Lacto fermentation is more than a food preservation technique. Consuming fermented foods - rich in probiotics - can help to boost the population of good bacteria in your gut, which creates ...
ITREB Canada and ITREB USA present Critical Conversations, a virtual forum featuring faith-based perspectives on the questions of our time. Diversity in Islam: A Faith of Many Faces features Dr. Zul Hirji and Rahim Rajan and is moderated by Purnur Ilolova. ...
"I saw the aquatic life in the bay that surrounded a part of the Funzi island deteriorate over time," said Cinzia Torriani, a Diploma Programme 1 student at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa. "Fish disappeared from the easy view of the waters; dolphins, which would appear annually, stopped appearing; and I would even hear stories of animals that were once inhabitants ...
REC students narrate the story of the Conference of the Birds by Farid al-Din Attar. ...
The following video, of the pregnant mother who contracted COVID-19, is a testimony to the dedication and commitment of the staff of the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam. It is another example of how the Hospital and its Primary and Outreach Health Centres have actively supported the Government's efforts to provide care to patients, education to communities and other forms ...
Global -- Houston's Mayor Sylvester Turner accepted a donation of half a million reusable face masks from Focus Humanitarian Assistance USA (FOCUS) and the Ismaili Council for the Southwestern US. The formal announcement of the donation took place at Houston's City Hall on 17 June 2020. "Covid-19 has been especially challenging for those in our society who are already socially or ...
MAWLANA HAZAR IMAM -- Kenya, 1957: "Although as a community the Ismailis will never be involved in politics ..." ~~ Tajikistan, 1995: "Six principles form the foundation of the Imamat's work in development: ... an apolitical stance ..." ~~ Parliament of Canada, 2014: "Even if there was a time when Ismaili Imams were also Caliphs ... my duties today are apolitical." UK, 1969: "I would not wish that you should participate, as a Jamat, in public demonstrations of disapproval of any particular policy. Any form of racialism is detestable. ... But this is no reason to involve the Jamat's name, as a Jamat, in these public demonstrations. ... we must use more intelligence, more able and more subtle means of ...
Press Release: Mayor of Houston, Texas Sylvester Turner accepted 500,000 reusable face masks from Focus Humanitarian USA (FOCUS USA) and the Ismaili Council for the Southwestern United States. June 17, 2020. ...
[H/T SAHIL BADRUDDIN] -- YOUTUBE.COM -- PATRIOT ACT | NETFLIX -- Hasan explores how universities became corporatized over the past few decades and if the rising costs of college are still worth it in a post-pandemic world. "Tenure is when a university gives a professor lifelong job security to do research and teach. They're well-paid with killer benefits. But tenured professors are being replaced with a cheaper option: adjunct or part-time professors. Adjuncts are the gig workers of higher education and teaching a lot of classes. I'm not saying that adjuncts are bad. It's just that they're expected to do the same work as tenured professors, while getting treated like s**t. No medical, no dental, no vision, no retirement, no family leave, no sick leave, nothing. 'To support his family, Rob Balla drives to three different Ohio universities, to teach six English classes, and tutors on the side.' 'Ellen Tara James-Penney is an adjunct. On most nights, she sleeps in her car.' If your professor is running from college to college, ...
AZQUOTES.COM -- "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." -- Mahatma Gandhi ...
Episode #228: Karim Kanji's guest Munira Premji is the author of the book, Choosing Hope: One Woman, Three Cancers - a Story of Inspiration, Resilience and Courage. She is also a ...
"Study in order to acquire learning, and to adorn yourself with it; cultivate dignity and goodwill; treat with respect those who teach you, and those whom you teach. Do not make your learning oppressive to anyone, and do not permit your vanity to destroy the effects of what is really good in you... Those who acquire learning merely for the purpose ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Opening ceremony of the IPI World Congress and 54th general assembly, Nairobi, Kenya, 22 May 2005. Read full speech: ...
Christopher Bagan is a versatile artist, equally at home on modern and historical keyboard instruments. He is in high demand as a collaborator, chamber musician and basso-continuo specialist. He has performed with many of the leading baroque singers, instrumentalists and conductors in North America and abroad. Christopher is particularly active in the field of baroque opera, working as the assistant conductor at ...
