Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Time: 2:30 – 4:30 pm – Concurrent Session
Presenter: Runá ‘Alí
A novel way of approaching the study of the Qur’án by beginning with the two Suras that every Bahá’í should know: Sura #12 (Joseph), as it is the beginning of the Bahá’í Faith and Sura #11 (Hud), as Bahá’u’lláh, in the Kitáb-i-Íqán, asks us to ponder upon! Also covered is the very short Sura #91 (The Sun) as a way of introducing the musicality of the Arabic language as well as Bahá’u’lláh’s commentary on it.
Bio: Runá ‘Alí was born into a pioneering family in Tripoly, Libya to her Syrian mother and Iraqi father. At the age of 6, her family moved to Jordan where her father served on the NSA. At the age of 13, her family moved to Belmont in Perth, Australia to help form an LSA and help establish a vibrant community. As a youth, she home-front pioneered to help form an LSA in East Fremantle, and a few years later she served at the Bahá’í World Centre as a computer programmer. In 1999 she went on a solo 6-week travel teaching trip to Fiji and Tuvalu. In 1999 she returned to the Holy Land to serve at the Bahá’í World Centre and in 2000 she married her Dutch Canadian husband, Ian Vink in Haifa. In 2001 they pioneered to Huntersville, North Carolina to help form an LSA and establish the core activities. At the end of 2003, they moved to her old pioneering post in Perth, Australia, and had their two children Zahra & Manar before pioneering to Bermuda where they were actively engaged in the core activities. Finally, in 2011 they moved to North Vancouver, Canada. Runa has dedicated the last 16 years of her life to raising her children and her Bahá’í services always paralleled the spiritual needs of her children and, for the last few years, has been offering a warm space for the friends to study the Writings and helping the multi-generational participants to get a glimpse of the beauty and imagery of the Bahá’í writings revealed in Arabic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she transitioned over to Zoom and offers sessions in both English and Arabic.
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