USA -- Through service we express our love for our Imam and hope to acquire intimacy with Allah. It is a way for us to enact our humanity. Service also provides us with an opportunity to get to know each other and form bonds of brotherhood and sisterhood. Let us re-commit to maintaining this wonderful tradition. In seventh-century Arabia, a woman ...
UK -- In December, Ismaili CIVIC Brighton partnered with The Trussell Trust and The Whitehawk Foodbank to collect donations of non-perishable food items such as rice, pasta and tinned food to support the homeless and vulnerable in the city. Food poverty during the pandemic has escalated significantly. At the beginning of 2020, The Whitehawk Foodbank served around 48 local beneficiaries. By ...
Global -- Even before a baby is conceived, lifestyle factors can influence the health of the fetus and child. It was this fact that motivated Saima Sachwani, assistant professor at the Aga Khan University's School of Nursing and Midwifery, to pursue a career in public health as a researcher. She was also recently recognised as one of the World Health Organization's ...
Global -- Nine Ismaili nurses and midwives have been honoured in the World Health Organization's 100 Outstanding Nurses and Midwives list, in recognition of their vital role in providing health services. Throughout their careers, they have worked to promote women's health and empowerment in their respective regions and beyond. The list of 100 outstanding health leaders features nine members of the ...
UK -- The Shia Ismaili Muslim community in the UK has joined forces with food charity FareShare to provide essential meal supplies for disadvantaged and vulnerable people across the UK. The 3.5 tonne food donation - providing 8,500 meals for people at risk of hunger - was made as a collective with Spectrum Buying Consortium and Bidfood, as part of a ...
Global -- On 21 March 2020, as nation after nation succumbed to the largest lockdowns of our time, Mawlana Hazar Imam issued a directive to establish a Covid-19 Global Task Force and Steering Committee to coordinate the Jamati and Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Hazar Imam stressed that the most urgent priority was to ensure ...
Global -- This week, on the third episode of The Ismaili TV's Trailblazers, we are joined by Latif Nasser, the host and executive producer of the Netflix documentary series 'Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything', and host of two podcast series'. He received a PhD in the history of science from Harvard University and is the recipient of the 2021 duPont ...
Portugal -- Uma a uma, as participantes vão chegando à sala virtual onde o maestro as aguarda. Com o seu traje de cerimónia branco e um xaile (pacheri) verde e vermelho, acomodam-se nos seus lugares com aparente calma e confiança. Este é o cenário semanal do Coro Ismaili Maiter. Venha conhecer mais um pouco sobre este fantástico grupo. Passados breves minutos ...
Portugal -- Leia o artigo académico desenvolvido pelo Dr. Farhad Daftary e pelo Professor Azim Nanji sobre o conceito de "Shia Islam". English A formação histórica da comunidade muçulmana mundial ou Ummah, como é conhecida em árabe, resultou numa grande diversidade que reflete um rico pluralismo intelectual, espiritual, e institucional. Ao procurarem expressar uma resposta à mensagem dos primórdios do Islam, ...
Portugal -- "The Prophet Muhammad", por Stephen Burge, apresenta um retrato esclarecedor de Hazrat Muhammad na sua qualidade de mensageiro de Deus e uma figura exemplar para os muçulmanos. English Revelando os desafios e os triunfos da profecia, Stephen Burge examina como os profetas inspiraram a relação das comunidades de fé com o Divino e uns com os outros. Ao fazê-lo, ...
UK -- A 'lover' to be, I saw you many a time but ignored you. Yet thousands would have eloped with you, I knew nothing of you. Times were plenty, when I was in the social hall with my parents or family all gathered together because of a religious celebration; New Year, Ramadan and many such festivities. People socialising eating snacks ...
USA -- An education used to help those in need and the youth of the Jamat. Shaheen Ebrahim and her husband, Tabrezali, came from Karachi, to visit New York City in 1980, almost as a delayed honeymoon, but then they decided to stay and search for opportunities in this country. To survive, Shaheen found a job at a restaurant and her ...
Global -- Art historians and enthusiasts often recognize the 10th through 13th centuries as a period that marked an increase in the usage of symmetrical, geometric patterns in the Muslim world. Most likely aided by Muslim mathematicians, artists and artisans produced a large variety of designs. Many of these geometric models developed interpretations of ornament that embody metaphysical intent. Throughout Islamic ...
