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Houston's Lush, Welcoming Ismaili Center Will Be a Spiritual Retreat for All
[H/T SIMERG] -- TEXASMONTHLY.COM -- In renderings, the Ismaili Center Houston looks destined to become an international landmark. Think paradise on the bayou. Ismaili centers are an invention of the Aga Khan. Houston's center will be the most public-focused yet, with an education wing, a black box theater, a cafe, flexible exhibition spaces, conference rooms, and social halls. Performances and gatherings will happen outside. David Leslie, the executive director of the Rothko Chapel, has collaborated with the Ismaili community for years. "So many people who are not Muslim have a very truncated view of Islam, and not always a very positive one," he says. He hopes the new center will give Texans a greater view into the diversity of the Islamic world. Now the Ismaili community is putting forward, in very public ways, key tenets of ...
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New Saturday Series: The Best of Africa Ismaili
After an unavoidable hiatus, today we commence a new Saturday Series, the "Best of Africa Ismaili" collection. Founded and edited by Rai A.M. Sadaruddin, Africa Ismaili was a weekly magazine published in Nairobi from 1969 to 1973. During these few years it established itself as one of the premier magazines of Ismaili affairs, research and history published anywhere in the world. It received universal praise and accolades from all quarters, including Mawlana Hazar Imam, members of the Noorani Family, Ismaili and non-Ismaili scholars and, of course, the Jamat, the world over, for whom it was published. Following its demise, Rai Sadaruddin published over 150 of its best articles in the highly acclaimed 11 volume series "Best of Africa Ismaili: A Collection of Articles of Permanent Value." We are pleased to bring this collection for the reading pleasure and knowledge of the Jamat.
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David Rumsey Map Collection: Historical Map Showing 600 Years of Islamic Monuments in Cairo from the Rise of the Fatimid Empire in North Africa in 909
Compiled by MALIK MERCHANTPublisher/Editor Simerg, Simergphotos and Barakah The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on 16th through 21st century maps of North and and South America, as well as maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Atlases, globes, school geographies, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript maps are present on ...
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Ismaili Research Problems -- BoAI Vol 1
GOOGLE.COM -- Next to my mind comes an oral history department. It is high time that our research centres in India, Pakistan, Africa and Middle East should establish oral history departments. This means collecting the facts about the recent and not very remote history of our people orally from the elder generation which is fast disappearing. With them we shall lose a great heritage which has not been recorded. It is easy to understand that in the absence of organizations such as exist today, the history of our people has remained unrecorded particularly in the Middle East where we had practically no organizations and old traditions have passed from generation to generation by mouth. It is most essential that a batch of young ...
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Volume 1: Research, Publicity & Religious Education -- Supplementary Pages -- BoAI
GOOGLE.COM -- Mawlana Hazar Imam said to the Hon. Editor of Africa Ismaili: "I am very happy with your publication. You are doing very good work. Keep it up. I want to see this magazine to go on being published." ~~ Al Hajieh Her Highness Mata Salamat Begum Sultan Muhammad Aga Khan said: "I heartily congratulate you on the excellent quality of your magazine, the dynamic and modern outlook of your production. All the articles are most interesting, also your wide and up-to-date information about the Jamat in different countries makes a link in the chain of unity and brotherhood of our community all over the world." ~~ Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan: "sincerely hope that the Africa Ismaili may find ...
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Ismaili CIVIC
Portugal -- Desde o lançamento global da iniciativa Ismaili CIVIC, os voluntários do Jamat mundial têm tido um impacto significativo nas áreas da saúde, educação, desenvolvimento económico, gestão ambiental e desenvolvimento cultural. Fique aqui a conhecer mais sobre esta iniciativa. O Ismaili CIVIC é uma iniciativa global sob o qual a comunidade muçulmana Shia Ismaili se uniu em torno da sua ...
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Be the best version of yourself!
Portugal -- As we glide into 2022, another phase of the pandemic, what better time to seek balance in our lives on a physical, spiritual, material, intellectual and mental level. Being the best version of yourself, requires work on a daily basis, offering endless benefits of personal growth resulting in self-confidence, acceptance, gratification and satisfaction. As part of our endeavour to ...
