Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more ...
QUOTEFANCY.COM -- "Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it." -- Seneca ...
A árvore do conhecimento
Portugal -- Há muitos anos, vivia um rei que tinha muitos problemas no seu reino. Um dia, encontrou um velho que falava de uma árvore estranha e maravilhosa. Quem comesse o seu fruto, afirmava o homem, tornar-se-ia num sábio. O rei partiu imediatamente à procura desta árvore maravilhosa. English O rei viajou por toda a parte, e por muitos meses e ...
CONNECT: Camp virtual para os jovens do Jamat global
Portugal -- O Global Encounters e o Youth & Sports formaram uma parceria para oferecer o primeiro Camp virtual para os jovens do Jamat global. English O campo virtual será chamado "CONNECT: uma jornada de exploração, aprendizagem e criatividade" e será realizado de 20 a 31 de julho. O "CONNECT" foi desenvolvido para fortalecer as ligações entre nossos jovens. Juntos, vamos ...
Maneiras inteligentes para estimular o cérebro... e melhorar a vida!
Portugal -- Aprende a estimular o teu cérebro e sê mais feliz. English Gratidão Sabias que praticar a gratidão altera as ligações das células do cérebro? Quanto mais agradecermos pelo que temos na nossa vida, melhor será a nossa saúde física e emocional, ao mesmo tempo que altera a nossa matéria cinzenta. Esta ação intencional de prestar agradecimento ativa uma parte ...
Clever ways to improve your brain... and your life!
Portugal -- Learn how to improve your brain and be happier. Portuguese Gratitude Did you know that practicing gratitude changes the wiring of the brain? The more we appreciate what we already have in our life, boosts our physical and emotional health, and simultaneously changes the gray thinking matter. This intentional act of giving thanks activates a part in the brain ...
VIDEO: Raphael Mwachiti: A spotlight on the Aga Khan Academy Talent Identification Programme
"When I first joined the Academy, I was a closed thinker. I never got the support to act out what I thought. But when I came to the Academy, I was shown how to be open-minded, how to be adventurous, creative, how to not just be confined into that comfort zone that limits me and what I could achieve." Raphael Mwachiti is ...
VIDEO: Farrokh Derakhshani: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and its global impact
Farrokh Derakhshani: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and its global impact ...
Our Coronavirus Response Is Making Us Lose Our Humanity
THEFEDERALIST.COM -- At my local grocery store this week I came across an older man looking distressed at the many options of formula in front of him. I asked if he needed help to find what he was looking for, because I know that can be overwhelming. He said he knew what he needed but it was so darn expensive. He needed to get it for his daughter, who was in town because she lost her job due to the coronavirus. We parted but I just felt a pull to purchase a of couple cans for him. He broke down in tears, saying he had been contemplating how to steal those cans. Then he embraced me. We didn't have masks. All we had was our humanity. And that's exactly ...
VIDEO: Performance: Festival of Arabic Music and Arts: Greek Arabia
Join the Canadian Arabic Orchestra for a musical journey that will transcend space and time, taking you from the Acropolis to Constantinople, as Greek and Arabic music intertwine. The language of music unites cultures in this performance, which is part of the annual Festival of Arabic Music and Arts, as well as the Museum's 2019/20 season, Listening to Each Other, which pays tribute ...
Marvel of Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan: Al-Khimyah: A critical review of Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan's documentary by Ali Jan Damani
Abstract: Inducement to inscribe this article emerged as a result of direct inspiration from the tireless efforts of Prince Karim Aga Khan in the fields as diverse as education, healthcare, economy, ...
Jamatkhanas Adopting Environmentally Sustainable Practices
USA -- Going green has been a conscious effort made by those who keep Jamatkhanas running on a daily basis. The Council's Property Matters Portfolio (PMP) is tasked to work closely with Jamati leaders to ensure the success of sustainability through new initiatives. To reduce paper waste, Jamatkhanas have set up wi-fi and internet connections, created spaces for laptops and computers, ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam on Fatimid art: "very unique for that period in human history"
"There was great purity of design, great synthesis in expression, great sensitivity to movement, to shape, to colour, and I think, all that art really was very, very unique for that period in human history.... Clearly, the Fatimid Empire is part of my family's history, it's part of Ismaili history, it's an important part in the sense that, it is, I ...
