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Islamabad, Pakistan 30 June, 2006 - The President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, today conferred the award "Sitara-e-Eisaar" upon Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). The award was bestowed to the humanitarian agency in the presence of the Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz in recognition of its outstanding efforts in rescue and ...

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As members of the Master jury we have carefully considered the 213 nominations for the third Aga Khan Award for Architecture in two separate meetings in Geneva, in January and in June, 1986. At the first meeting, 25 projects were selected for detailed technical review. In the second meeting we selected the six Award winners. Both meetings were consistently well organised ...

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The garden honours the partnership between the University of Alberta and the Aga Khan University Edmonton, Canada, 7 April 2017 - A spectacular new garden will bloom in 2018 at the University of Alberta Botanic Garden, located 15 minutes southwest of Edmonton. The Aga Khan Garden, Alberta was made possible by a contribution in excess of $25 million by His Highness ...

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Homayoun Sakhi and Salar Nader at Kennedy Center and 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Washington DC, USA, 29 June 2016 - Two celebrated members of the Aga Khan Music Initiative (AKMI) artist roster, Afghan rubab master Homayoun Sakhi and tablavirtuoso Salar Nader, will perform at the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, in Washington, D.C. as part of the Music Initiative's long-term collaboration with ...

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Paris, France, 3 December 1999 -- His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today expressed the hope that more initiatives such as well-researched publications, exhibitions and scholarly exchanges by academic and cultural institutions in the West, "could help deepen public understanding of Islam and its intellectual and artistic heritage." The Aga Khan was attending the formal ...

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Beirut, Lebanon, 26 November 1999 -- Are architects building what their societies want? Do societies want what their architects build? As their societies change, those who build and design in the Middle East are questioning whether they are creating the environments those societies want. Planners, architects and educators from across the Middle East who design challenged each other over a 3-day ...

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Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 20 August 1999 -- An urgent appeal has been launched to assist up to 100,000 people displaced in the Panjshir Valley of Northeastern Afghanistan following fighting in the Shamali Plain north of Kabul just over a week ago. Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) and ACTED, two relief agencies who have begun food distribution in the area, made the urgent appeal ...

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Cairo, Egypt, 4 May 1999 -- President Hosni Mubarak today discussed with His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, an integrated plan for development of Cairo's largest park, and innovative cultural restoration and economic revitalisation projects being undertaken by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in the capital's historic old city. Their meeting followed extensive site visits by ...

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Paris, France, 27 April 1999 -- France's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hubert Vedrine, and His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (Spiritual Leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, today signed an Accord of Co-operation between France and the Association Aga Khan, whose members include some of the principal agencies and affiliates of the Aga Khan Development Network. The Accord seeks to strengthen France's ...

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Granada, Spain, 9 October 1998 -- Civil strife, expanding populations, poverty, urban drift, hegemonic claims of traditional orthodoxies and monopolistic tendencies in electronic media can be destructive of world culture and are dangers to tomorrow's human and physical environment, but they need not overwhelm every society. In the gardens of the Alhambra, one of the most well-known Islamic monuments in the ...

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Granada, Spain, 9 October 1998 -- Addressing culture ministers, diplomats, architects, planners and civic dignitaries in the Generalife gardens in the presence of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain, the AgaKhan spoke during the ceremony to announce the winners of the Seventh Cycle of the AgaKhan Award for Architecture. An international Master Jury selected seven projects for the 1998 ...

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Ishkoshim, On the Afghan-Tajik Border, 28 September 1998 -- In a powerful appeal to all Muslims in Afghanistan, Shia and Sunni alike, His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, outlined a basis for constructing a new and more stable civil order in Central Asia. "All Afghans should, as promptly as possible, re-establish open and brotherly ...

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 25 August 1998 -- Her Highness Princess Zahra Aga Khan today outlined a concept of volunteerism that can create and sustain healthy civic societies into the next millennium. "Citizen participation, ownership, and empowerment" she said, "are all critical to a world of peace and understanding" as is "the interaction of citizens across groups...whether those groups are defined in ...

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Maputo, Mozambique, 11 August 1998 -- His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique today signed a Development Co-operation Agreement which establishes a mission of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Mozambique and lays the framework for AKDN's development activities in the country and thereby the extension of its ...

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Solo, 25 November 1995 - Sixth AgaKhan Award for Architecture Ceremony held in Solo, Indonesia. The Master Jury for the AgaKhan Award for Architecture selected twelve projects from the 442 nominations and grouped them in relation to three themes: Projects that address a critical social discourseRestoration of Bukhara Old City,UzbekistanConservation of Old Sana'a, YemenReconstruction of Hafsia Quarter II, Tunis, TunisiaKhuda-ki-Basti Incremental ...

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Samarkand, 19 September 1992 - Fifth AgaKhan Award for Architecture Ceremony held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Nine projects have been 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:Cultural Park for Children, Cairo, EgyptDemir Holiday Village, Bodrum, TurkeyEast Wahdat Upgrading Programme, Amman, JordanEntrepreneurship ...

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Cairo, Egypt, 15 October 1989 - Fourth AgaKhan Award for Architecture Ceremony held in Cairo, Egypt. Twelve projects have been selected by the Master Jury from the 241 projects submitted by the Award's Nominators:Al-Kindi Plaza, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCitra Niaga Urban Development, Samarinda, IndonesiaCorniche Mosque, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaGrameen Bank Housing Programme, Bangladesh various locations, BangladeshGreat Omari Mosque, Sidon, LebanonGürel Family Summer Residence, ...

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Marrakech, 24 November 1986 - Third AgaKhan Award for Architecture Ceremony held in Morocco in the presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sidi Mohamed of Morocco and the Crown Prince Sidi Hassan of Jordan and Ministers from Egypt, Niger, Turkey and Yugoslavia. Eleven projects have been selected by the Master Jury from the 213 nominations for the third AgaKhan Award ...

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Istanbul, 4 September 1983 - Second AgaKhan Award for Architecture Ceremony held at the Topkapi Seray in Istanbul, Turkey. Eleven projects have been selected by the Master Jury from the 216 nominations for the second AgaKhan Award for Architecture:Azem Palace, Damascus, Syria Darb Qirmiz Quarter, Cairo, EgyptGreat Mosque of Niono, Niono, Mali Hafsia Quarter I, Tunis, TunisiaHajj Terminal, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaNail ...

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Lahore, Pakistan, 23 October 1980 - First series of Awards in Architecture have been given at the occasion of the first AgaKhan Award Ceremony in Lahore, Pakistan. Fifteen projects have been selected by the Master Jury :Agricultural Training Centre, Nianing, Senegal Ali Qapu, Chehl Sotoun & Hasht Behesht, Isfahan, Iran Conservation of Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis, Tunisia Courtyard Houses, Agadir, Morocco ...

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