CSMONITOR.COM -- Ms. Feby Dela Peña is unemployed. "We're poor, to be honest," she said. "But it's not a reason for me not to help, you know?" When she saw her fellow Filipinos standing in line outside her building in Dubai waiting for free food, she was stricken. What if her family, too, had lost their income amid the COVID-19 outbreak? How would she have fed her three children? So the next day, she pulled out the money that was supposed to feed her family of five for a month. When their 11 housemates got wind of her plan those who could chipped in as well. She was able to buy about 500 dirhams, or $136, worth of groceries, including 30 frozen chickens and sacks of rice. And she began to cook. Each day, she offers 200 ...
A silhouette of mighty hills I see out from my window The colour of a mixture between crimson and indigo The sun peeks again and again through the clouds As if ...
Kenya -- Weekly ITREB reflection by Alwaeza Habiba Manji on the Remembrance of Allah. ...
Promising Aga Khan fillies Ebaiyra and Eldama also impress. SIYOUNI celebrated no less than ten winners during the weekend, and the standout of these was SOTTSASS who lifted his second Group 1 victory in the Prix Ganay. H.H. the Aga Khan's silks were carried to success by the talented EBAIYRA, ELDAMA, ZENYA and MAKALOUN, while Aga Khan-bred Variyann recorded his second ...
Onno Ruhl is the first General Manager of the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), which was created in 2016 to address the increasing threat posed by natural disasters and climate change. The agency works to ensure that communities are as safe as possible from the effects of natural disasters, that residents who live in high-risk areas are able to cope ...
Khushi Kumari first learned about composting through a book that belonged to her daughter. But she never thought it would be a practice that she would take up. With technical support from the Aga Khan Foundation, Khushi now not only produces compost right from her terrace garden but she has gained a new title: the "Community Cleanliness Champion". She hopes this ...
In this illustrated talk artist and geometer, Richard Henry will reveal his very personal relationship to the art of Islamic geometric patterns, from his early travels in the Islamic world and his fascination with the contemplative dimension of the art. He will outline his approach to the language of symmetry and how this feeds into his own artistic work. Saturday, June ...
This plate is a beautiful ceramic that was once displayed on the wall. The plate represents an idealized, beautiful female figure, dressed in the traditional attire of the period which suggests that this plate is portraying an individual from 17th-century Isfahan, Iran. There are references to perfect and idealized beauty in Persian poetry that are inspired by nature. We can see some of ...
Global Encounters -- Programme Information What are the programme dates?CONNECT is a virtual camp for Ismaili youth that will be held from 20 July to 31 July 2020. The duration of the programme is ten (10) days, Monday through Friday over the two-week duration. There will be light activities on Saturday and Sunday. CONNECT is being organized collaboratively by Global Encounters ...
By Nazir Kassamali, former Director of Finance and Administration at the University of Central Asia Rai Nazeer Aziz Ladhani was the former CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation Canada, former Director ...
Qayrawan, the metropolis of North Africa, was the capital of Ifriqiya (modern day Tunisia and eastern Algeria) and the city in which Imam Abd Allah (Ubayd Allah) al-Mahdi was declared caliph in 909, beginning Fatimid reign. It had long been a major centre of Sunni scholars belonging to the Maliki and Hanafi schools of law. There was also a small community ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- UCLA.EDU -- THE ECONOMIST -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Essential reading.] ARTICLE: Too many published findings are the result of shoddy experiments or poor analysis. Biotechnology venture-capitalists assume half of published research cannot be replicated. Even that may be optimistic. Researchers at Amgen found they could reproduce just 11% (6 of 53) "landmark" cancer studies. A group at Bayer managed to repeat just 25% of 67 similarly important papers. A leading computer scientist frets that 75% of papers in his subfield are bunk. The hallowed process of peer review is not all it is cracked up to be, either. When a prominent medical journal ran a test, it found most reviewers failed to spot mistakes deliberately inserted into papers, even after being told they were being tested. Stanford 's John Ioannidis caused a stir with a paper showing why, as a matter of statistical logic, "most published research findings are probably false." As he told ...
