Sudeep Ghosh: The Swami, the Selfie, the Self!
By Sudeep Ghosh, ToK Coordinator and faculty in the English department at The Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad (India) As we celebrate the National Youth Day on 12 January to mark the ...
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India: ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2019
On 27 January 2019, The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) and the Aga Khan Foundation UK hosted a panel at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India, where the new IIS publication ...
Prince Hussain Aga Khan: 'Fragile Beauty', a Photo Exhibition at Khoja Mosque, Nairobi
'Fragile Beauty', a photo exhibition at Khoja Mosque, Nairobi, offers a rare opportunity for Kenyans to engage with the "beauty, fragility and diversity" of marine life. The exhibition began on January ...
Portugal: Lisbon's Curry Cabral public hospital to have first surgical robot
Lisbon's Curry Cabral public hospital is to receive Portugal's National Health Service's first surgical robot, the hospital's board announced on Tuesday According to the chair of the Central Lisbon Hospital Centre, ...
Ismaili Matki Band, Houston, TX: India's 70th Republic Day Celebration @kamalhaji
The Ismaili Seniors Matki Band was invited to perform at the India's 70th Republic Day Celebration in Houston TX, held at the Stafford Civic Center on Jan 27th, 2019. The band's ...
Best Practice in Islamic Geometric Design: A Manual for Architects and Designers Kindle Edition @EricAuthor
What can we learn from 1,400 years of excellence in Islamic geometric design? What rules and conventions have guaranteed consistent quality for centuries across the Islamic world? Eric Broug looks at ...
The Inspire'd Stage - Birmingham, UK: Words can Inspire the World @coachsamuk @focusakdn
Inspire'd asks speakers, artists and leaders a simple but profound question "If you had 10 minutes to share your wisdom with the world, what would you say?" After nearly 5 years, ...
CNN Travel: From eerie Soviet ghost towns to incredible hospitality, exploring "the Stans"
(CNN) -- What comes to mind when you think of Afghanistan? War, famine, deprivation?What about Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan? Could you even locate these countries on the map?Dutch traveler Thijs Broekkamp is on ...
Hunza: Ice Hockey Tournament 2019
Hunza, January, 25, 2019: Sports Club and Rising Federation (SCARF) in collaboration with Aga Khan Youth and Sports Board, and Altit Boy Scouts held a Ice Hockey tournament on January, 25, ...
Sayed Radfar: Baby Genius from Afghanistan
Meet Sayed Radfar, a Two year old wonder boy from Afghanistan. A kindergartner attending French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children (FMIC), Syed Radfar won a Gold medal and 1st prize ...
ALEX AWITI: Great teachers equal quality education
Alex O Awiti is the Vice Provost and director of the East Africa Institute at Aga Khan University With great teachers every student, regardless of their socioeconomic background, can receive quality ...
Vogue India: Global personalities who have used their wealth to make an impact
A new billionaire was created every two days in 2018, yet the poor got poorer. The gap between the rich and the poor has widened deeply across the world like never ...
Aman Ali: Global Encounters Expedition- Kenya 2018
Over the course of two and a half weeks, Aman had the opportunity to visit Kenya and participate in the Global Encounters Expedition camp. Global Encounters is an international program for ...
Bangladesh: Aga Khan Girl Guides distributes warm cloths among children
The Aga Khan Girl Guides, in association with the Bangladesh Girl Guides Association, has distributed blankets and other warm clothes to the patients of the Feroza Bari Disabled Children Hospital, a ...
The Mountain's Soul - A Northerner In Search
The Mountain's Soul is an attempt to capture the beauty of the folk music of Gilgit-Baltistan into a documentary that narrates in the valleys of Hunza and Gojal. Director: Zulqarnain Saleem ...
Aga Khan University, Pakistan breaks ground on a new research building
Karachi, Pakistan, January 26, 2019:The Aga Khan University celebrated the groundbreaking of a new Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health (CoEWCH) building on its Stadium Road campus today.The new 149,000-square-foot ...
Ekphrastic poetry by Afraaz Mulji
Poems of Silence explore the beauty and poignance of Silence. Painful Silence: They lower their personages into the chairs, wooden with no embellishment, utilitarian. The chairs accept the burden without the ...
GOAL: Sport for Social Change
Al-Shams Women FC and Gilgit-Baltistan Girls Football League joined hands with Right to Play and Women Win for a special project titled " Sport for Social Change" that took place in ...
IPN Build Live Virtual Event: Married Co-Founders on Building a Company Together
Live Virtual Event: Married Co-Founders on Building a Company TogetherWHEN : Sunday, January 27th 2019 at 3pm Central Standard Time, USA. Click Here To Attend The Live Virtual Event About the ...