Wow! The Aga Khan Museum Reopens to the Public on Saturday, June 27, 2020
by MALIK MERCHANT When I am in Toronto, I walk through the Aga Khan Park virtually every day. I take the east entrance, and first walk around to the Ismaili Centre, sit on a bench by tree number 49, and if it's evening time I contemplate. Often, I read newspapers. The other day I read my month's supply of the Toronto ...
Creating the Next Generation of Empathetic Leaders: In Conversation with Soliya CEO Waidehi Gokhale
USA -- How an organization uses technology to connect people and encourage greater understanding and empathy The Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center hosted Waidehi Gokhale, CEO of Soliya, for an interview on using technology to create an interconnected world. This interview aired on The Ismaili TV on June 22, 2020. Soliya is a non-profit that fosters organized, cross-cultural dialogue in youth through ...
UCA employees donate medicine to Khorog hospital
Khorog, Tajikistan, 18 June 2020 - In response to an urgent appeal for medicine from the Central Regional Hospital in Khorog (Tajikistan) to treat patients suffering from Covid-19, employees of the University of Central Asia (UCA) donated medicine and related supplies. In accepting the donation from the Covid-19 Solidarity Fund, the Chief Medical Officer of the Hospital, Davlatbekov Saidbek, spoke about ...
Jamatkhana
By NAVYN NARAN They entered the Jamatkhana prayer hall, Sat on the patterned carpet or the seniors on chairs Closed their eyes. So some chatted to acquaintances Ya Ali Madad "ki ayon?" "Did you hear? Did you go...? Shukr Mawla..." Mukhi-Kamadiasaheban enter, we start. Every day, 365. A pandemic, unprecedented. A change. The place of prayer remained. And was attended, at ...
Mensaje Presidente NC
Portugal -- [ES] Espero que estén todos bien. Estoy hoy con vosotros para informaros sobre la reapertura de los Jamatkhanas en la jurisdicción portuguesa. Debido a la situación de pandemia que estamos viviendo, los Jamatkhanas en Portugal, España y Angola han estado cerrados durante cerca de 3 meses. Una vez pasada la fase más difícil, hemos entrado en una fase de ...
Mensaje Miembro NC para España
Portugal -- [ES] Ya Ali Madad a todos, En últimos 3 meses hemos sido testigos de la grave evolución de la pandemia de COVID en España, pero gracias a las bendiciones de Hazar Imam el Jamat de España está bien y en buena salud. Como ya se ha mencionado, España se unió a la Jurisdicción de Portugal en 1986, siempre bajo ...
IDE8 2020 Edition - For the future, by the future
UAE -- Over the past five months, the world has gone through a challenging time which has impacted our lives and changed the way we live, study and work. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life all over the world, affecting millions of lives everywhere, regardless of race, background, or socioeconomic status. In these times, it is crucial to look ahead, ...
Global Encounters unveils virtual programme for July 2020
Global -- In response to extensive travel restrictions and preventive measures being taken due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Global Encounters and Aga Khan Youth and Sports Boards from around the world are joining together to offer a new virtual summer camp for the youth of the global Jamat. "We are so excited to be collaborating with partners from different parts of ...
All the ways the media is misleading you about a record spike in Florida
CONSERVATIVEREVIEW.COM -- Once you study the data and see why COVID-19 cases are going up while deaths decline every day, it's clear reality is the exact opposite of the panic the media is pushing. Several weeks into the "spike" in cases, deaths are plummeting, reaching the lowest level on Sunday and down 90% since the peak. The discovery of more cases with lower deaths *is a good thing*. Hospitalizations and ICU usage are also not on the rise nationwide, despite jam-packed protests in nearly every state for the past three weeks. The virus continues to prove itself less deadly than previously thought and likely becoming milder as time goes on. This chart from the Florida Department of Health says it all ...