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Book of the month: "The Prophet Muhammad", by Stephen Burge
Portugal -- The Prophet Muhammad, by Stephen Burge, presents an illuminating portrait of Hazrat Muhammad in his capacity as God's messenger and an exemplary figure to Muslims. Portuguese Revealing the challenges and triumphs of prophecy, Stephen Burge examines how prophets have inspired faith communities' relationship with the Divine, and one another. In doing so, this engaging account elucidates the enduring influence ...
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Global Pluralism Awards spotlights champions of positive change
Global -- The Global Pluralism Award ceremony was streamed to a worldwide audience on 23 February 2022, highlighting the organisations and individuals who demonstrate pluralism in action everyday. The virtual ceremony recognised the three winners of the 2021 Award, selected from among 10 finalists and nearly 500 submissions,by the renowned international jury. The occasion marks the third conferral of the awards, ...
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Skating in a winter wonderland
Global -- The recent Winterlude Games held in the valleys of Northern Pakistan enabled the local community to come together to improve their mental and physical wellbeing. The mountainous valley of Hunza in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan hosted a winter sports competition in January 2022, building upon its short yet rich history of sporting achievement. Prior to 2016, the region ...
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Live event: AKU to host global convocation
Global -- In a unique celebration of knowledge and learning, the Aga Khan University (AKU) will host a Global Convocation ceremony on Saturday 26 February 2022. The special virtual ceremony will bring together AKU's graduating classes in Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and the UK, and will include an address by Princess Zahra on behalf of the Chancellor. For almost four decades, ...
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VIDEO: Curator's Pick: Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE
In honour of Black History Month, this Curator's Pick delivered by Aga Khan Museum Curator Dr. Michael Chagnon highlights a recently acquired monumental LEGO® sculpture in the Aga Khan Museum's Permanent Collection. Created by Toronto-based Ghanaian-Canadian Ekow Nimako, Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE is an Afrofuturistic reimagining of the capital of the medieval Kingdom of Ghana. Made up of approximately 100,000+ LEGO® pieces, Kumbi ...
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VIDEO: Afraaz Mulji Original Composition
This piano composition by contemporary multi-instrumentalist Afraaz Mulji is inspired by a 16th-century music manuscript in the exhibition Hidden Stories: Books Along the Silk Roads at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. The manuscript, now in the collection of Western University in Ontario, was originally owned by a monastery in Spain and used for communal singing in the choir. Mulji performs his original ...
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Think of Ismaili Digest as the Front Page of all the best Ismaili websites! Ismaili Digest automatically and continuously brings together all new articles, photos, videos, etc. from Ismaili websites -- like The Ismaili, Simerg, IIS, NanoWisdoms, AKDN, Ismailimail, etc. -- so you can see them all at once. Direct links to over 15,000 web-pages from the best Ismaili websites already available. Ismaili Digest saves you (and those who are not tech savvy, such as seniors) the effort of having to visit them one by one to keep up to date, or have your inbox cluttered with emails from each of them when they publish new content. In a busy world, our sense of belonging to our community sometimes tends to wither and fade (particularly for isolated Jamati members). We hope Ismaili Digest's simplicity and comprehensiveness will help you feel connected as well as feel the local and global pulse of the community. Like many other non-commercial, public-service thematic website aggregators, Ismaili Digest is just a thematic aggregator. We publish short 50-60 word digests of all their content and provide direct links to their original pages saving you time, extra page loads and clicks. For the website publishers, direct links ensure they'll get the maximum number of potential visitors reaching their content so their hard work gets the maximum exposure. Also featured are other important articles, research and opinions relevant to the community's well being, intellectual growth, best practises and administration. And all served with a drop of humour as well, because "we are a community that welcomes the smile!" Ismaili Digest is not associated with any private Ismaili website, whether aggregated by Ismaili Digest or not. All websites Ismaili Digest aggregates are independent websites run by their individual owners and we are not responsible for content they publish. |
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