Timeless ideals and enlightened art revealed in The World of the Fatimids. Toronto, Canada, 15 February 2018 -The World of the Fatimids, opening 10 March 2018, sheds light on one of history's most intriguing and vibrant civilisations, which at its height in the 10th and 11th centuries influenced thought and life throughout the Mediterranean, Southern Europe, and the Near East. Luminous ...
Pakistan's Institute of Architects presents a Citation to His Highness the Aga Khan for Patronage of Architecture Karachi, Pakistan, 7 November 2014 - Architects, urban planners and academics from around the world gathered in Pakistan to discuss the latest Aga Khan Award for Architecture recipients at a seminar hosted by the Aga Khan University (AKU). The projects that not only showcase ...
(Issued jointly by the Asian Development Bank and the Aga Khan Development Network) Gouvieux, France, 30 January 2008 - His Highness the Aga Khan, the Spiritual Leader (Imam) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), today met with Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), for discussions on joint ...
Geneva, 28 November 2005 - The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is pleased to announce the Tenth Award Cycle, which will span the three-year period from 2005 to 2007. The Award is governed by a Steering Committee chaired by His Highness the Aga Khan. Members of the 2007 committee are: Professor Omar Akbar, Executive Director of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation in ...
After ten years as the premiere online resource for the study of material and visual culture in Islamic societies, Archnet has been re-imagined and restructured. The new Archnet -- a collaboration between the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT Libraries -- is a portal to rich and unique scholarly resources featuring thousands of sites, ...
Publication Based on 20 Years of Archaeological Research by Kubat Tabaldiev Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 5 March 2012 - The University of Central Asia (UCA) has launched its latest publication, Ancient Monuments of Tien-Shan in Bishkek. Written by Kubat Tabaldiev, the book is based on twenty years of archeological research in the Naryn and Issyk Kul regions. It presents evidence of a ...
Press Release Issued by the MacJannet Foundation Medford/Somerville, MA, USA, 16 April 2009 - The Talloires Network and the MacJannet Foundation today announced the winners of the first annual MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship. The first place winner is the Urban Health Program based in Aga Khan University in Pakistan. This innovative and long-standing program run by Aga Khan University's Department ...
March 2018 - During his Diamond Jubilee year, at the invitation of the respective governments, His Highness the Aga Khan is visiting a number of countries with AKDN projects or where the Ismaili Community is present in large numbers. This gallery presents highlights from these Diamond Jubilee visits. ...
The valleys of Hunza and Baltistan, high in the Karakoram, have undergone a transformation of habitat, customs and economic patterns. The Trust's intervention commenced with the conservation of the 700-year-old Baltit Fort. Here, restoration work was coupled with ongoing rehabilitation of traditional settlements, community involvement and the promotion of tourism to provide for the economic livelihood for the residents in the ...
For over 100 years the Aga Khan Development Network has worked to ensure that students of all ages have access to quality learning opportunities. Each year, it reaches nearly 2 million students ranging from early childhood to primary and secondary grades, from vocational training for youth and adults to university degrees and professional development. Depuis plus de 100 ans, le Réseau ...
Central Asia, October 2008 - His Highness the Aga Khan completed a nine-day tour of three central Asian nations during which he met with top government officials, visited projects of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and addressed gatherings of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. ...
Aga Khan Ensemble performed at the 10th Anniversary ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival with support from the Aga Khan Foundation Jaipur, India, January 2017 - Musical artists from the countries along the fabled Silk Route came together to perform as the Aga Khan Ensemble at the Hotel Clarks Amer on the 22nd and 23rd of January. The performance, which was a part ...
"Buniyaad" project offers model for policymakers and public health professionals Patna, India, 21 April 2015 - For the past three years, the Aga Khan Foundation (India) and its partners have worked with 400,000 mothers from marginalised communities in rural Bihar, significantly improving infant and young child feeding practices. The DFID-funded programme, Buniyaad - which means "Foundation" in Hindi - has promoted ...
Tour Debuts Contemporary Arab Music Icons and Newly Commissioned Collaborative Pieces Supported by AKMI Geneva, Switzerland, 4 February 2013 - Five eminent performer-composer-improvisers from Syria, Tunisia and Lebanon will tour Europe and the United States from 8 to 28 February 2013 (a full list of dates are found below) in a tour supported by the Aga Khan Music Initiative. Performing on ...