VIDEO: Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and the Future of Religious Racism | Aspen Institute
With signs of rising anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in many parts of the world today, many worry that xenophobia against religious minority groups will be a defining, hot-button issue for generations to come. Leon Wieseltier and Arsalan Iftikhar discuss current upticks in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. How might interfaith cooperation and inter-Abrahamic dialogue work to change this worrisome trend? ...
Human Zoos: America's Forgotten History of Scientific Racism
HUMANZOOS.ORG -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Human Zoos, is a devastating indictment of what happens when "consensus science" -- created by America's elite institutions: the American Museum of Natural History, Harvard, Yale, MIT, the Smithsonian, Ohio State, UC Berkeley, the University of Texas, even the Supreme Court -- is not only patently wrong but then goes on to set repugnant public policies unguided by religious moral foundations and truths. It tells the story of courageous African-American ministers in New York City who tried, unsuccessfully, to stop the horrors. Human Zoos is the horrifying story of America's scientific elite's effort, in the early 20th Century, to dehumanize entire classes of people in the name of science, specifically the Theory of Evolution, when thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in cages.] ARTICLE: "You have to see [Human Zoos] to believe it, and then wonder why they didn't teach you this chapter in history class. ... a story that will mesmerize you." -- Oregon Documentary Film Festival. Human Zoos has won numerous awards including from the Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Cinema WorldFest Awards and the Hollywood Independent Documentary Awards. ...
VIDEO: Jubilee Contemporary expressions of musical heritage from the Middle East, West Africa, Central Asia
Jubilee features Master Musicians of the Aga Khan Music Initiative and special guests Kronos Quartet and Bassekou Kouyaté in a performance of newly-created compositions that exemplify the way musical creativity has historically developed from the meeting of different cultures. The first half of the concert features Master Musicians of the Aga Khan Music Initiative (AKMI) and Kronos Quartet, the world-renowned collective who have ...
VIDEO: The Aga Khan Music Programme
At the inaugural prize-giving ceremony of the Aga Khan Music Awards, His Highness the Aga Khan remarked that "in some parts of the world, the words 'Muslim' and 'music' are not often linked together in the public mind. But they should be". He went on to note that music is a strong cultural anchor, "deepening a sense of community, identity and heritage, ...
ChandRaat - 21st June 2020 - 1st Dhu al-Qa'dah, 1441 Hijri: Seeking Forgiveness and Forgiving Others
By Sadruddin Noorani, Chicago, USA The Places of Worship serves as space where the religious, the social, the educational, and the ethical maters come together. Here I would like to explore the ...
46th Imam - Shah Hasan Ali, Aga Khan I - by Mumtaz Ali Tajddin
GOOGLE.COM -- Imam Hasan Ali Shah led a peaceful life in Mahallat, and enjoyed honour at the Qajarid court until the death of Shah Fateh Ali. The new king Muhammad Shah appointed the Imam as the governor of Kirman. The province of Kirman was then in the hands of the rebellious sons of Shuja al-Saltana, a pretender to the throne, and was also regularly raided by the Afghans and Baluchis. The Imam diplomatically restored order in Kirman with his own resources. When the Imam sent report of his victories to Tehran, but he obtained no appreciative words due to rumours that he was extending his influence in southern Iran. The Imam had paid half the expenses incurred in the campaign ...
Emergency response training for pandemics in Tajikistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 17 June 2020 - The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) Tajikistan today held a one-day training course on emergency response during a pandemic for officials from the Committee of Emergency Situation (CoES), with 16 participants in attendance. AKAH plans to deliver the training course to counterpart CoES officials in Rasht and Khorog over the next couple of days, ...