Global -- Yasmin Nadeem Parpio, an Assistant Professor at Aga Khan University's School of Nursing and Midwifery (AKU-SONAM), is an advocate for mental health and wellbeing and was recently recognised as one of the World Health Organization's 100 Outstanding Nurses and Midwives. Yasmin is a public health nurse and also the first regional coordinator from South Asia to represent the Middle ...
Global -- When choosing to breastfeed, new mothers are often faced with uncertainty on how to best support their baby's health. What should a breastfeeding mother's diet look like? Is it safe to consume caffeine? What about other medications? Covid-19 further complicated breastfeeding, adding the question of whether the virus could be spread through a mother's breast milk. Dr Shela Hirani ...
Global -- Sadaf Saleem Murad wears multiple hats: providing care as a bedside nurse in dementia lockdown units, working as a lecturer at the University of Alberta undergraduate nursing department, and serving as a research assistant and PhD candidate investigating rehabilitation in older adults with dementia. Sadaf was also recently recognised as one of the World Health Organization's 100 Outstanding Nurses ...
Global -- Neelam Punjani graduated from the Aga Khan University as a nurse and has gone on to expand the boundaries of women's reproductive health in Pakistan through her clinical experience and research. Now, she has appeared on the World Health Organization's list of 100 Outstanding Nurses and Midwives. Born in Pakistan, Neelam was inspired to attend AKU's nursing programme after ...
Global -- Samina Vertejee, an assistant professor at the Aga Khan University's School of Nursing and Midwifery (AKUSONAM), paved the way for many nurses during her professional journey as a public health nurse. For this, and many other reasons, she recently appeared on the World Health Organization's list of 100 Outstanding Nurses and Midwives. Academically, she received a Master's degree in ...
Global -- Afghan midwife and nurse Shukria Hussaini was born in 1990 during the Civil War in Afghanistan. Very quickly after seeking asylum in Pakistan, she became familiar with the work of AKDN and the Jamati institutions, particularly the educational sectors that focused on English learning. Today, Shukria finds herself on the World Health Organization's list of 100 Outstanding Nurses and ...
USA -- Innovatively repurposing filters from respirators, and reconfiguring classroom desk design to keep children in school, and safe from infection. Karim Budhwani Last year, as word of the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread across the United States, Karim Budhwani realized that the country was not prepared to face this crisis. He joined forces with others to put out briefs identifying ...
Portugal -- No próximo dia 11 de março, pelas 20h30, incentivamos todo o Jamat a participar no webinar "Os riscos da internet e das redes sociais, dos 8 aos 80". Agora, mais do que nunca, é importante estarmos a par dos riscos da internet e das redes sociais a fim de nos protegermos a nós e aos que nos rodeiam. Já ...
UK -- In celebration of International Women's Day, the TKN committee would like to recognise the phenomenal contribution made to our institutions by the female members of our Jamat. Seva or volunteering, is a core ethos within the Ismaili tariqa, and TKN allows murids to use their skills and knowledge for the benefit of our institutions and all the individuals we ...
UK -- Last updated: 3 March 2021 The Chancellor has announced the Budget for 2021, which has implications for Jamati households and businesses. Please see below a summary of the main announcements. For the official government summary, please click here. Furlough schemeExtended until the end of September 2021Government will pay 80% of employees' wages for hours they cannot workEmployers contribution to ...
Global -- Farah Williamson's story is multi-faceted. As a 10-year-old girl, she had to flee her home country, Rwanda, during the 1994 genocide. Today, Farah is the co-founder of Project Shelter Wakadogo, a not-for-profit school in Gulu, Uganda. Farah speaks about these experiences and more in the second episode of The Ismaili TV's original series Trailblazers. In the episode, Farah explains ...
Far East -- She is a Sri Lankan marine biologist, ocean educator, and founder of an education and research non-profit. Who is this renaissance woman who wears so many hats? She is Dr Asha de Vos, a passionate young marine biologist and educator. She also currently serves as executive cirector of Oceanswell in Sri Lanka, and is a pioneering researcher studying ...
UK -- Women are at the core of disaster and emergency relief operations at the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), supported by FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance. Shamim Bano, a middle-school teacher in Pakistan, has recently returned from a fortnight in Kabul where she trained Afghan women in search and rescue work. As a young girl, Bano was disturbed by some of ...
