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"For 60 years, the Aga Khan has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to improving the human condition for the betterment of individuals and the advancement of societies around the world." Atlanta, USA, 14 March 2018 - Georgia's Governor Nathan Deal today presented His Highness the Aga Khan with a State Proclamation recognising his 60 years of dedication and inspiration towards improving human ...

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"Any leader of any global community hopes and prays for one thing - peace," says the Aga Khan New York City, USA, 1 November 2017 - His Highness the Aga Khan today received the Asia Society's Lifetime Achievement Award - the Society's most esteemed - at the organisation's Game Changer Award ceremony in New York. The awards are presented annually to ...

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€1.2 Million (TSh 2.95 billion) project funded by grant from the Federal Republic of Germany Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 31 March 2016 - Aga Khan University opened the new home of its School of Nursing and Midwifery in Dar es Salaam today at Salama House. This state-of-the-art facility will educate nursing and midwifery leaders dedicated to saving lives and improving health ...

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Two temporary exhibitions open: The Garden of Ideas: Contemporary Art from Pakistan and In Search of the Artist: Signed Drawings and Paintings from the Aga Khan Museum Collection Performing Arts programme begins on September 20th with Routes of Andalusia and on 21st with Qalandar: Mugham, Dastgah, and Maqam Toronto, Canada, 18 September 2014 - The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, which ...

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Washington, USA, March 2006 - The arrival of the March 2006 USA tour of Via Kabul: Central Asia Without Borders in Washington and New York (March 15- 19, 2006; see concert schedule for details) should change perceptions of one of the least known places on the planet. Geographically remote, Muslim, mountainous, and often troubled, the 'Stans have emerged from the ashes ...

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Delhi, India, September 2013 - The restoration of the Mughal Emperor Humayun's 16th century garden tomb, the jewel of Mughal architecture that predates the Taj Mahal, has been completed. Six years of conservation works and 200,000 work days undertaken by master craftsmen have been required to restore the Tomb's Mughal finery. For more information, please see the following documents: Media Advisory ...

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The nine members of the Master Jury for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture met three times to select the winners from the 424 projects that were presented. Out of these, 24 projects were reviewed on site by a team of 12 distinguished reviewers whose presentations brought to the Jury the many complex aspects of each project. From the beginning of ...

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The location of Sunder Nursery, adjacent to Humayun's Tomb Complex and Nizamuddin Basti, largely follows the Mughal Grand Trunk Road connecting significant monuments. The landscape design aims to enhance the historic character of the nursery, attract visitors and provide a seamless pedestrian connection with Humayun's Tomb Complex. The project will create a major landscape space of truly urban scale, deriving inspiration ...

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Al Azhar Park, located by the Old City of Cairo, offers a 28-hectare expanse of greenery on what was dust and rub-ble for over two centuries. Offering a contemporary design inspired by historic Islamic gardens, the spine is a formal axis with a water channel leading in the direction of a small lake, with accompanying alleyways, and pointing towards the Citadel. ...

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Pakistan, September 2010 - Focus Humanitarian Assistance has been actively involved in response and relief efforts following continued rains and massive floods affecting various parts of Pakistan. In partnership with various AKDN agencies, access to health care, clean drinking water and sanitation facilities is being provided to displaced people who are in dire need of these efforts. ...

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Illinois, USA, April 2008 - In Chicago, the Aga Khan met with Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois and was hosted to a luncheon held in his honour at the Mid America Club. ...

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Underscores importance of partnerships between government, private enterprise, and civil society for effective progress New York City, New York, 18 October 2017 - Upon receiving the Champion for Global Change award at the United Nations Foundation's Global Leadership Dinner in New York City, His Highness the Aga Khan suggested that the question was not whether government action or private enterprise was ...

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Government of Alberta is first Canadian Province to have an Agreement with the Ismaili Imamat Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 24 October 2012 - Premier Alison Redford and His Highness the Aga Khan today signed an Agreement of Cooperation to expand collaboration in the areas of health sciences, education, the environment, forestry and natural resources management, culture, and private sector and economic development. ...

