By Sharon Brownie, Research Associate, University of Oxford and Former Dean, Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery. In May each year global communities join together to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of nurses and midwives. At 23 million strong, nurses and midwives are the world's largest healthcare profession forming 50% of the total health workforce and up to 85% ...
Working closely with medically complex preterm infants and experiencing first-hand the stress and trauma their new parents go through changed Rehana Salam's career trajectory. From the early start of leading nursing care at the Aga Khan University Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Karachi, she has come a long way, becoming an accomplished public health researcher, a task force member ...
International Nurses Day (IND) is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. As the years roll on, the day has evolved into an occasion to honour the significance of nurses to the well-being of humanity. The theme for IND 2019 is "Nurses: A voice to lead - Health for all". With that in mind, it ...
Tai Bano was born and raised in Thingdass, Punial, in Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan. An alumna of the Diamond Jubilee Girls High School in Singal, Tai eventually moved to Karachi to pursue her studies in higher education. After completing the midwifery programme at the Aga Khan Hospital for Women in Karimabad in 2005 and subsequently the general nursing programme at Indus Hospital ...
This lecture was delivered by Khalil Andani on April 8, 2019 at the invitation of the Harvard Islamic Society. The full presentation covers the History, Theology and Ritual Practices of the ...
SR Media Group presents: "Mowla E Kainaat" Series of episodes highlighting the life history of Hazrat Ali A.S. Episode 5 Part 1 Khilafat aur Shahdat E Ali Narrated and Scripted by ...
Aga Khan Garden Alberta (AKGA) is the most Northernmost Islamic garden in the World and one may ask "What is an Islamic Garden?" Islamic Garden would usually include themes of water ...
Introduced by ABDULMALIK MERCHANT Publisher-Editor, Simerg,Barakah and Simergphotos Ismaili leaders and Late Alwaez Jehangir Merchant (right) look on as Prince Aly Khan signs the Visitor's Book in the Ismaili Council Chambers during his visit to Lourenço Marques in 1957. Photo: Jehangir Merchant Family Collection. I was a young boy of seven years old when one very early morning, as I was ...
GOOGLE.COM -- Forbearance, calmness, respectfulness and forgiveness are the peculiar characteristics of good 'momins'.... Nothing can be more desirable and more worthy of our attainment than the practice of these virtues which will entitle us to a reward from God and which will increase our reputation in our life time and after our death and will make us secure on the day of judgement. It is equally desirable for those who know themselves and know the proper position of the Imams and ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- Planning to visit Tajikistan? Check out our Tajikistan Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Tajikistan. Top Places to visit in Tajikistan: Ismaili Center, Iskanderkul, Sarez Lake, Fann Mountains, Rudaki Park, Pamir Highway, Statue of Ismoil Somoni, Flagpole with the Flag of Tajikistan, Varzob (Dushanbe) River, National Museum of Tajikistan, Nurek Dam, Karakul Lake, Victory Park, Seven ...
On April 29, individuals from across campus and the Calgary community came together to celebrate the winners of the University of Calgary Internationalization Achievement Awards. The event recognizes and celebrates the ...
Lahore, Pakistan, 4 May 2019 - Imran Khan, Prime Minister, Islamic Republic of Pakistan inaugurated the restoration of the 400-year-old "Picture Wall" of Lahore Fort. The Picture Wall is one of the principal features of the Lahore Fort UNESCO World Heritage Site. The conservation of the 240-foot-long western façade has been carried out by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), ...
Canada -- As part of a multi-part speaker series hosted by Dr. Amyn Sajoo at the Ismaili Centre Burnaby, Dr. Catherine Dauvergne, Dean of the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC, discussed issues surrounding migration, immigration policy and identity on April 6, 2019. Dauvergne is the author of several books including Making People Illegal: What Globalization Means for Migration ...
AS ARTISTS, THE GOAL POST FOR "SUCCESS" IS ALWAYS MOVING. THERE'S NOT ONE "I MADE IT!" POINT. HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT AND DEFINE SUCCESS? Success to me is being happy. ...
Poet and author Shirin Ariff's debut novel is a collection of inspirational and meditational poetry that restored her sense of self by helping her to rebuild from past experiences of adversity ...
Researchers from an international collaboration have succeeded in creating a "protein cage"--a nanoscale structure that could be used to deliver drugs to specific places of the body--that can be readily assembled ...
(MENAFN - Daily News Egypt) The month of Ramadan has been associated with a number of customs which differ from other months and add joy to Egyptian houses and streets. People ...
KAMPALA- The long-awaited construction of the Aga Khan University Hospital in Uganda is set to start in July, this year. This is according to Lindah Nabusayi, the Press Secretary of President ...
Jubilee Insurance has Wednesday launched a first of its kind free hospital in-patient beauty therapy service in all major hospitals in the city. The program named "Recover in Style" seeks to ...
Prophet Muhammad was concerned about the moral and spiritual conditions of the people of Mecca, and frequently sought moments of reflection by retreating to a cave on Mount Hira outside Mecca. After 15 years of this meditative practice, during one of his retreats, he received his first call of revelation on what subsequently came to be called Laylat al-qadr (Night of ...
