opens at 9.30am, the events start at 10am and run till 5.30pm, including breaks.
To register, call 07730 270 443: limited capacity, so first-come, first-served. So grab your bros, your cousins and pals and get yourselves down to ACTIVATE+ !
The programme will be interactive, with topics falling into the following seven themes:
1. Manhood (staying pure; understanding your body, etc – topics vary by age group)
2. Girls & Boys (boundaries; urges)
3. Friends (peer pressure; selection; music)
4. Education (study and time management)
5. Marriage (value; selecting a wife – senior group only)
6. Drugs (alcohol and smoking awareness)
7. Islamic Awakening (two Islamic topics to awaken the soul: salah & tawbah; the Prophet’s character SAAS)
Our instructors include:
- Br Abdel Rahman Mussa: raised in Glasgow, Br Abdel Rahman resides in Birmingham, where he serves the Muslim and wider communities as a therapist, executive coach and trainer. He served as a teacher within YM while in Glasgow, and we’re very excited to welcome him back to share the knowledge and expertise he has gained while studying and applying hypnosis, NLP, emotional intelligence, alternative psychology and alternative medicine and Chinese philosophies for health and wellbeing from instructors around the world. Br Abdel Rahman runs a website for applying the teachings of spiritual purification: www.ipersonalenrichment.com.
- Dr Nazim Ghouri: currently a Clinical Research Fellow in the University of Glasgow, Dr Nazim was a founding member and former president of the Islamic Society of Edinburgh University. He works with Solas and GUMSA and can regularly be seen giving the khutbah at Glasgow Uni. Besides his obvious medical credentials, Dr Nazim has an acute understanding of time management, having already spoken at events around Scotland, such as 'Time - a Hidden Blessing', organised by SISOC.
- Br Shoket Aksi: the Muslim chaplain at Glasgow Uni (and one of the regular khateebs), Br Shoket has served the Glasgow community and particularly the youth for decades. His activities include as a councillor for YCSA and the presenter of the Friday programme on Awaz FM. Br Shoket has spoken at many YM events over many years.
- Br Sohaib Saeed: a former YM member, Br Sohaib completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees in Philosophy at Edinburgh Uni, while regularly give the khutbah at Edinburgh Central Mosque, and is now pursuing a degree specialising in tafseer at Al-Azhar University, Cairo. He is involved in several interfaith and Qur'an-based dawah projects, such as Dialogic.ws, Quranica.com and the Ten-Minute Tafsir series on YouTube.
- Dr Sachi Arafat: raised in Glasgow and Singapore, Dr Sachi completed his undergraduate and doctorate in computing science from Glasgow Uni, where he currently works as a research fellow. He has also lectured on his subject in Malaysia. He has a special interest in Islamic thought and purification of the heart.
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MONDAY 15th AUGUST - 11-15 years: for brothers in the early stages of 'the change'...
TUESDAY 16th AUGUST - 16-20 years: for brothers leaving high school, or in education/work, and navigating the next phase of life...
£4 entry: registration opens at 9.30am, the events start at 10am and run till 5.30pm, including breaks.
To register, call 07730 270 443: limited capacity, so first-come, first-served. So grab your bros, your cousins and pals and get yourselves down to ACTIVATE+ ! External Event Url
