U.S. Representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district, Pete Olson is a member of the Republican Party. Source: The Ismaili USA Facebook. ...
Reported by Sameera Ali of KTRK-TV ABC13. Mayor @SylvesterTurner lit the Houston City Hall in Downtown and the cross bridges over Highway 59 and Montrose with teal lights in celebration of ...
Ismailis are quick to say that the Aga Khan is not like the pope. He is not elected, but is the sole imam of their faith, a role passed down from ...
It's an honor to have the Aga Khan in Houston this week to share his and the Ismaili community's contributions and commitment to pluralism in this diverse city of ours and ...
Beauty without baggage - Eric Broug and Islamic geometric design Several years ago I found Eric Broug's Islamic Geometric Patterns, and it opened a window of understanding in my mind. I ...
Amid the historic quarter's busy streets, a thousand workshops maintain centuries-old craftmaking traditions. These workers' ancient skills are celebrated in a new exhibition at London's Royal Geographical Society The area, covering ...
Toronto's Aga Khan Museum brings together 87 pieces from collections across the globe Between the 10th and 11th century, the Fatimid dynasty ruled over a vast and formidable empire that stretched ...
Despite their success, the Fatimids made for odd conquerers. Followers of an esoteric, revelation-centric branch of Islam analogous to modern Sufism, they were among the most tolerant military dictators the world ...
"It is thanks to the Aga Khan Music Initiative that 'Qyrq Qyz' came to life as a cross disciplinary project. Dartmouth College, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Museum Quai Branly and the ...
Click here to read Karim Maherali's translation. Click here to read late Abdul Sultan's introduction. ...
Prime Minister Trudeau celebrates Novroz at the Ismaili Centre in Toronto. March 21, 2018. Canadian Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau offered a message of gratitude to the Jamat on one million hours of ...
In September 2017, the Shia Ismaili Muslim community across the country pledged one million hours of service for Canada - and today, they announced that number has been surpassed, just six ...
Global Toronto's Farah Nasser reports. ...
March 20th, 2018 Mayor Crombie's Statement on NowruzMississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie "On behalf of the City of Mississauga and Members of Council, I would like to offer our city's vibrant and ...
OTTAWA, March 21, 2018 /CNW/ - Today, we join Persian, Kurdish, Afghan, Zoroastrian, Bahá'í, Central Asian, and Ismaili Canadians to celebrate the festival of Nowruz. Nowruz marks the first day of ...
March 21, 2018 - The Shia Ismaili Muslim community in Canada today will announce that it has surpassed its pledge to volunteer one million hours of service for Canada. The statement, ...
Navroze Khushali Ginan - Navroze na din Sohammana by Saba Rawjani. Click here to read Karim Maherali's translation. Click here to read late Abdul Sultan's introduction. ...
"Mowla" - A Jubilee Arts Collaboration. Written & Performed by Tazneem Tarmohamed - BC Winner Creative Arts Category. Dance by Alyssa Amarshi - BC Winner Dance Category. Film "The Journey" by ...
MY IMAM AND I IN 60 WORDS By Shafeen Ali (shafeenali.com) WHAT YOU SEE, I SEE WHAT YOU DO, I DO WHAT YOU ARE, I AM NOTHING I AM NOTHING YOU ...
Toronto Women in Music: Ruhee Dewji Ruhee Dewji plays tenor & baritone saxophone, flute, guitar, keyboard, banjo, clarinet, and anything else that happens to be laying around. On top of all ...
Shereen Ladha says her MBA helps give her the marketing and branding savvy to make her artistic side flourish Shereen Ladha was working in an advertising and marketing agency in Toronto ...
A new photo exhibition showcasing a series of striking portraits of young Afghan girls skateboarding in Kabul opened at the Ismaili Centre in Dubai on Tuesday. Exhibition runs from March 22 ...
Education cannot just be inherited. It needs to evolve to imparting the skills and knowledge that are needed at any given point in time. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is ...
Throughout last Wednesday night's multimedia performance at the Rhode Island School of Design Auditorium entitled "Qyrq Qyz," the composition of the stage shifted: The only set piece, a black mountain of ...
A Nowruz tradtional table spread in Tajikistan The first day of the month of Farvardin, that ushers in the loveliest season of the year, is a time that is a moment of ...
I'm finally home - in my real home. I'm at peace with this current moment and have no urge to use it as a stepping stone to get to the next ...
Navroz Mubarak! Diamond Jubilee Mubarak! We are blooming bulbs of blush - tulips dancing hither, atitter, eager for that sweet (as honey) warm (as toast), loving gaze of our extraordinary Lord, ...
HOUSTON - Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos today welcomed His Highness the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the worldwide Shia Ismaili Muslim community, to Texas on the occasion of ...
Zainub Bata is an international speaker, mediator and writer/poet for the Huffington Post. She has the story-teller's gift of captivating audiences and describes her purpose as "to help women to create ...
Kohl Container of rock crystal from Egypt (12th century) PHOTO: MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART, CAIRO / WSJ The Fatimids created the first alternative Muslim empire to fully challenge the orthodox Sunni Caliphate ...
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10th Mayor of Sugar Land, Joe R. Zimmerman welcomes His Highness the Aga Khan to Sugar Land, Texas for his Diamond Jubilee visit. Source: Source: Land Mayor Joe Zimmerman ...
It was a honor for me to welcome the Aga Khan IV to Houston Texas today. Thousands of USA Ismailis will be here to visit him this week during the Diamond ...
Signs on Texas highways wishing His Highness the #AgaKhan on his #DiamondJubilee. pic.twitter.com/gUHaxW3tyZ -- Queen Cranky Pants (@Rugaalii) July 11, 2017 All related More... ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- He is royalty without a country, but with millions of followers around the world. His Highness, the fourth Aga Khan, is Imam to Shia Ismaili Muslims, and ...
Aga Khan was presented a key to the city by Sugar Land Mayor Joe Zimmerman "The Ismaili community has shown its commitment to strengthening and empowering our state through service, entrepreneurship, ...
