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Language Conversation Classes for Refugee and migrant Women in South Africa
Purpose of the Event Moving to a new country, forcibly or voluntarily, is a life-changing experience that comes with different challenges from integration to isolation. Each learner’s ability to interact and integrate is different though most face the challenge of making a new home for themselves and their families in unfamiliar surroundings. Learning the host […]
STATEMENT ON THE MOSQUE ATTACK IN VERULAM, KZN
Turquoise Harmony Institute expresses great shock and sadness on the devastating news that a mosque in Verulam, KZN has been attacked and one person has been killed. We express our deepest condolences to the families and the community of the Mosque. The latest media reposts indicate that the attack is of a sectarian nature and […]
THI grieves the loss of anti-apartheid stalwart, Mama Winnie
It is with extreme sadness that we pass on our deepest sympathies to the Mandela family following the passing of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on the 2nd of April 2018. Mama Winnie, we as South Africans are forever indebted to you. Your fight, your struggle, has granted us democracy and equality. You will forever be the […]
Movie Night: As We Forgive
On the 9th of February 2018, Turquoise Harmony Institute showcased a movie “As We Forgive” which followed by as interactive discussion concerning forgiveness and reconciliation in South African and global context. Would you forgive someone you knew knowing that they brutally killed your family? Where does one even begin? Many struggles with forgiveness as it’s […]
Statement on Illegal Abductions & Extrajudicial Executions
Dear friends of Turquoise Harmony Institute, We have decided to share some views and concerns regarding recent developments in Turkey and their implications for Turkish citizens, specifically those associated with Hizmet Movement, abroad and specifically in South Africa. As irrelevant as some local developments in a foreign country may be for South Africa, Turkish Government […]
Invitation: Fast Breaking Dinner with a Muslim Family
Turquoise Harmony Institute coordinates Ramadan Family Iftar Dinners for the local community in Johannesburg in an effort to foster inter-religious and interfaith understanding. We thus very much hope to be able to host you and look forward to hearing back from you! Fasting is practiced in many religious traditions and spiritual practices. We believe common […]
Coffee Night & Ebru Art
Turquoise Harmony Institute hopes to host yet another coffee night, this time under the theme, ‘Ebru Art’. Ebru or Water Marbling is the art of creating colourful patterns by sprinkling and brushing colour pigments on a pan of oily water and then transforming this pattern to paper. We look forward to welcoming you and providing […]
Learn the art of water marbling today!
Ebru or Water Marbling is the art of creating colourful patterns by sprinkling and brushing colour pigments on a pan of oily water and then transforming this pattern to paper. Turquoise Harmony Institute has launched a series of classes across March and April 2017 allowing for everyone to get an in depth look into this […]
Turquoise wishes you a blessed and peaceful 2017!
Just as every dawn, every sunrise, and every coming spring signifies a new beginning and hope, so does every new year, new century and every new millennium. In this respect, within the wheels of time, over which we have no control, humanity has always sought a new spark of life, a breath as fresh as […]
The Purge: Media Under Seige
“Every creation, living organism in this universe strives for peace and harmony, but as humans we pollute the world with hatred, jealousy and anger,” Ayhan Cetin, Executive Director for the Turquoise Harmony Institute stated, “We do this for the purpose of living a better life, of being religiously exclusive or guarding our cultural values. In […]