Website: www.mesp.org.uk
From Friday 5 March - Thursday 18 March 2010 the 7th Annual Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace, MESP 2010, will bring together people from a wide range of spiritual backgrounds, people working with peace, conflict, reconciliation and justice, educators, teachers, scholars and students, people from artistic and cultural backgrounds, people working with health, well-being and healing experiences and concerns, people from diverse cultures, traditions and communities and people froma across the Scotland and internationally. more generally, everyone participates in an individual and non representative capacity, to allow people to draw upon their own experiences and to share their unique visions and perspectives, and people of all backgrounds who respect the Festival ethos are warmly invited to participate in this spiritual, educational, artistic and cultural and international festival which celebrates peace and mutual understanding. There will also be pre events in the weeks before (you can search these in www.mesp.org.uk), including a Middle Eastern Film Festival and exhibitions and displays, and some may want to participate in some events in a CPD capacity