Centre to be Part of a Regional Health System Nairobi, Kenya, 25 July 2011 - His Excellency President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya inaugurated the Aga Khan University Hospital's Heart and Cancer Centre today, in the presence of His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). The US$ 50 million facility brings international standards of patient care ...
Shigar, Pakistan, May 2005 - The inauguration of the restoration of Shigar Fort in Baltistan, Pakistan, scheduled for the 30th of May, has been postponed due to weather. The Fort, which has been converted into a small residence with guest rooms, presents a new model for the restoration of endangered cultural monuments in Pakistan and elsewhere in the Muslim World. Featuring ...
The 2007 Aga Khan Award Master Jury recognises how architecture and the built environment define the diverse and divergent paths that lead to the capacious lifeworlds of contemporary Muslim societies. Our challenge was to judge the complex negotiation that architecture represents between, on the one hand, the sense of satisfaction and belonging that a building - a home - provides and, ...
February 2018 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is on a 10-day official visit to Indian at the invitation of the Government of India. This visit is part of a series of visits that coincide with the commemoration of the Aga Khan's ...
The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme, through its projects, seeks to be a catalyst to improve quality of life by activating culture as a springboard for economic and social development. These projects are laboratories for ideas that can positively shape the future in ways that are meaningful, beneficial, and impactful. At their core is a message of opportunity, of potential, of ...
Expanding Quality Health Care - AKDN delivers health services to 5 million people every year, through over 200 health facilities, including 13 hospitals. One example is the French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children (FMIC) in Afghanistan, the country's leading maternal and child hospital, which is managed by the Aga Khan University. In Afghanistan, with just two doctors for every 10,000 ...
New Delhi, India, 27November 2004 - At the historical Humayun's Tomb, His Highness the AgaKhan, together with India's Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh today announced the seven recipients of the 2004 AgaKhan Award for Architecture. The seven projects selected by the 2004 Award Master Jury are:Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, EgyptPrimary School, Gando, Burkina FasoSandbag Shelter Prototypes, various locationsRestoration of Al-Abbas Mosque, Asnaf, ...
Geneva, Switzerland, February, 2012 - The Aga Khan Award for Architecture has announced the members of the Steering Committee for the 12th Award cycle (2011 - 2013). The Steering Committee is chaired by His Highness the Aga Khan. The other members of the Steering Committee are: Mohammad al-Asad (Founder and chairman, Center for the Study of the Built Environment, Amman, Jordan); ...
Winners personally congratulated by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales London, United Kingdom, 16 June 2011 - The world's most prestigious green energy awards tonight announced that the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service's (AKPBS) innovative Building and Construction Improvement Programme (BACIP) has received the Award for Avoided Deforestation at this year's Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy. Princess Zahra Aga ...
أعضاء من المجتمع المحلي يشاركون في أعمال ترميم مسجد خانقاه غولابور في باكستانسكاردو، باكستان، استلم مشروع ترميم غولابور خانقاه الذي تقوم مؤسسة الآغا خان للثقافة بتنفيذه، في باكستان في وادي شيغار، سكاردو، بالتيستان، مؤخراً من منظمة اليونسكو جائزة المحيط الهادي الآسيوي - دورة 2010، لتميزه في مجال التراث الثقافي. هذا وقد استلمت المؤسسة في باكستان هذه الجائزة لتسع مرات متتالية، وذلك ...
Washington, D.C., USA, November 10 1999 -- Creating human capacity in the developing world to enable institutions and individuals to be more than users of the new information technology can address critical development needs of some of the poorest parts of the world. His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims today addressed industry leaders, government officials ...
Members of the 2004 Master JuryThe Jury met for the first time in January 2004 and started by reviewing 378 projects that had been nominated for the Ninth Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. After vigorous and concentrated discussions, the Jury shortlisted twenty-three projects that were proposed for On-Site Project Review. During the second meeting, in June 2004, the ...
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has a long history in India, dating back to the establishment of the first Aga Khan school in Mundra, Gujarat, in 1905. Eight of AKDN's 11 agencies are operational in the country, implementing a range of programmes, in diverse fields from water and sanitation to maternal health and family nutrition, sustainable agriculture to disaster risk ...