GOOGLE.COM -- Imam Khalilullah Ali resided in Mahallat but moved to Kahek after assuming the Imamate in 1792. His upbringing in Mahallat began under the care of his uncle, Mirza Muhammad Bakir at the age of two. L.J. Rousseau was the first of many European travellers who drew attention to contemporary Ismaili community and their living Imam: "There were still many Ismailis in the country who owed allegiance to an Imam of the line of Ismail." Silvestre de Sacy, quotes an excerpt of a letter Rousseau's son wrote to him: "The Ismailis even today have their Imam, or pontiff, descending, as they claim, from Jafar Sadiq, the chief of their sect." ... In 1233/1817, a dispute took place between the Ismailis and ...
"Prince Aly Khan was phenomenally alive," Begam Mata Salamat once remarked in talking to a reporter.In this picture front row (left to right) Princess Yasmin, Mowlana Sultan Mohammed Shah - His ...
Pakistan -- The Aga Khan Youth and Sports Board for Pakistan is bringing yet another exiting and intriguing new programme for the youth to showcase their talents through diverse expressions. Ismaili youth, between the ages of 12 and 19, may participate in one of the following three categories: Craftwork using Recycled, Up-Scaled or Reused Materials:Produce craftwork with recycled, up scaled or ...
Raag-Mala Toronto and the Museum present Pandit Satish Vyas, one of India's most acclaimed santoor players, and Ustad Waseem Ahmed Khan, a powerful vocalist and descendant of the Agra Gharana musical lineage. Joined by Pandit Ashis Sengupta on tabla and Dr. Vinay Mishra on harmonium, they will perform a program of evening raags -- improvisations based on musical scales that serve as ...
Born in Lebanon, Lamia Yared grew up in Montreal. It was through her travels in Greece, Turkey and Lebanon that she met renowned masters of classical Arabic and Turkish music, where she deepened her knowledge and interpretation of the Muwashah and Türk Sanat Müziği. Collaborating with unparalleled musicians from diverse cultures on Canadian stages, she shares these repertoires of the school of ...
"Misaq-e-Ishq is an exploration through poetry and music of the dialogue between humanity and divinity."- Ali Sethi Dr. Ali S. Asani, Harvard professor, and Ali Sethi, writer and Coke Studio singer, with Noah Georgeson, Grammy-winning musician and producer, chart the evolution of the love metaphor in Indo-Muslim Sufi thought via the poetry of a range of languages, regions, and eras. This captivating music ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- cnn.com: "Tehran's subway system, like much of the city, is covered in art installations. The metro began operating in 1998 with three stations; there are now 70 stations throughout the city. The system transports nearly 2 million people per day. The Metro is incredibly clean -- no hardened gum, or even dust, to be seen." railway-technology.com: "Tehran's is one of the busiest metros in the Middle East and the cleanest in the world." ...
At one point during her studies in the International Studies program, Rozy Karim found herself in her student advisor's office with tears in her eyes. Having begun her undergraduate education at ...
On Tuesday April 7th, Fethi Nadjem was to present his trio (Marito Marques, Majd Sekkar) at the Canadian Opera Company's Richard Bradshaw Ampitheatre as part of their Free Concert Series, for which the Aga Khan Museum is a programming partner for 2019-2020. While the concert needed to be cancelled, the three artists have come together here, to present a special and unique ...
UAB press release, June 11, 2020 The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Aga Khan University have entered into an agreement to develop collaborative academic, cultural exchange and research programs that ...
While many organizations in major cities were moving to remote working, the management at AKRSPI were not sure if they'd be able to bridge the digital divide considering most of their field ...
TKN -- Yasmin Jumabhai Ransome, a TKN volunteer from the United Kingdom, conducted an in-depth three-week training and certification program, focusing on women's health rehabilitation, at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Pakistan in November and December 2017. Although she had extensive relevant experience and expertise, Yasmin had just retired from the profession when asked to serve on this assignment. In ...
Calling all art lovers: the Aga Khan Museum invites you to help create a new art display charting how people in our community have found sanctuary during the COVID-19 pandemic. For ...
