Zarsanga, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, is a singer from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan who is known as the Queen of Pashtun Folklore for her career-long devotion to the orally transmitted musical traditions of the tribally-organised Pashtun. The Aga Khan Music Awards were established by His Highness the Aga Khan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, ...
Yahya Hussein Abdallah, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, is a singer and composer of devotional songs and reciter of the Qur'an from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He performs praise songs and sings both a cappella and with the accompaniment of instruments, which can range from violin and oud to electric keyboard and synthesizer. The Aga Khan Music Awards were established by ...
#DaudKhanSadozai, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, has had a profound impact on the preservation, development, and dissemination of Afghan music. He has trained many young musicians in the unique Kabuli style of Hindustani raga performed on the Afghan rubab as well as in instrumental music from Afghanistan's regional folk traditions. The Aga Khan Music Awards were established by His Highness ...
Farrokh Derakhshani, Director of @TheAgaKhanAward for #Architecture recalls the Award's history and explains its contribution to the field. For more about the #AKAA: For more about the #AgaKhan Development Network: ...
The Aga Khan Music Awards Ceremony took place in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman. At the event the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Zakir Hussain, who then gave a special performance with the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra and Aga Khan Master Musicians. The next day at Part 2 of the ceremony Prince Amyn and His Highness Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham al ...
At the Aga Khan Music Awards, Zakir Hussain received the Lifetime Achievement Award. This was in recognition of his highly visible model of enlightened cross-cultural musicianship that has elevated the status of the tabla both in India and around the world through countless artistic collaborations, concert tours, commissions, recordings, and film scores. Read more about the Aga Khan Music Awards on our website! #AgaKhanAwards ...
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is given every three years to projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and landscape architecture. The Award seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies across the world, in which Muslims have a significant presence. ...
During the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards ceremony, laureates (L to R) Jasser Haj Youssef (violin), Yahya Hussein Abdallah and Yasamin Shahhosseini (oud) performed together. The Aga Khan Music Awards were established by His Highness the Aga Khan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant ...
During the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards ceremony in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman (L to R) Sadiq Khan (dholak), Asin Khan Langa (Sindhi sarangi), Zaki Khan Langa (backup vocal), Dilshad Khan (sarangi) and Rajan Dwarka (tabla) performed together at the Awards ceremony. The Aga Khan Music Awards were established by His Highness the Aga Khan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music ...
Afel Bocoum & Coumbane Mint Ely Warakane During the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards ceremony, a special collaborative performance was done by Laureates (L to R) Mamadou Kelly (backup vocals), Afel Bocoum (guitar), Coumbane Mint Ely Warakane (vocal and ardin) and Mamadou (Madou) Kouyate (backup vocals, bass ngoni). The Aga Khan Music Awards were established by His Highness the Aga Khan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise ...
The Aga Khan Music Awards reflect the conviction of His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, that music can serve as a cultural anchor, deepening a sense of community, identity and heritage, while simultaneously reaching out in powerful ways to people of different backgrounds. ...
#Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the Aga Khan #MusicAwards prize-giving ceremony at the @Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Portugal on 30 March 2019 Read the full speech here: ...
#Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the Global #Philanthropy Forum in Washington DC, USA on 23 April 2009 Read the full speech here: ...
Inaugurated on September 29, 2022, the #Diwan is a year round pavilion and event space for the University of Alberta Botanic Gardens and the final piece to complete the 4.8 hectare #AgaKhanGarden, Alberta. The site of the pavilion was designated in the original concept plan for the Garden. In addition to providing multi-use functionality, the pavilion resonates with its rich surroundings and ...
#Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the #Madrasa programme in Mombasa, Kenya on 22 October 2007. Read the full speech here: ...
A webinar presented by Rebecca Zhu, Postdoctoral Researcher from Schools2030 Research Partner, University of California, Berkeley, on the early findings of their Schools2030 research project. The research focuses on how preschoolers in Kenya understand picture stimuli and how this impacts their learning process. ...
Day 3 of the Schools2030 Global Forum focused on the future of Policy and Practice in education and asked: How might we better collaborate to advance equitable quality learning journeys? ...
Day 2 of the Schools2030 Global Forum focused on the future of Design and Innovation in education and asked: How might we better catalyse inclusive quality learning experiences across Schools, Systems, and Societies? ...
Day 1 of the Schools2030 Global Forum focused on the future of Assessment and Evidence in education and asked: How might we better measure holistic quality learning outcomes across schools, systems and societies? ...
In this video, Schools2030 Global Forum delegates share stories about their favourite teachers, those who inspired and motivated them, and gave them a lifelong passion for learning. ...
A short film created at the Schools2030 Global Forum celebrating teacher-driven educational change. ...
The Ismaili Imamat and the Province of British Columbia today signed an Agreement of Cooperation committing to improve quality of life of vulnerable peoples, with a focus on climate change. The signing was part of a series of events held this week in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia to mark 50 years of the significant presence of Ismaili Muslims in Canada. His ...
Inaugurated on September 29, 2022, the Diwan is a year round pavilion and event space for the University of Alberta Botanic Gardens and the final piece to complete the 4.8 hectare Aga Khan Garden, Alberta. The site of the pavilion was designated in the original concept plan for the Garden. In addition to providing multi-use functionality, the pavilion resonates with its rich ...
To support secondary school students to become better descriptive writers, Nakyanzi Jalia and her colleagues at MacKay Memorial College-Nateete, in Uganda, created this writing adventure game, that takes students on a collaborative writing and learning journey. ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the inauguration of the restoration of the Polana #Serena Hotel in Maputo, Mozambique on 16 December 2010. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
Join us this fall for Local Roots, Global Fruits, our 2022 campaign. We will explore how AKF supports the best local ideas and leadership as the way for addressing the problems facing communities in Africa and Asia. Those then grow and mature and bear fruit--ideas and experiences that AKF shares widely, across other regions. ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan on receiving Asia Society's Game Changer Lifetime Achievement Award in New York, USA on 1 November 2017. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
Teacher Khadija from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, describes how her journey with Human-Centred Design has helped her to create new ideas for meaningful lessons, and has supported her students to truly engage, become more confident and achieve better results. ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the Conference of #IndigenousPhilanthropy in Islamabad, Pakistan on 17 October 2000. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan on receiving the Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy in Edinburgh, Scotland on 4 October 2005. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the #Africa 2016 Conference on 21 February 2016 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the #GlobalPhilanthropyForum in Washington DC, USA on 23 April 2009. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the #Madrasa programme in Mombasa, Kenya on 14 August 2007. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
Kindergarten teacher, Gulbarak Akynbek Kyzy, explains how her school have worked alongside the Schools2030 programme to develop an idea that connects her young students to parents on migration, promoting the parent-child bond that is fundamental to early childhood education and development. ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the #EnablingEnvironmentConference in Kabul, Afghanistan on 4 June 2007. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
This video was first screened at the inaugural Schools2030 Global Forum, held in Dar es Salaam in June 2022. It is composed of the voices and perspectives of students from across the Schools2030 programme, and was intended to remind all delegates why the shared goal of improving education access and quality across the world is so important. ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the #MNCHSummit in Toronto, Canada on 29 May 2014. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
A spotlight series on the innovations that have arisen from schools involved in the Schools2030 programme in Uganda. ...
A spotlight series on the innovations that have arisen from schools involved in the Schools2030 programme in Uganda. ...
