https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRagz8v-1fF4KGgyePWeEuzvu1CDfo7B2

🔻Lecture Series, 14 Sessions, in English
"Mary in the Qur'an"
speaker: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
November 3, 2024 - February 25, 2025

#Mary_in_Quran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24ldU4lyDKo&t=1s

🔻"Imam Jawad (p) and seventeen years of Guiding the Shi'a Community"
speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo
Jan 21, 2024

upcoming event, Jan 2, 2026

▫️Fri, Jan 2, 7:15-9:15 pm (in-person, EN)
Special Event, Program for 13 Rajab, Birth Anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p), speaker: Sadik Kassim.

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10 Rajab (Dec. 31): Birth of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (p), 195 A.H.

🌿 السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ الْبَرَّ التَّقِيَّ الْإِمَامَ الْوَفِيَّ

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRagz8v-1fF64syWCOntMn8fHSwQMxjFp

🔻MIT Nahj al-Balagha Series, in English
"Letter 53: Letter of Imam Ali (p) to Malik al-Ashtar"
speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo

10 sessions — continued

#Nahj_al_Balagha_Letter_53

Lecture 11 will be in January, insha’Allah. Above, you can find the 10 sessions we have held so far on Letter 53, available on our YouTube channel.

Special Event, Dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p)

🌐 In-Person, EN Lecture

Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim
Lecture: "13 Rajab: When the Ka’bah Recognized Fatima bint Asad"

Date
Friday January 2nd, 2026
7:15 pm to 9:15 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
7:15-8:00 Dinner and Socialization
8:00-8:10 Quran Recitation
8:10-8:15 Poem
8:15-9:00 Lecture and Q&A, in English
9:00-9:15 Ziyarat Amin Allah

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Wishing you and your family a blessed Year 2026 filled with hope, health, and peace.

@zekrMIT

🌷Some parts of Munajat Imam Ali (as) - Masjid Kufa🌷

مَوْلايَ يا مَوْلايَ اِرْحَمْني بِرَحْمَتِكَ
My Lord, O my Lord, have mercy on me by Your mercy,

وَارْضَ عَنّي بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ
and be pleased with me by Your Generosity and Your Magnanimity and Your Grace,

يا ذَا الْجُودِ وَالاِحْسانِ وَالطَّوْلِ وَالِإمْتِنانِ
O the Generous, and Beneficent, O the Almighty and the Benefactor,

بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا اَرْحَمَ الرّاحِمينَ
By your Mercy, O the most Merciful of the Merciful.

Our biweekly programs for the year 2026 will begin with Quran Study on Friday, January 9, followed by Dua Kumayl & Lecture on Thursday, January 15.

✳️ Please note that each year, depending on several factors—primarily upcoming occasions—we determine the schedule by deciding which program to begin with, followed by the other program the following week.

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Special Topic Lecture Series

🌐 Virtual, EN Lecture

🔹Sundays 7:15-9:00 pm (US ET), Starting Jan 11, 2026
Lecture (EN), "Religious Landscape of Pre-Islamic Arabia: An Analysis Based on Primary (Epigraphic) and Contemporary Sources"
Speaker: Farhad Ghoddoussi

Zoom Participation (virtual):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698
Meeting ID: 923 7746 6698

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#pre_islamic_arabia
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Quran Study, Surah Ta-Ha [20:9-79], Part I

🌐 Hybrid, EN Lecture

Date
Friday January 9th, 2026
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (US Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
7:30-7:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
7:40-8:45 Exegesis (Tafsir), in English, Dr. Hassan Khalil
Topic: "Chapter 20, Surah Ta-Ha, Verses 9-79," Part I
8:45-9:00 Q&A
9:00-9:30 Dinner

Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788

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upcoming events, Jan 11-15, 2026

▫️Sun, Jan 11, 7:15-9:00 pm (virtual, EN)
Special Topics, 01, "Religious Landscape of Pre-Islamic Arabia", Farhad Ghoddoussi, Wayne State University, Michigan.

▫️Thu, Jan 15, 7:15-9:30 pm (hybrid, EN)
Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Dedicated to Eid al-Mab'ath.

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Special Topic Lecture Series, Lec01

🔻Topic: Introduction and Discussion about Methodology

🌐 Virtual, EN Lecture

Date
Sunday January 11th, 2026
7:15 pm to 9:00 pm (US Eastern Time)

Location
Online, Detail Below

Schedule
7:15-7:20 Login to Zoom
7:20-8:45 Lecture, in English, Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
Topic: "Religious Landscape of Pre-Islamic Arabia: An Analysis Based on Primary (Epigraphic) and Contemporary Sources," Lec01
8:45-9:00 Q&A

Zoom Participation (virtual):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698

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#pre_islamic_arabia
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Dua Kumayl & Lecture, in Commemoration of Mab'ath

🌐 Hybrid, EN Lecture

Date
Thursday January 15th, 2026
7:15 pm to 9:30 pm (US Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
7:15-7:20 Quran Recitation
7:20-7:30 Ziyarat Imam Musa al-Kadhim (p)
7:30-8:00 Dua Kumayl
8:00-8:45 Lecture, in English, Dr. Muhammad Ali Radhawi (joining by zoom)
Title: "Messages of Islam in the Modern World"
8:45-8:50 Q&A
8:50-9:00 Ziyarat of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
9:00-9:30 Dinner

Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788

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25 Rajab (Jan. 15): Martyrdom of Imam Musa al-Kadhim (p), 183 A.H.

للّٰهُمَّ إِنِّى أَسْأَلُك بِالتَّجَلِّى الْأَعْظَمِ فِى هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْمُعَظَّمِ ، وَالْمُرْسَلِ الْمُكَرَّمِ ، أَنْ تُصَلِّىَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ لَنا مَا أَنْتَ بِهِ مِنَّا أَعْلَمُ ، يَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4YgqzqMAx0&t=1s

🔻"Messages of Islam in the Modern World"
Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Program for Eid al-Mab'ath 1447
Jan 15, 2026

upcoming events, Jan 18-23, 2026

▫️Sun, Jan 18, 7:15-9:00 pm (virtual, EN)
Special Topics, 02, "Religious Landscape of Pre-Islamic Arabia", Farhad Ghoddoussi, Wayne State University, Michigan.

▫️Fri, Jan 23, 7:30-9:30 pm (hybrid, EN)
Quran Study, Surah Ta-Ha.

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