VIDEO: 4 2 Rysbek Jumabayev_quality test
Rysbek Jumabaev recites from Manas. Filmed by Saodat Ismailova and Carlos Casas. ...
30th Imam - Islam Shah - by Mumtaz Ali Tajddin
GOOGLE.COM -- The Mongol power ended with the the last Ilkhanid ruler in 1335, and some months later Taymur was born in 1336 and by 1381 he had spurred his horses towards Iran. The Ismailis had hardly recovered from the Mongols when the Taymurid danger began to loom large on the Iranian horizon. In 794/1392 Taymur attacked Mazandaran, Sistan and Fars and then, in 795/1393, Amul and Anjudan mascaraing large populations of Ismailis....With the indescribable efforts of Pir Sadruddin and Pir Hasan Kabiruddin, a large proselytism had been resulted in Sind, Punjab, Kutchh, Kathiawar and Gujrat. Syed Imam Shah writes in his Janatpuri that, "Ismailism promulgated rapidly in India during the time of Imam Islam Shah." Imam Islam granted the title of ...
VIDEO: DJSF Day Six RoundUp
Day six highlights of the Diamond Jubilee Sports Festival National Games 2017-18 in Pakistan ...
VIDEO: Dallas Walk|Run 2019
In 2019, the Aga Khan Foundation USA hosted a Walk|Run in Dallas, Texas, to raise awareness and funds for its work around the world to break the cycle of poverty. Thank you to our amazing volunteers and supporters who made the event possible! ...
American professor helps improve quality of life globally
TKN -- Over the last ten years, several Jamati institutions have moved to a far more sophisticated, evidence-driven process for long-term planning for their Jamats. This is in no small part due to the tremendous efforts put in by a business school professor from Florida and a lot of trust placed in her by Jamati leaders. During these 10 years, Dr. ...
The Ultimate Dubai $1 Street Food Tour!
YOUTUBE.COM -- From the traditional Emirati Cuisine (Arab street food) to Indian street food I explored Dubai's best $1 street food. This was one of my favorite ultimate food tour's because I discovered all different types of cuisines (Arab street food, Indian street food, and overall Emirati street food). Comment below on things to do in Dubai or any must try foods ...
Beyond 'Paradise Gardens': Productivity and Environmental Stewardship in the Aga Khan Garden @Aleemkarmali
One of the great challenges, and most hotly contested issues, of the twenty-first century is the increasing scale of human impact on the environment. The need for increased environmental sustainability to ...
Tajikistan, Switzerland and AKAH launch data sharing platform to provide information on disaster hazards and risks
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 20 February 2020 - The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) and its partner the State Agency for Hydrometeorology (Hydromet), with the financial support of the Government of Switzerland, successfully launched the knowledge and data-sharing platform dubbed "Open Centre" today at Hydromet offices in Dushanbe. Officially known as the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), the "Open Centre" is the third ...
Ham Serunjogi: Aga Khan Academy alum gains notice
I was born and bred in Uganda and, after graduating from the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa, moved to Iowa to study at Grinnell College. It was at Grinnell College that I met my co-founder, Maijid Moujaled. Like myself, Maijid was an international student and was born in Ghana. At college, I studied economics, while Maijid studied computer science. During my junior ...
Editor's Choice: Ismaili Digest -- Experts and Hazar Imam on thinking for yourself
In a 2003, Hazar Imam wrote "The true test [of education] is the ability of students and graduates to engage with what they do not know and to work out a solution." Notice he addressed his remark to everyone, since everyone is either a student or a graduate. You may be wondering what this has to do with experts, or ...
JollyGul.com: Instrumental Music Service Launched
Instrumental Music Service Let the music do the "talking" JollyGul.com has launched an instrumental music service where melodies of some popular ginans, geets and songs are played without any vocals (lyrics). ...