In Mali, the Trust is able to improve local capacity to manage a precious architectural heritage, to train people in the skills of building with earth and to re-energise the traditions of handing down knowledge of restoration methods, appropri-ate technologies and materials to future generations. Con-servation efforts have been completed at the Great Mosque of Mopti, Djingereyber Mosque in Timbuktu and ...
AKDN believes that together we can tackle the world's greatest problems. We are helping farmers in Africa to increase their rice yields. During the lean season between harvests, food becomes scarce and people must deal with chronic hunger. The effects, including low birth weight, cognitive impairment, malnutrition and stunting, can lead to greater lifelong risk for infectious diseases and, in some ...
International organisation hosts Award ceremony to recognise ten recipients for their dedication to building more inclusive societies Ottawa, Canada,15 November 2017 - This evening, His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman of the Global Centre for Pluralism, presented the inaugural Global Pluralism Award during a ceremony at the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat in Ottawa, Canada with the Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, ...
Issued jointly by AKDN and EAC Arusha, Tanzania, 18 July 2012 - The East African Community (EAC) and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) today signed a pivotal agreement to strengthen and broaden cooperation in the areas of economic, social and cultural development throughout East Africa. His Highness the Aga Khan, the founder and chairman of AKDN and Ambassador Richard Sezibera, ...
Alim Qasimov Ensemble, Homayoun Sakhi Trio, and Kronos Quartet to offer workshops, lecture-demos and concerts on college and university campuses across the United States Geneva, Switzerland, 8 February 2012 - Following the success of its 2010 University Residency Series, the Aga Khan Music Initiative is launching a new programme of workshops, lecture-demonstrations and concert performances at seven prestigious American colleges and ...
AKPBS's Building and Construction Improvement Programme in Pakistan is a finalist for the global green energy award London, United Kingdom, 17 May 2011 - The Aga Khan Planning and Building Service's (AKPBS) innovative Building and Construction Improvement Programme (BACIP) has been selected as one of the finalists for the Ashden Awards 2011. The finalists will compete for over £120,000 prize money. ...
President of Mali and Aga Khan Inaugurate National Park of Mali as part of events to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Malian Independence Bamako, 22 September 2010 - President Amadou Toumani Toure and His Highness the Aga Khan inaugurated the new National Park of Mali in Bamako today. The 103-hectare Park was created under a public-private partnership between the Government of ...
New Delhi, India, 27November 2004 - At a ceremony to be held in India at the gardens of Humayun's Tomb , His Highness the Aga Khan will announce the seven recipients of the 2004 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. 2004 marks the completion of the ninth cycle of the programme, which has a triennial prize fund of US$ 500,000, the world's ...
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, September 2013 - The Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad is a new, not-for-profit school situated on a 100-acre campus near the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. It will be inaugurated by the Union Minister of Human Resources and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in the presence of His Highness the Aga Khan, founder and Chairman of the Aga ...
The nine members of the Master Jury for the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture met twice to select the winners from the 427 projects presented. Of these, thirty-five were reviewed on site by a team of sixteen distinguished experts, whose presentations brought the many complex aspects of each project to the Jury's attention. As it pursued its deliberations, the Jury ...
In Nizamuddin Basti, known for its Sufi saints and shrines, the Trust is taking a synergistic, community-centred and collaborative approach to cultural and social development to develop public parks, strengthen urban basic services through interventions in three core areas of health, education and environmental sanitation, undertake conservation and rehabilitate public open space. The initiative includes conservation of several important monuments, cultural ...
The restoration of Humayun's Tomb and Gardens has regenerated a significant amount of enhanced green space for the city and the surrounding community, returning it to its historically authentic format, which has rekindled interest in the rich history and expressions of Mughal life. The restoration effort has significantly increased the number of visitors to the World Heritage Site. Eventually, the complex ...
Bamako, Mali, September 2010 - The population of Bamako, the capital of the Republic of Mali, has risen rapidly in recent years, now numbering over one million inhabitants. Population growth has driven the demand for housing and public facilities. In this context, the need for far-sighted urban planning has been crucial. The Government of Mali responded by outlining the boundaries of ...
