Event Announcements

Ziraat Online Programs:

Recordings are available shortly after the event.

For 2026, the Ziraat Council has chosen WATER as a focus for our programs and our personal explorations.

  • 2026 Semester 2: Living Water: Symbolism of Water in Literature
    • Session Times:  10:00 – 11:30 am ET (New York) / 4:00 – 5:30 pm CET (Paris)
    • Presenters for this series are Ziraat leaders from South Asia and Europe
      • Water as a Sufi Symbol in the Writings of Hamzah Fansuri
        Friday, November 6 — Presenter: Murshida Arniya (Lahore, Pakistan).  
      • Symbolism of Water in Myths and Legends
        Friday, November 20 — Presenter: Raqib Gerhard Kittel (Nuremberg, Germany).
    • All are welcome. Link for more information and registration.
    • Cost:  3 payment options are provided for this program.  
      • Supporter — $60 for the series ($30 per class).
      • Standard — $40 for the series ($20 per class).
      • Limited Income — $20 for the series ($10 per class).
  • 2026 Semester 1: Living Water – Celebration and Restoration
    • Sessions are 2nd Friday of month February, March and May
    • Time: 3-4:30 pm USA-ET, 9-10:30 pm Europe (CET), (Saturday morning in Oceania).
      In March – please check the time in your location: Time & Date Converter
    • Presenters for this series are Ziraat leaders from North America and Europe 
      • Celebrating Water as the Source of our Physical and Spiritual Lives
        Friday 13th February – presented by Zebunissa Overeynder, Sharifa Oppenheimer, Tasnim Stupac
      • Managing Water with Permaculture Design
        Friday 13th March – presented by Ata’allah Meacham and Alia Michael
      • Holy Mysteries of Water
        Friday 8th May – presented by Raqib Gerhard Kittel and friends
    • All are welcome. Link for more information and registration.
    • Cost: A sliding scale option is being used for this program.  [As a guide we suggest around $45 USD for the semester program, however you are free select other amounts.]
  • Earth Day 2026: Will of Water, Purification
    • Join us for this special world-wide Inayatiyya Ziraat and Music collaboration to celebrate Earth Day through creative arts. The program will be conducted as an informal Lodge reflecting the healing power of water in a beautiful creative flow of photos, quotes and poetry integrated with music. We invite people to engage with the presentation from the domains that speak to each uniquely. 
      • Presenters are Aziza Barker, Saraswati Burke for Ziraat, LatifaNoor Anderson and friends for Music
      • Wednesday 22nd April, 3 pm USA – ET | 9 pm Europe CET 
        [Oceania Thursday 23rd April 5am AEST | 7am NZST]
      • This is a free event, there’s no need to register. Zoom Link

Retreats 2026:

USA – Illumination and Tuning of the Heart: Day-long Retreat
    • With Kainat Felicia Norton & Muinuddin Charles Smith
    • October 24, 2026 in Beacon, NY
    • For more information email Latifa Noor: [email protected]

Retreats 2027:

Oceania Ziraat – Easter Retreat
    • With Jamia Haqq, Nehmat & other Ziraat friends
    • 2-day residential retreat:  March 26 – 28, 2027
    • Sharda Centre, Tuakau – New Zealand
USA – Emerald Earth – Ziraat Retreat 
    • With Kainat Felicia Norton & Muinuddin Charles Smith
    • 3-day residential retreat: April 24 – 26, 2027
    • In person Ziraat retreat in the beautiful nature in the Berkshire Mountains at The Abode, Spiritual Retreat Centre, New Lebanon, NY
    • For more information email: [email protected]
France – Sowing Seeds of Friendship
    • Ziraat Retreat at Fazil Manzil, Suresnes – Paris, France
    • With great joy, we invite you to an international Ziraat-focused 2-day residential retreat at the Khanqah in Suresnes.  
    • Emir and Hayyat from France, Tasnim  from Switzerland and MehrunNisa from Belgium are organizing this event.  Dates will be confirmed soon.