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San Francisco, California, USA, 26 April 211 - His Highness the Aga Khan today received the 2011 University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medal, the University's most prestigious award. The Medal, established in 1975, replaces the granting of honorary degrees, and recognises outstanding personal contributions in areas associated with the University's fourfold health science mission, such as attracting and educating the ...

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The March 2006 USA tour of Via Kabul: Central Asia Without Borders -- presented and curated by the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia -- features three groups of performers: Tengir-Too, from Kyrgyzstan, The Academy of Shashmaqâm, from Tajikistan, and Homayoun Sakhi and Taryalai Hashimi, from Afghanistan (via California). All of these performers are featured on Music of Central Asia, ...

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Written by Ayesha Daya, journalist writing for AKDN and TheIsmaili.org Part two: Impact During the 36 years since its establishment, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture has become a forum for a professional and academic discussion of developments affecting the built environment. The debates that take place during the seminars, the breadth of articles published, and the variety of projects honoured ...

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"In the Footsteps of Babur: Musical Encounters from the Lands of the Mughals" Geneva, Switzerland, 18 November 2011 - As part of the opening of New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum will co-present a concert of new music featuring music commissioned by ...

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Critical Discourse for Creative Transformations The Master Jury for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture met three times, October 3-5, 1994; January 25-27, 1995; and June 5-9, 1995. We reviewed 442 projects, twenty-two of which were reviewed in situ by technical reviewers. The jury deliberations led to a consensus that we should bring a more critical dimension to the message of ...

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In the 16th century, while the Mughals were building grand fortifications, mausoleums and mosques in north India, the Qutb Shahi dynasty also built majestic structures in their capital, present-day Hyderabad. Builders and patrons of learning, the Qutb Shahi dynasty ruled the region for 169 years in the 16th and 17th centuries. The complex includes forty mausoleums, twenty-three mosques, five baolis (step-wells), ...

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Over the last 60 years, His Highness the Aga Khan has established a number of institutions to serve the Ismaili Community and humanity at large. This gallery provides a selection of images of some of those institutions. ...

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First Day Cover stamps commemorate his Diamond Jubilee Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 13 October 2017 - His Highness the Aga Khan departed Tanzania yesterday after a two day visit at the invitation of the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. John P. Magufuli. The Minister of Defence and National Service, Hon. Hussein Mwinyi and Regional Commissioner for Dar es ...

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Foundation Ceremony for the Ismaili Centre, the Aga Khan Museum and Park to take place in Toronto, on Friday. Toronto, Canada, 26 May 2010 - On Friday, May 28, 2010, His Highness the Aga Khan will participate in the Foundation Ceremony to mark the beginning of the development of the Ismaili Centre, the first-ever Aga Khan Museum for Islamic Art and ...

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Spirit & Life, an exhibition of rare Islamic art and manuscripts never before displayed in the UK, will run this summer at The Ismaili Centre, South Kensington, London. Highlights will include miniatures from one of the finest illustrated manuscripts ever produced, the Persian epic Shahnama (The Book of Kings) and an extremely rare copy of the Canon of Medicine of Ibn ...

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Written by Ayesha Daya, journalist writing for AKDN and TheIsmaili.org Part one: Purpose. The twenty-first century has begun with a wave of new construction projects reshaping the landscape of many Muslim countries. From the shores of the Arabian Peninsula to the steppes of Kazakhstan, artificial islands, air-conditioned football stadiums and newly created capital cities are being built as countries use advances ...

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Second Consecutive Social Performance Reporting Award The First MicroFinanceBank Ltd. Pakistan (FMFB-P), an institution of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance, was awarded a certificate of recognition in the silver category for reporting on social indicators to the Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) by the World Bank affiliate, CGAP (Consultative Group for Assisting the Poor), in the year 2010. This is the ...

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In this, the fifth cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, nine projects have been premiated. They were selected from an initial group of two hundred and fifty-nine nominations and a list of twenty-seven finalists that were visited on-site by a team of eleven technical reviewers. The Jury feels that they have discovered exemplary projects whose essence, directness and modesty ...