News story -- In honour of the late Professor Annemarie Schimmel, IIS held its annual memorial lecture on 29 April, entitled Paradise Found: ʿAyn al-Quḍāt on Qur'anic Origins delivered by Professor Mohammed Rustom, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Carleton University. Given the importance of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī (d. 525/1131), there is relatively little scholarship on him that is entirely reliable, and ...
The first time Kirk Dunn picked up knitting needles he was intent on surprising his girlfriend, who had toiled away on an Icelandic sweater for him. He thought she would love ...
Classic sires feature strongly at Arqana. Aga Khan Studs sires Sea The Stars and Siyouni, who have both enjoyed excellent results recently on the track and in the sales ring, are strongly represented at this spring breeze-up sale. The Arqana catalogue for the Deauville sale is to be held on Friday 10th May (canters) and Saturday 11th May, and features a ...
A Pastor, a Rabbi and an Imam walk into a diner... and have a fun, serious and slightly irreverent conversation about who God is to them. Today, for better or worse, the power of religion touches all of our lives, no matter what our faith. This is the quest of our generation. This is the Story of God. ...
Events -- 28th May 2019 -- 17:00 - 18:00 BST Book your place here View Map The 9th century Arabic work called Kalām fī maḥḍ al-khayr, known as the Liber de causis in its 12th century Latin translation, is often times considered in relation to its major Greek source, The Elements of Theology of the great Neoplatonist Proclus, or in relation to ...
THEGUARDIAN.COM -- It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google - and it was created by one of Britain's most notorious tycoons. It is as if the New Yorker or the Economist demanded that journalists write and edit each other's work for free, and asked the government to foot the bill. A 2005 Deutsche Bank report referred to it as a "bizarre" "triple-pay" system, in which "the state funds most research, pays the salaries of most of those checking the quality of research, and then buys most of the published product." ...
THEATLANTIC.COM -- The Social Sciences Replication Project attempted to replicate 21 social-science studies published between 2010 and 2015 in Nature and Science. They ran much bigger versions of the original studies, recruiting around five times as many volunteers, did all their work in the open, and ran their plans past the teams behind the original experiments. Ultimately, they only reproduced 62% of the 21. As it turned out, that finding was entirely predictable. The SSRP team also ran a "prediction market" ... Overall, the traders thought the studies would replicate 63% of the time. Ledgerwood notes that the prediction markets worked because they relied on a crowd of people making judgements as a collective. ...
IZQUOTES.COM -- "It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare." -- Mark Twain ...
Ismaili Digest Exclusive for APRIL 2019 -- Each month enjoy the most popular new articles and videos viewed by the Jamat from over 36 of the best Ismaili websites with just one click! 'Most popular' means most viewed post(s) on each website, excluding duplicate postings and Event Alerts. NOTE: Posts are randomly ordered.
AKIPRESS.COM - In recognition of the contribution of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) to the social and economic development of Naryn, and his leadership of this effort, Dr. Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, ...
United States -- Storytelling has long been used as a means to share traditions, preserve culture, educate and instill values, even before the advent of writing. Whether through gestures, expressions, music or dance, various forms of oral storytelling have been used historically by families and communities. The award-winning animated film, The Breadwinner, is based on Deborah Ellis' bestselling novel that tells ...
ITREB Pakistan under its initiative 'Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)' is pleased to organise a lecture with Dr Jeff Tan of Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC). ...
Global -- It is a rare and historic honor to have an object in space named after an individual. This is usually reserved for someone who first discovers it, generally after years of painstaking observation of the night sky, through giant telescopes. So to be recognized in this manner is indeed an occasion worthy of note. Yet, this is precisely what ...
Monday May 6, 2019: Air Italy announces the launch today of its first direct flights to the Canadian city of Toronto, becoming the airline's fifth new North American destination served from ...
DAILYSTOIC.COM -- You can go around in this life looking out for every insult and snide comment. You can hang onto every time you've been wronged and investigate every case of possible bad faith. Or you can tune it out, be a little deaf to it and let things go. Not stupidly of course, not completely or utterly forgetful, but just enough that you can function above the fray and the muck and the things that catch other people up. Just enough that you don't go around angry all the time. ...
The inside title page of the Qur'an owned by 3rd US President Thomas Jefferson. It appears that Jefferson purchased George Sale's translation of the Qur'an in 1765 from the office of the Virginia Gazette. At the time, Jefferson was engaged in his law studies at the College of William and Mary, so it is likely that he purchased the book as ...
DILBERT.COM -- Do you think the chemistry of the brain controls what people do? Of course. Then how can we blame ... ...
Agnes Kirikumwino was caring for new mothers, during a clinical placement as part of her midwifery studies, when she noticed an unusual sight: A visitor to the ward, Grace*, burst into tears, of grief rather than joy. Curious, Agnes went over to hear her story. Grace opened up to her and revealed that she had been pregnant five times but had ...
"A newborn's first cry, kicking legs and arms, the looks of relief and joy in the mother's eyes when you say to her, 'Congratulations! It's a baby girl/boy!'" There is pride felt in these special moments that only a midwife can understand, according to Loveluck Mwasha, who has dedicated her life to caring for others. Her mother inspired Loveluck early on ...
In 1985, a group of women persuaded 1,000 Canadians to join them in a walk to fight global poverty and raised $55,000. Thirty-five years later, the World Partnership Walk is an ...