Zainub Verjee: For Love or Money
By Zainub VerjeeAccording to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), an artist is either a professional or a hobbyist, which raises broader questions about whether art should be valued because it can ...
Afghanistan: AKDN Diplomatic Representative Calls On Deputy Foreign Minister
January 21, 2019, KABUL-- Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Mr. Idrees Zaman met with the Diplomatic Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) Ms. Nurjehan Mawani this morning. Ambassador ...
Nankhatai: Popular Indian Snack
By Sultan Jessa MONTREAL - Quebec: Nankhatai is fast becoming a favourite snack with tea time around the globe. Nankhatai is derived from a Persian word naan, which means bread and ...
Farah Nasser: Life handed you lemons. Did you make lemonade?
When you're given the opportunity to live out your dream, you typically take it, right? Ten years ago Farah Nasser was offered the opportunity of a lifetime, one that would have ...
Nizamuddin Rezahi: "From Poverty to Prosperity - The power of intrinsic motivation"
Nizamuddin Rezahi is a Head of HR for Central Asia at Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Tajikistan. Born on 31 December 1988 in a poor neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nizam came ...
Egypt: Minister of Antiquities cooperates with Aga Khan Foundation to restore monuments
CAIRO - 23 January 2019: Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anani convened with the director of the Aga Khan Cultural Services Foundation in the Ministry of Antiquities' headquarters on Jan. 22 to discuss ...
AKDN: Aga Khan Schools 2018
Established over 100 years ago, the Aga Khan Education Services is built on a century of leadership in education. We believe education improves the quality of life of students, their families ...
Shelina Shariff-Zia: Gulzar Mami and Moaez
I AM NOT GONE I am not gone, While you cry with me. I am not gone, While you smile with me I am not gone, While you remember with me. ...
ALEX AWITI: Our health and the future of our planet depend on our food choices
The EAT- Lancet Commission report on Food, Planet, Health that was released on January 17 is cause for concern. A group of 37 leading scientists warns that our food systems now ...
Vote for Alqaim Lalani - Top 50 Most Influential Young Tanzanians
Alqaim Lalani is in his final year at the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa. He was recently shortlisted as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Young Tanzanians for his project Tumaini ...
Sonaina Hamiya: Working on Preservation of Burushaski Language
My name is Sonaina and I'm from Aliabad, Hunza. I've recently graduated from National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore. Being a Hunza girl, it came to my realization that Burushaski language ...
Easy Nash: "Creation" in the Ismaili Lexicon @NVelshi
By Easy Nash My rebooted Blog(Part 2), resumed in late 2018/early 2019(ie a few short weeks ago), began with a comparison between 2 similarly-sounding quotes uttered by Mawlana Hazar Imam which ...
The Courtyard Commission: Dispersion @RunghCulture
Dispersion is a site-specific audio-visual dance performance featuring dancers Sophia Wolfe and Alex Tam, choreographed by Ralph Escamillian, visual projections by Nancy Lee and Laine Butler and musical composition and clarinet ...
masks X molds Solo Art Exhibition by Romana Kassam
From 25th January - 27th January 2019, The Neighbourhood Studios in (Leslieville, Toronto 24 McGee Street, Toronto, ON) will host Toronto artist Romana Kassam's FIRST solo exhibition titled masks X molds. ...
Artist Marwan Aridi speaks on 'The Holy Quran Pursuit' exhibit
Marwan Aridi, the creator of the exhibit titled, "The Holy Quran Pursuit" currently on display at the Museum of Texas Tech University, USA spoke about his exhibit and career in a ...
Joelysa Pankanea gives Bicycle Thieves a musical tune-up for PuSh Fest
Is there anything Joelysa Pankanea can't do? The 41-year-old composer has won multiple awards for her work in musical theatre. She's written scores for films, for chamber ensemble, and for choir. ...
The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi
By Rozina Ali Rumi used the Koran, Hadiths, and religion in an explorative way, often challenging conventional readings. One of Barks's popular renditions goes like this: "Out beyond ideas of rightdoing ...
Sakina Minhaj Shikari: Alif Allah
"An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success." Henri Matisse. Sakina Minhaj Shikari is one such self trained artist who refuses ...
Ambreen Charania: Landscapes of My Heart @AmbreenC
" Landscapes of the Heart" is a journey. It's the journey of friends, family, and the world around us. Every time we take a turn, we meet a friendly face or ...
JollyGul.com Presents: Kalame Mawla with Synchronized Lyrics & Translations
JollyGul.com has launched a new Kalame Mawla on demand service with a custom designed and developed audio player that also displays synchronized lyrics and translations. Kalame Mawla is a poem of ...
Tariqua poem by Afraaz Mulji
I am the path home towards myself inward journey Tempered by the fire of longing I will taste the ultimate essence my thirst will be quenched my hunger will be sated ...