Pakistan -- In the quest for a memorable occasion, the bride and groom often overlook one fundamental detail which, as it happens, will seal their impending marriage: the Nikahnama. A Nikahnama is a formal, legally binding contract that solemnises the bride and groom's union in accordance with Sharia. It outlines the rights and obligations of the newlyweds in Islamic marriage proceedings. ...
Portugal -- Ya Ali Madad, It´s been nearly one year since our lives have changed drastically. We had to learn a new reality and a new way of living. Even though there have been moments of despair, there were also moments of knowledge and gratitude. The novel coronavirus COVID-19 taught us that life isn't linear and that at any moment everything ...
Portugal -- Due to the pandemic, many of us have had to work from home, attend school online and face other challenges that may have affected our mental health in more ways than one. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to ...
Portugal -- Redefining Muslim Women: Sultan Mohamed Shah´s (allaihu wa as salaam) reference to recognizing the dignity of women as individuals worthy in, and of themselves, not simply due to the function they perform in society, but advocating women´s education to promote their socio-economic well-being, by arguing it as a right to promote their equality, inner happiness through intellectual growth. As ...
UK -- It can be a very overwhelming time for many of us at the moment. To try and alleviate feelings of anxiety and worry, it can be helpful to focus on the small aspects of life which are in our control, rather than focussing on all of the uncertainties presented to us. To protect ourselves and our families we are ...
Pakistan -- World-renowned for the succulent cherries of Pakistan, this delicious fruit from Hunza almost missed its yearly market debut. Cherry-picking in Hunza was not the same during the COVID-19 pandemic. Oftentimes, traders would book cherry trees and ensure the picking, packaging and transportation of this delicious fruit to market, compensating tree 'owners' accordingly. The shutdowns and lockdowns, due to COVID-19, ...
UK -- Here are some tips to try out and see what works for you. In this new world of working from home, with school lessons, exercise classes and communications moved online, it can feel like you and your family are spending a full day behind a screen. Consciously carving out time for activities that aren't focused around your screen can ...
USA -- How one individual's commitment to teaching faith and values has impacted two generations through Camp Al Ummah "Al-Ummah was one of our first large big projects. Similar to the way you nurture your firstborn, we wanted to do things with care to get it to the level we needed it to benefit the Jamat. Al-Ummah has made a monumental ...
Global -- The complex challenges facing our increasingly volatile world -- from climate change to rural development to security -- are also a source of opportunity for the next generation of leaders and changemakers. Around the world, young Ismailis like Rufayda Dhamani, Nurmuhammad Butabekov, and Aleem Rehmtulla are taking creative approaches to address these issues and prepare for the future of ...
Global -- I always saw the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) as a daunting exam; nevertheless, the fact that so many students would be taking it with me physically gave me some sense of moral support, even if that support was coming from strangers. I never expected studying for this exam to take such a different turn with the pandemic hitting ...
USA -- Stand-up comedian and award-winning podcast host, Shereen Kassam, shares her inspiring creative journey. Shereen Kassam had never heard of "stand-up comedy" until one blustery day in her mid-20s. Her mother had volunteered extra space in her daughter's Boston home to a budding dental student needing a place to crash for the weekend. Shereen, a self-proclaimed introvert, begrudgingly went along ...
Portugal -- O Aga Khan Education Board (AKEB) encontra-se a promover uma nova rúbrica intitulada "110% - O aluno do mês", com o objetivo de destacar os alunos de excelência do nosso Jamat. Se te encontras entre o 5º e o 12º ano, envia-nos a tua carta de apresentação! Com o objetivo de fomentar uma educação de qualidade, garantindo que cada ...
Global -- With the rapidly changing world we find ourselves in, individuals and families are having to face an ever-fluctuating economy and changing patterns of employment. Yasmin Jetha, a non-executive director of the NatWest Group Plc, the Nation Media Group in East Africa, and the Guardian Media Group in the UK, shares her thoughts on navigating these changes and working towards ...
Pakistan -- An ophthalmologist and alumna of the Aga Khan University (AKU), Dr. Zubaida Sirang's book Optics Made Easy: Last Minute Review of Clinical Optics, has been selected for the "Best Ophthalmology Books of All Time" list by BookAuthority, a leading website for book recommendations which curates books on a wide range of topics. As the only woman from Pakistan to ...
