Connect Your Mind & Spirit

Join us for a powerful, one-day immersive experience designed to equip students with the intellectual, spiritual, and practical tools they need before stepping into college life. Hosted by Blackstone Boston, this unique program blends Qur’anic insight with critical thinking, helping students navigate modern challenges with clarity and purpose.
What You’ll Explore

• Grammar of the Tongue & Mind – Strengthen how you think, speak, and understand
• Qur’anic Critical Thinking, Grammar, Rhetoric & Logic
• Islam is Not Your Parent’s House – Building personal conviction and identity
• Fiqh of College Life – Practical guidance for real-world situations
• Worship & Service Orientation – Living with intention
• The “Why?” Behind Knowledge, Skills & Wealth

This is more than a workshop—it’s a space to ignite faith, sharpen thinking, and build real purpose.

About the speaker:
Dr. Harun Spevack specializes in Islamic Intellectual History. He is also a Visiting Scholar in Harvard’s Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and teaches courses on Islam, Islamic Finance, and World Religions in Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education. Previously, he has been a visiting researcher in Harvard Law School’s Program in Islamic Law where he worked on Talfiq (legal patch-working) in Inheritance, Divorce, and Islamic Finance.

Dr. Harun also serves as Muslim Chaplain and as a Senior Research Associate at Brandeis University where he heads a three-year research project on Islamic Philosophy; included in this project is the founding of the American Society of Islamic Philosophy and Theology.

 He serves as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Islamic Philosophy and has published a number of books and articles on topics in Islamic law, theology, logic, and Sufism. Prior to his academic career he taught Music Theory at Ai New England Institute of Art, Arabic at Boston University, and private musical instrumental and ensemble lessons at Music Maker Studios (Brighton, MA) and Buckingham, Brown, and Nichols high school (Cambridge, MA.)

He is also a founder and director of Boston’s Bukhari Institute, which, since 2001, has offered educational programs on the arts and sciences of the Islamic world.

Open to students in Grades 8–12 preparing for high school and college transitions.

• Lunch provided
• Certification of Completion

💲 Registration Fee: $75

Financial Aid Available
📧 Contact: [email protected]

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Host or Publisher Blackstone Islamic Educational Collaborative