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Built between the early 8th century and the first half of the 9th century, the Noh Gunbad Mosque is believed to be the oldest and most important early Islamic-era building in Afghanistan. It stands out as an early example of an innovative style for mosques, influenced by pre-existing Irano-Sassanid patterns. The remaining, rare, stucco decorations are believed to be in early ...

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July 2017 - On the occasion of His Highness the Aga Khan's Diamond Jubilee, a selection of 60 images illustrating His Highness' commitment to improving quality of life through the strengthening of civil society institutions across the world. ...

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New York, May 25, 2010 -- The shortlist of 19 nominees for the 2010 cycle of AgaKhan Award for Architecture was announced today by the Master Jury. The 19 nominees for the 11th Cycle of the Award are:Conservation of Gjirokastra, Gjirokastra, AlbaniaChandgaon Mosque, Chittagong, BangladeshNishorgo Visitor Interpretation Centre, Teknaf, BangladeshCBF Women's Health Centre, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoBridge School, Xiashi, ChinaTulou Collective Housing, ...

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California, USA, April 2008 - During the second leg of his US visit, His Highness the Aga Khan met with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and was hosted to a luncheon held in his honour at the Getty Centre. The Aga Khan is visiting the states of Texas, California, Illinois and Georgia at the request of the four Governors. He ends his visit ...

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His Highness the Aga Khan to meet with The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. John P. Magufuli at the Tanzania State House Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 11 October 2017 -- His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), arrived in Dar es Salaam today ...

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Arusha, Tanzania, 14August 2014 - The Board of Trustees of the Aga Khan University (AKU) last week concluded a week of meetings in Tanzania. The Chancellor, His Highness the Aga Khan presided over the meetings, in which Trustees from five countries spanning three continents made key decisions to expand the University's presence as a multidisciplinary university of international standing in the ...

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Penang, Malaysia, 20 November 2013 - Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) witnessed by the Rt. Honorable Mr. Lim Guan Eng, Chief Minister of the State of Penang, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) and Think City Sdn. Berhad (Think City) -- working with the support of local planning agencies -- will provide technical assistance for the protection, development and ...

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Tajik culture and tradition featured in modern hotel Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 1 November 2011 - His Excellency Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, and His Highness the Aga Khan, founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), today inaugurated the Dushanbe Serena Hotel. The ceremony, which was held in the hotel's Millat banquet room, was attended by Prince ...

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New York, USA, May 25, 2010 -- The shortlist of 19 nominees for the 2010 cycle of Aga Khan Award for Architecture was announced today by the Master Jury. The nominees, which range from a textile factory in Turkey to a school built on a bridge in China, are located in Albania, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, ...

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Aswan, June 2015 - The Aswan Directorate of Agriculture (DOA) and the Om Habibeh Foundation signed a five year Co-operation Agreement that will increase and strengthen partnership in the field of agriculture within Aswan Governorate. The Co-operation Agreement was signed by Ms. Mofida Al Kholy, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Mr. Malik Kotadia, CEO of the Om Habibeh Foundation. ...

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The Master Jury for the 1989 Aga Khan Award for Architecture met twice. In January, it considered the 241 projects submitted by the Award's Nominators, and selected thirty-two to be studied in depth by Technical Reviewers. Then, at the end of June, the thirty-two finalists were reviewed on their own merits and in terms of the issues they reflect, the questions ...

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Babur's Garden (Baghe Babur) provided a much needed green space of beauty in the face of so much destruction. Rehabilitation of the 16th century Garden, where the first Mughal Emperor Babur is buried, not only re-establishes the historic character of the site, with its water channels, plant-ed terraces and pavilion, but also brings to life the array of monuments within its ...

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Texas, USA, April 2008 - During meetings with US state and city officials the Aga Khan is expected to discuss the work of the institutions of the Aga Khan Development Network - one of the world's largest private system of development agencies. The discussions will also explore ways in which the core competencies of the AKDN in education, economic development, health ...

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Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov and His Highness the Aga Khan inaugurate the Naryn campus; ceremony is held under the patronage of President Almazbek Atambayev. Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic, 19 October2016 - The University of Central Asia (UCA), created to be a catalyst for social and economic development in the region's mountain societies, today officially opened its first campus in Naryn, Kyrgyz ...

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