Pakistan -- Unity in Diversity - Let's Embrace Our Differences' was the theme of the sixth boy scouts and girl guides camporee organised by the Aga Khan Youth and Sports Board, Pakistan. The camp was held at Pakistan Boys Scouts Association headquarters, Sumbal Park, Islamabad. An astounding 255 boy scouts and 286 girl guides from all over the country attended the ...
Global Encounters camps seek professionals and educators with experience and passion for working with youth to join us on an exciting journey! Global Encounters seeks to retain a talented and committed staff team that reflects a diversity of cultures, interests, careers, and educational backgrounds. For each camp, we try to build a cohort of facilitators and staff that complement each other's ...
United Kingdom -- "Sufism and yoga share an intricate and esoteric psycho-physical technique of meditation." - Carl W. Ernst. 'Sema Yoga - from principles to practice' Why yoga? The human body has long been recognised in Islam as the vehicle on our journey towards Allah. As travellers we must maintain the body in optimal condition so that we can be free ...
Global -- The digital age has changed our lives in many parts of the world, inextricably tethering them to the Internet for the simplest to the most sophisticated of tasks. In the first of a new series of articles on how to use digital media safely, Altaf Jiwa outlines the role that the Internet and social media have come to play ...
Pakistan -- The Hunza Girl Guides recently won a top award from the Pakistan Girl Guides Association for a pioneering environmental project. The Hunza Girl Guides focused on the mess left behind by tourist visiting the beautiful region, cleaning the mess left behind by tourists and making and maintaining dustbins to encourage tourists to properly dispose of rubbish. This hugely succesful ...
United States -- The Midwest Youth and Sports Board hosted its annual Midwest Regional Sports tournament at the Libertyville Sports Complex on Saturday, November 24. Shaifali Lalani, Co-Project Manager of this year's tournament, said she was most excited about the number of athletes this year. "We had originally planned for 100 to 150 at most, given the Thanksgiving holiday weekend; we ...
Global -- Mawlana Hazar Imam spoke at a conference in Berlin, Germany on 15 January 2019, during an event focussed on stability and effective development in fragile environments. The evening event, entitled "Fragile States Thinking Ahead," brought together leaders from the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and German development partners, to share best practice and lessons learned on development projects in ...
Jubilee Arts -- Film Title: The Senator Artist: Shayain Lakhani Country: United States of America ...
Global -- Performances from the Jubilee Arts International Talent Showcase, which took place in July 2018 during the Diamond Jubilee Celebration in Lisbon, are now available to view online at . All five full shows are available, along with each individual performance. The performances can be filtered by country, performance type, and performance day using the dark grey box labeled "Narrow ...
Pakistan -- As part of the process to keep the youth fit, active and motivated, The Aga Khan Youth and Sports Board for Pakistan organised a Sports Fellowship basketball coaching programme in Gilgit and Karachi. In collaboration with AKYSB for USA, professional coaches and elite athletes from the USA were invited to help train participants who were interested to learn the ...
Canada -- Ismailis around the world may be cheering for a Canadian sailor at the 2020 Olympics. If everything falls into place, Vancouver's Fillah Karim will don the country's red and white colours to take on the world's best in the discipline known as Laser sailing in Tokyo. In order for that to happen, Karim will first have to help Canada ...
Global -- Leaders of the Jamat and AKDN, volunteers, and the Aga Khan Scouts, warmly welcomed His Excellency the President of Portugal to the Ismaili Centre Lisbon, to celebrate the building's 20th anniversary. ...
Global -- His Excellency the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, attended a celebratory event at the Ismaili Centre Lisbon in December to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its opening. The President was warmly welcomed to the Ismaili Centre by the Diplomatic Representative of the Ismaili Imamat to the Portuguese Republic Nazim Ahmad, the President of the Ismaili Council for ...
Pakistan -- The December issue of our Newsletter The Akhbaar is now available. Read it online right here on the Pakistan microsite of The Ismaili. Click on the image below for to browse the latest edition with news of events from all over Pakistan and all our regular features. ...
United States -- With the mission of inspiring and empowering new leaders, the inaugural cycle of the Leadership Training Program (LTP) was launched in Houston, on November 2018. Forty participants, selected from across the United States, participated in the training that was organized by the National Council. The program was conducted in partnership with the Canadian National Council, which has been ...