Gulzar's Story: The Nairobi Years| Shelina Shariff-Zia
The next day, I had to bide my time. We came back from swimming and had lunch. Then Mum sat down on her recliner while we drank tea. Mum continued her ...
Zainub Verjee (@Zainubverjee): 2020 Governor General's Visual and Media Arts Award Winner
Ottawa, February 19, 2020 - The Canada Council for the Arts today revealed the winners of the 2020 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts (GGArts). This year, seven artists ...
VIDEO: The Art of Food
"I think that not only with visual art, but with food, there are stories that are often told. And (...) my exhibit, it's about that cross-cultural experience that happened so long ago." In this video, Building Black artist, Ekow Nimako, and Diwan restaurant's Chef Shen Ousmand, sit to discuss Jollof Rice and enjoy the power of food! ...
Academic Paper: Sufism and Ismaili Doctrine in the Persian Poetry of Nizarī Quhistani
Hakim Nizari Quhistan (d. 721/1321), one of the eminent and original Persian poets of the Mongol period, was born in 645/1247 in the village of Fudaj, eastern Khurasan (Iran). He was, ...
Crossword No 2
Test your knowledge. The material is based on the Secondary Curriculum published by The Institute of Ismaili Studies. Hyphenated names do not include the hyphens. For example, if the clue indicates (2, 4) the answer could be AlTusi (Al-Tusi). Solution will be provided in a few days. Download Crossword-No-2 ...
Baisal: Going from unemployment to dream job
Growing up in Jalal-Abad, the Kyrgyz Republic, Baisal spent his childhood with school friends and helping his mother care for his two younger siblings. His favorite memories, however, featured admiring his mother's paintings that seemingly came to life in their living room. Baisal was always drawn to the arts, but there were few opportunities for him to make a life as ...
Love Art, the way Art loves life - Neale Donald Walsch
Portugal -- A arte inspira-nos, transporta-nos para outros lugares, ensina-nos. E está à nossa volta. Se prestarmos atenção, há imensa actividade cultural e artística a borbulhar, especialmente nas grandes cidades. Então, porque não explorar a oferta de arte e cultura que há na sua cidade e deixar-se levar para outros lugares? Nós damos-lhe uma ajuda! Consulte os links em baixo, das ...
Enfarte agudo do miocárdio
Portugal -- No passado dia 14 de fevereiro assinalou-se o Dia Nacional do Doente Coronário. A data foi institucionalizada pela Fundação Portuguesa de Cardiologia e comemora-se por todo o espaço da Comunidade Europeia. As doenças coronárias são as que envolvem as artérias que levam o sangue ao coração, transportando o oxigénio e nutrientes necessários ao seu funcionamento, e englobam desde a ...
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission President Rumina Velshi: Regulatory harmonisation for small modular reactor
Regulators must explore the possibility of harmonising international requirements for advanced and small modular reactor design evaluation and licensing, Rumina Velshi, president and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), ...
The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake by David Brooks
THEATLANTIC.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: A long, but outstanding article, although we feel experiments with new forms of communal, family-like living -- "forged families" -- to replace what we have lost, are best suited for special situations rather than as alternatives to traditional, familial relationships and bonds.] ARTICLE: If you want to summarize the changes in family structure over the past century, the truest thing to say is this: We've made life freer for individuals and more unstable for families. We've made life better for adults but worse for children. We've moved from big, interconnected, and extended families, which helped protect the most vulnerable people in society from the shocks of life, to smaller, detached nuclear families (a married couple and their children). The shift from bigger and interconnected extended families to smaller and detached nuclear families ultimately led to a familial system that liberates the rich and ravages the working-class and the poor. This article is about that process, and the devastation it has wrought. It's time to find ways to bring back the big tables. ...
