United Kingdom -- Shairoz Sharma has been working at Baitul Ilms for close to 15 years across London, France and Leicester. Her ambitions in religious teaching started at the young age of 17 in Leicester. "We specifically taught nursery students on Friday evenings during JK [Jamat Khana] time in Leicester. On a day-to-day basis, Sharma describes herself as "an author and ...
Dr. Mariam Rosser-Owen, Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, explores the cross-cultural relationships that produced some of the most beautiful objects of the medieval period. ...
The Aga Khan Studs send six well-bred individuals to February Sale. HAZAKIYRA, a winning daughter of Camelot out of a half-sister to dual Derby hero HARZAND, will be the star attraction of a fascinating Aga Khan Studs consignment for the forthcoming Goffs sale on February 5th. Composed of one gelding and five fillies, the draft offers both racing potential and opportunities ...
Portugal -- O internacionalmente reconhecido mestrado em Culturas Muçulmanas, oferece a todos os estudantes interessados uma oportunidade educacional interdisciplinar de topo, com estudiosos de remone na área das humanidades e ciências sociais. Location: London, UK; Financial assistance is available for those who qualify. Applications are open until 31 January for a September 2020 enrolment to guarantee a decision by March 2020. ...
JollyGul.com is planning to roll out a variety of engaging content on its multimedia platform in 2020 catering specifically to the needs of children of different age groups in the community. ...
A long time avid collector of stamps, first day covers, postcards, and coins of various cities and countries, a member of the community from Toronto, Canada, originally from Zanzibar, Kamrudin Rashid ...
By Mansoor Ladha (Calgary, Alberta, Canada based Journalist) Kamal Al-Solaylee, in his book Brown, has brilliantly described what being brown in the world means today. The writer takes a global look ...
From the Sanskrit jnana meaning 'contemplative knowledge,' Ginans are a vast corpus of poetic compositions whose authorship was attributed to preachers, Pirs, sent by Imams residing in Iran to the Indian subcontinent around the eleventh century to teach the Ismaili interpretation of Islam to non-Arabic speaking people. At the time, the field of devotional poetry was flourishing in the subcontinent, with ...
20 December 2019, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya - Serena Hotels in partnership with Mettle Solar OFGEN have transformed a third property, Mara Serena Safari Lodge in Kenya, into a fully solar powered property. The inauguration of the Mara Serena solar power plant demonstrates Serena Hotels commitment to be the 'Full Scale Solar Pioneers' in the East African hospitality sector. The ...
Portugal -- No passado dia 13 de janeiro, Sua Excelência O Presidente da República Portuguesa, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa visitou a Academia Aga Khan em Maputo, por ocasião da apresentação do novo Presidente da Academia. Esteve acompanhado por Teresa Ribeiro, Secretária de Estado de Portugal dos Negócios Estrangeiros e da Cooperação, e Maria Amélia de Paiva, Embaixadora de Portugal em Moçambique. ...
Portugal -- O abono de família é uma prestação social que tem como objetivo compensar os encargos das famílias com o sustento e a educação de crianças e jovens. Ao todo, existem cinco escalões do abono de família. Cada um com valores diferentes, tendo em conta a situação económica das famílias. Fique a saber, neste artigo, o essencial sobre o abono ...
Portugal -- Internationally recognised three-semester MA in Muslim Cultures, is offering students a world-class interdisciplinary educational opportunity with renowned scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Location: London, UK; Financial assistance is available for those who qualify. Applications are open until 31 January for a September 2020 enrolment to guarantee a decision by March 2020. For more details on the course, ...
Portugal -- A Associação Pão a Pão, criadora do Mezze, vai levar portugueses e imigrantes seniores para a cozinha. Vamos passar o fogão a quem sabe. O Mão-Cheia pretende criar um espaço de convívio activo e produtivo, onde se trocam conhecimentos e experiências. Onde o que se foi aprendendo ao longo da vida, na cozinha, é usado para criar partilhas, dignificar, ...
TKN -- Over the last two and a half years, a husband and wife team from Vancouver have helped to establish the palliative program at the Aga Khan University (AKU). This was achieved through onsite visits, numerous conference calls and ongoing correspondence with the local team. This TKN assignment, initiated at the request of AKU President Firoz Rasul and Dr. Saida ...
Global -- His Excellency President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa visited the Aga Khan Academy in Maputo on 13 January, while in Mozambique for the inauguration of its new President. He was accompanied by Ms Teresa Ribeiro, Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Portuguese Government, and Ms Maria Amélia de Paiva, Portugal's Ambassador to Mozambique. President Marcelo and ...
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Maputo, Mozambique, 13 January 2020 - While in Mozambique, His Excellency President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa toured the evolving campus of the Aga Khan Academy and spoke with Academy students. The President took a guided tour around the Academy's campus and facilities and the construction work that will expand the school. The tour included the junior school library, the residential facilities ...
