Edhi Means Love
Event Details
Event Date:Sunday 28 March 2021
Venue:Online Event
Event Details
Edhi Means Love
Back by popular demand after 300 families (1000 people) attended the premiere on Edhi Sahib's birthday 28th Feb raising £1k for Edhi Foundation and £500 for Luton Foodbank.
Next Online Film Screening Event is on Sun 28th Mar iA
6pm London | 1pm New York | 9pm Dubai
More info and tickets
Age 12+ Advisory (a few graphic verbal references)
Proceeds to be shared by charities Khayaal Theatre and Edhi International Foundation UK
A mother’s lesson of two coins. A mysterious teacher’s tale of an epic battle. Partition. Migration. The strands of a story for our times that forged a legend known in his lifetime as the Angel of Mercy, The Richest Poor Man and the World’s Greatest Living Humanitarian.
Nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, Abdul Sattar #Edhi (rahimahu 'l-Lah) is the late Pakistani philanthropist, ascetic and humanitarian who founded the Edhi Foundation, now run by his son, Faisal Edhi. By the time of his death in 2016, Edhi was registered as a parent or guardian of nearly 20,000 children and founded the largest volunteer ambulance service.
"Absolutely stunning film honouring a truly inspirational, unique and precious soul, the one and only Edhi Saab! Thank you for this fabulous production." Premiere Audience Member 28Feb2021
Stage biopic and film adaptation based on A Mirror to the Blind, an Autobiography as narrated to Tehmina Durrani. Painting by Marc Nelson. Graphic design by Inspiral Design.
Theatre-without-Walls supported by #AmalSupported Amal | Aziz Foundation | Arts Council England
Organiser Details
Organise by : Khayaal Theatre Company
Contact person : Eleanor Martin
Email : Send Email
Contact No : 01582 535840
Description : Founded in 1997, Khayaal is the first English language multi award-winning professional Muslim theatre company dedicated to the dramatic interpretation of Muslim and interfaith literature and the experience of Muslims in the modern world for the stage, film, radio, publishing and education. For 23 years, we have served cross-cultural audiences numbering in the hundreds of thousands, both nationally and internationally.