The Church As Forged Family: A Reply to David Brooks
IFSTUDIES.ORG -- David Brooks' masterful essay on the history and state of the American family is so good that I am making it required reading in my family ethics class. However, Brooks' "forged family" can already be found in the local church -- not the abstract "the church." Families need families, but research shows that parents nestled in a church community are more likely to thrive, endure, and promote an ecology of personal and social flourishing. This is not coincidental: the Genesis portrait of marriage is one of culture-formation, not just home-formation. It's why faith and healthy marriage go together. Furthermore, the church can also be called the forged family for the unmarried, for single parents, and for the fatherless. There is much ...
Rahim Moosa: Engage locally and support - you might get more in return for what you give
On the quest for truth, I reconnected with my roots and started the journey inward. I recall re-engaging in my local community through our parish, otherwise known as a "Jama'at Khana. ...
Tension Is Who You Think You Should Be, Relaxation Is ...
TINYBUDDHA.COM -- "Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are." -- Chinese Proverb ...
KHOJAWIKI.ORG: Hassanali Walji Kanji: Canada giving back to Kathiawar!
Hassanali Bhai's life-story illustrates the entrepreneurial journey of some of the Khojas over the past six to seven centuries - from peasant farmers to small traders to manufacturers - except in his ...
The AKU Leopard: Courage, Agility and Perseverance
The Aga Khan University family has a new member who's been hiding across all campuses. To highlight its growing student centered approach, AKU has adopted a mascot which students can rally ...
Bacar Andinane: Opportunity grows on trees
Bacar Andinane lives in Cabo Delgado, the northernmost province of Mozambique, bordering Tanzania. Living in this part of the world is not easy. According to the World Bank, more than half of the population lives below the poverty line. Education and economic opportunities are often out of reach. Bacar was a young man who was struggling to make ends meet. But ...
VIDEO: All Work, No Words - Official IVC Song
The Ismaili is pleased to release the official song and music video to celebrate the centenary of the Ismaili Volunteer Corps, featuring participation from 41 countries across the world. ...
Passings: Mahebub Mohamed Juma Rupani (1941 - 2020)
Mahebub Rupani (1941 - 2020) pictured with his wife, Dolatkhanu, in 2014. Photo: Mahebub Rupani Family Collection. With great sadness, the family of Mahebub Mohamed Juma Rupani announces his passing on January 18, 2020, at the age of 79 after a sudden illness while visiting his relatives in Rajkot, India. The funeral and zyarat ceremonies for Mahebub took place in Ottawa, Canada, ...
Jordan Peterson: The Harsh Reality of Alpha Male Life
YOUTUBE.COM -- ESSENTIAL TRUTH -- In this excerpt from one of his University of Toronto class lectures, Jordan Peterson describes the harsh reality of the Alpha Male life -- the life of those at the top of the organization ladder, driven to work 70, 80, 90 hours a week. ...
Skills for the future: Part two
Global -- Although we now live in an an age of automation, it's important to remember that machines can't do everything. Technical efforts must be balanced with social and emotional skills. Part two of our Future Skills article highlights the importance of technical, cognitive, and soft skills in preparing for the future. In a speech at the Opening Ceremony of the ...
Ali Karim Travelog: Lenin Peak Turpal kul, Kyrgyzstan
This is a continuation of previous post from February 7, 2020. After Osh, we started driving towards Tajikistan, and spent our last night at Lenin Peak Yurt Camp, at an altitude ...
Global Encounters Expedition: Into the heart of India
Global -- In December 2019, Global Encounters (GE) Expedition brought together young Ismailis from 13 countries to the rural areas of Southern Saurashtra in Gujarat to engage with the local Jamat and study the work of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). The impact of Expedition on its participants is well known, but the impact that Expedition has on the Jamat ...
Academic Paper: Doctrine of Naṣṣ in Imami Shiʿism - Origin of the term
"This article re-examines the use of the term naṣs, which since Marshall Hodgson has been used in modern historiography to refer to an indigenous Shīʿī mechanism of succession to the imamate. ...
VIDEO: Quote of the week
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Graduation ceremony of the University of Alberta, Canada, 9 June 2009. Read full speech: ...