Fatimid Imam al-Mu'izz attended to matters addressed to him with great care
Jawdhar (d. 973), a Fatimid courtier and confidante of the first four Fatimid Imam-Caliphs who ruled in North Africa (910- 973 CE), rose to become one of the most eminent statesmen of the early Fatimid period. His life was compiled by his private secretary Abu Ali Mansur al-Azizi al-Jawdhari in Sirat al-Ustadh Jawdhari, translated as Inside the Immaculate Portal. The term ...
VIDEO: Performance: Incantations with Moe Clark
Moe Clark headlines an evening that brings together Métis, Inuit, and Arabic musical influences to create a multi-layered performance. Inuit throat singer Nina Segalowitz and oud player Katia Makdissi-Warren join Clark, a musical explorer whose subtle style of improvising pulls from gospel, folk, and spoken word. Hear the Métis artist's enchanting lyrical voice and experience why CBC Radio describes her as "so ...
VIDEO: REIMAGINE: Global Conversations - Stories We Tell: Overcoming Crisis Through Art
Please join the Aga Khan Museum's Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis (Director of Collections and Public Programs) and Amirali Alibhai (Head of Performing Arts), alongside guest speakers Marlene Le Roux (CEO, Artscape Theatre Centre), and Mohsin Mohi Ud Din (Founder and CEO, #MeWe International Inc.) to discuss the role of art and artists in this new, evolving reality and how the future can be ...
Full Tehran IKA Airport walking tour, 2017
YOUTUBE.COM -- AIRPORT TRAVELLER -- Full Tehran IKA Airport walking tour, 2017: departure hall, check-in counters, duty free shops, boarding gates, boarding Turkish airline ...
Shukrana Concert: Pakistan Ismaili Musical Ensemble
Pakistan Ismaili Musical Ensemble was grateful and honoured to perform in the Shukrana "Virtual" concert which was organized for the Global Jamat to celebrate Eid al-Fitr back in May of 2020. ...
Zohaib Ghulam Hussain: Ismaili Geet Unplugged Instrumental | Aakhi Aalam Maa(n) + Tame Aavjo Aavjo
As we are one month away from the Imamat Day, I would like to present an unplugged instrumental rendition of two beautiful geets, Aakhi Alam Maa(n) and Tame Aavjo Aavjo Pyara ...
O pássaro sábio
Portugal -- Conheça a história do pássaro e do caçador. Era uma vez, um pássaro que ficou preso na rede de um caçador. Sendo muito esperto, rapidamente pensou numa maneira de se libertar. Quando o caçador removeu o pássaro da rede, disse-lhe que não era grande o suficiente para satisfazer a fome do caçador. Também mencionou que, se o caçador o ...
Editor's Choice: Ismaili Digest -- How your education affects your wisdom, judgement, open mindedness and humility ... and how to prevent it
We like to think education is the key to wisdom, judgement, foresight, objectivity, open mindedness and humility. But is this true? Research, assessing these intellectual virtues among educated, people suggests education actually undermines them. In fact, in 2006, Mawlana Hazar Imam remarked that "too often, education made our students less flexible -- confident to the point of arrogance that they ...
Consciência social nas tradições islâmicas
Portugal -- Na Arábia do século VII, cidades como Meca viram uma disparidade crescente entre os comerciantes ricos e aqueles que viviam uma vida de pobreza e sofrimento. O Profeta Muhammad (que a paz esteja com ele e com a sua família) abordou ativamente as injustiças na sua sociedade. Chamou a atenção para as necessidades das pessoas que precisavam de ajuda ...
Suleman Kanji: If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything
At the age of 14, Suleman Kanji left his loved ones behind in Karachi, Pakistan to embark on a new and exciting journey of pursuing higher studies in America. Prospect of ...
VIDEO: Lecture: Jewels of Consequence in India's Mughal Age
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Dr. Navina Najat Haidar explores the dynamic history of India's seventeenth-century Mughal age and its culture of jewels. Endowing the empire with a global perception of wealth and drawing the wider Mughal world together in traditions of gift giving, trade and shared styles, these glittering treasures also played a role in politics, as deadly power shifts occurred ...