United States -- When 19-year-old Zill Momin thinks back to childhood trips with her father to the IMARA warehouse, there is something she can't quite put her finger on. "Being a girl growing up I would go occasionally to the IMARA warehouse with my dad, she remembers, "but it wasn't as open an option...I wanted to go, but something was holding ...
United States -- Born as a premature baby at Winnie Palmer Hospital, Miami, Maya Tharoo weighed only one pound and fourteen ounces with a height of twelve inches. Maya's journey into this world began with a surgery on her small intestine which required her to remain at the hospital for 110 days. She believes she owes life to the excellent care ...
United States -- Nine days before the 2018 midterm elections, the Ismaili Jamatkhana in Norcross, Georgia, hosted a Nonpartisan Candidate Forum for Georgia House of Representatives and State Senate candidates. Sixteen candidates, equally representing the Republican and Democratic parties, shared their viewpoints with over 200 attendees from the wider community. The candidates represented the northern suburbs of metro-Atlanta in Gwinnett and ...
United States -- The TEDxSugarLand event helps spread big ideas and elevate inspired citizenship in the Houston area. For the third year, the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center hosted this event in October, on the theme, "Local Ideas, Global Influence." Speakers with diverse backgrounds were invited to share their stories on how their ideas and passions have made a global impact. Whether ...
United States -- The Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center (IJKC) in Sugar Land was transformed into a bustling site on December 7, 2018, as countless individuals made their way to donate thousands of pounds of food. For the third consecutive year, IJKC hosted the annual ABC 13 Share Your Holidays Food Drive where over 100 I-CERV volunteers gather to help collect, package, ...
ICERV Youth delivers hampers across ANZ to those in need at Christmas -- ICERV Ismaili volunteers continue to demonstrate the values of giving and of voluntary service to those in need this Christmas. ICERV Youth from across Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland for the last 3 weekends have been providing wrapped presents and personalised cards for families who are less fortunate. We ...
ICERV presents gifts to St Vincents de Paul across ANZ -- ICERV Ismaili volunteers continue to demonstrate the values of giving and of voluntary service to those in need this Christmas. ICERV Youth from across Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland for the last 3 weekends have been providing wrapped presents and personalised cards for families who are less fortunate. We are grateful ...
ICERV Christmas Day -- On Christmas Day the ICERV team worked with Auckland City Mission staff and volunteers at Spark Arena preparing for the biggest Christmas lunch in the country with an estimated 2000 guests. It was a great pleasure to see the guests, particularly children, who are doing it tough, enjoy a smile and a good meal on this auspicious ...
Global -- As we mark the beginning of 2019, we would like to share with you a video recapping the events of 2018. We wish the Jamat good health, success, and happiness in the new year. ...
Global -- The Jamat in Kenya, alongside other faith communities, recently participated in the Festival of Friendship 2018, in a show of unity, cultural diversity, and friendly competition. The Festival of Friendship (FOF) brings together young people from numerous Asian communities in the country through sports and recreation. The initiative was launched in 1992 by a number of like-minded individuals, including ...
Afghanistan -- A delegation from the Ismaili Council for Afghanistan travelled to Bamyan in December 2018 to join the Jamat there in celebrating the occasion of Mawlana Hazar Imam's 82nd birthday. The President of the Council, Mir Ahmad Joyenda, and members of the delegation were welcomed by the deputy governor of Bamyan and leaders of regional AKDN institutions at the airport, ...
Global -- The Ismaili Council for Bangladesh hosted an event earlier this year in which the notion of a cosmopolitan ethic was explored and discussed by a selection of esteemed speakers and guests, gathered within the beautiful setting of the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre in Dhaka. Mr Sulaiman Ajanee, President of the Ismaili Council for Bangladesh, welcomed guests from academia, civil ...
Jubilee Arts -- Country: Afghanistan Performance: Music Showcase: Marvel ...
Jubilee Arts -- Country: United Kingdom Performance: Dance Showcase: Imagine ...
Jubilee Arts -- Country: Democratic Republic of Congo Performance: Dance Showcase: Imagine ...