Bahrain, 11 January 2020 - The Revitalisation of Muharraq, a series of restoration and reuse projects that highlight the World Heritage site's pearling history, was celebrated today at a ceremony under the presence and patronage of H.E. Sheikh Khaled Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain; H.E. Sheikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, President of the ...
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By Zahir K. Dhalla Sadrudin Gulamali Jina [Madhavji] is most remembered by Tanga folks as the Mukhi (congregation chief) in 1968-69 when the present Aga Khan IV married. Grandfather Jinabhai came ...
Akbar Padamsee's passing away invited an elegiac silence in the contemporary art world. India has lost the Sanskrit scholar among the Progressives. Padamsee, as an artist, led us into a space ...
The dam of Azamour was 27. Blue hen mare ASMARA has passed away peacefully at the age of 27. A dual Listed winner under the training of John Oxx, ASMARA leaves an enduring legacy at the Aga Khan Studs. She was the dam of Gr.2 winner and Gr.1 placed ARAZAN and most notably of four-time Group 1 winning Champion AZAMOUR, who ...
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Plenary Session of the Bishkek Global Mountain Summit, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 31 October 2002. Read full speech: ...
Australia & New Zealand -- TOGETHER WE MADE IT ! In 2019, ICERV - the Ismaili Community Engaged in Responsible Volunteering, pledged to undertake 10,000 hours of volunteer community service across Australia and New Zealand, exemplifying Islam's core values of peace, compassion and care. By the end of 2019 the target went beyond with 10,100 hours of service completed essentially in ...
Global -- Advances in science, technology, and improved health care and nutrition are all contributing to increased longevity of life, along with advanced diagnosis and treatment of health conditions. A number of Ismailis in the USA are leading the way in these fields of endeavour. Developing a drug for Alzheimer's Disease Dr Nazneen Dewji of Cenna Biosciences Inc. It is estimated ...
Uganda -- Uganda jamat creates music video to celebrate 100 years of IVC. ...
Founder and editor of the traditionalist journal Sacred Web, M. Ali Lakhani, gives the introductory remarks to the 2006 conference "Tradition in the Modern World." Lakhani explains the Traditionalist/Perennialist worldview and approach to spirituality, as well as a definition of the special uses of the terms "tradition" and "sense of the sacred." Conference Summary: sacredweb.com/conference06/conference_summary.html. ...
Kulob, Tajikistan, 30 December 2020 - In an effort to increase the number of Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres and contribute to the implementation of national educational programmes, OXFAM and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) established five ECD centres in Tajikistan. AKF entered into a partnership with OXFAM Tajikistan to extend ECD centres into the Khatlon Region and implemented the project ...
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Short-listed for the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. ...
By Shahzadi Devje (Toronto-based Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator) Fad dieting trends and cultural obsessions with weight are nothing new. The highly popularized Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) diet dates ...
Suleman Raheemani of SR Media Group in collaboration with Zulfiqar Jessani bring to global jamat their latest release: Shahnama-E-Karim (The Golden Years, Episode 2). A six episodes lyrical composition highlighting "global" ...
As a teenager Yasmin Ali sat by her ill father's hospital bedside, she discovered her life's purpose. "I saw how the nurses were caring for my dad and realized these are ...
Each year, the Calgary Herald honours 20 Calgarians making a difference in their community or their mark on a grander stage. Their achievements are significant but, often, are outside the public ...
Global -- Last month, young members of the Jamat in Pakistan had the opportunity to tour interior Sindh and Karachi on a journey to reflect on and understand the importance of cultural heritage. The trip was organised as part of the Heritage Discovery Tour (HDT), a flagship programme of the Arts and Culture portfolio of the Aga Khan Youth and Sports ...
"A Nightmare" (Australian Fire) A nightmare so scary The night is no more starry My heaven is burning The sorrow is returning Their tears are falling Like crystals, they're bawling My ...
Salgirah Mubarak! To celebrate this happy occasion, we bring you our popular collection of 50 jokes by Mawlana Hazar Imam -- many with video or audio. During the Golden Jubilee, Hazar Imam said in Vancouver, "from time to time I have joked with my Jamat, and it has come to them in a rather unexpected way! And I said to ...
The Aga Khan Foundation USA hosted a social action soiree in Dallas, Texas. Thank you to all our partners, supporters, and incredible volunteers for putting on such an inspiring event! ...
"There is no doubt that the artists of Egypt under the Fatimids were skilled to a degree that found no parallel in the handicrafts of Europe.... it is impossible to overlook the existence of an ancient skill in arts of all kinds in Egypt itself, and to ascribe much of the merits of the Mamluk work to the traditions of the ...
