VIDEO: Why do you Volunteer for AKF?
Check out these three AKF superheroes and hear why the are committed to volunteering! ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Trust for Culture | Qutb Shahi Tombs Baolis
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture's rehabilitation of the baolis at the Qutb Shahi Tombs won the 2022 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award of Distinction. Rainwater collected by the restored stepwells facilitated the replanting of the historic gardens, and provides irrigation and conservation of the wider site. #aktc #akdn #QutbShahiTombs @UNESCO @agakhanmusic ...
VIDEO: Aga Khan Music Programme | In Conversation with Fairouz Nishanova
Find out about how the @agakhanmusic and Awards originated, with this film featuring their director, Fairouz Nishanova: "When we were building the #Music Programme, His Highness would never miss a live performance... That willingness to recognise how much #music does for a #community, for a society, that to me is unprecedented." #AKMP #akdn ...
VIDEO: WOMEX Academy Central Asia 2020-2022
In October 2022, two young musicians and arts managers from Kyrgyzstan traveled to Lisbon, Portugal to attend the Worldwide Music Expo (WOMEX). Their visit was organised by the Aga Khan Music Programme as part of its long-term support for arts education and tradition-based musical innovation in Central Asia. In addition to attending showcases of artists from all continents and visiting the professional ...
VIDEO: Providing Employment to Rural Youth through Skill Development initiative
Rural Youth getting employment opportunity through Yuva Junction, a youth development initiative. ...
VIDEO: Igniting the Spirit of Enterprise and Determination
The video highlights the enterprise support work done by AKRSP-India under youth development initiative. ...
January 2023 -- Jamat's Choice: Most Popular Articles & Videos
Ismaili Digest Exclusive for January 2023 -- 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, Event Alerts and COVID-19 advice) without social media influence. NOTE: Posts are randomly ordered.
VIDEO: AGAHI | Empathy in this Broken World: Reality or a Fantasy
Empathy is a commonly used but mostly misunderstood concept. This session talks about different shades of empathy, its significance for oneself and others, and its possibility in today's world. ...
VIDEO: Watch the "In Conversation", with Fairouz Nishanova, Director of @agakhanmusichttps://the.ismaili/tv
Learn more about the Aga Khan Music Programme and the Aga Khan Music Awards in the latest edition of "In Conversation", where we hear from Fairouz Nishanova, Director of the Music Programme, about Mawlana Hazar Imam's vision behind the inception of this initiative. Visit to watch today! @akdn @agakhanmusic ...
Barakah's Sister Blogs Simerg and Simergphotos
Barakah introduces a new page to inform its readers of the three most recent articles posted on its two sister websites Simerg, launched in 2009, and Simergphotos, launched in 2012. Please click HERE or on the following photo to follow new articles on the sister blogs. Date posted: February 5, 2023. _____________________ ...
VIDEO: Aga Hall Estate: Foundation Laying Ceremony
The foundation laying ceremony of the Aga Hall Estate residential project was performed on 31st January 2023 by its general contractor Leighton in the presence of the project team. Aga Hall Estate is an urban regeneration project by AKDN that comprises of two Residential Towers with modern amenities, landscaped gardens, a new Jamatkhana, a state-of-the-art hospital, and an international school. For more information ...
The pioneer of Ismaili studies, Wladimir Ivanow, came into contact with Ismailis for the first time in February 1912
"They [Ismailis] with amazing care and devotion kept through ages burning that Light, mentioned in the Qur'an which God always protects against all attempts of His enemies to extinguish it...I rarely saw anything so extraordinary and impressive as this ancient tradition being devoutly preserved..."Wladimir Ivanow The pioneer of modern Ismailis Studies, Wladimir Ivanow was born in 1886 in St. Petersburg, Russia, ...
Forty Under 40 Award Recipient: Shaez Allidina
Business Intelligence for BC (BIV), Canada, is proud to recognize Shaez Allidina, managing partner at Evergreen Hospitality Group, and 39 exceptional business leaders with 2022 Forty under 40 Awards. Each recipient ...
Ginan "Uttar khand mahe" is a metaphor for spiritual enlightenment
He brings them forth from the shadows into the light (Qur'an 2:257) The Sun has for long been a primary symbol of divinity in man's religious consciousness. ... The Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Hindu, Aztec, Navaho, Wachagga, and Shinto traditions are a few of the many who have granted prominent roles to solar figures in their respective traditions. In Islam, the Qur'an-e ...
First Aga Khan Studs drafts of 2023 set for February sales
Relations to a host of Stakes winners on offer at Goffs and Arqana. The upcoming February sales at Goffs and Arqana will comprise the first sales drafts of the year for the Aga Khan Studs, offering breeders access to a range of quality pedigrees just in time for the 2023 covering season. The catalogue for Goffs (8th to 9th February) will ...
Ginan "Unchare kot" is an allegoric plea for union with the Beloved
An allegory is a story, play, poem, picture, or other work in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics (Cambridge Dictionary).The allegory form of poetry was widely used in Persia among the mystical and esoteric traditions to convey spiritual concepts such as birds in flight representing the soul's spiritual ascension. Mysticism ...
Report & Tweet: AKDN Representative Meets With Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, January 19, 2023
The Khaama Press News Agency, the largest online news service for Afghanistan, reports in a dispatch dated January 19, 2023, that Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met with Akbar Ali Pasnani, Special Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) to Afghanistan on Thursday, January 19, 2023. Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi meets with Akbar Ali Pasnani ...
VIDEO: What are we learning from the Schools2030 Global Research Projects?
In this virtual seminar, we deep dive into findings alongside our cohort of 2021-23 Research Partners, as well as many of our ket Aga Khan Foundation staff, and our external assessment and learning partners. ...
Open day at Haras de Bonneval a success
French stallions impress the crowds on the Route des Etalons. Almost 300 people attended the open day at Haras de Bonneval on Saturday 21st January. The Aga Khan Studs' French-based stallions paraded during three set shows as part of the 2023 Route des Etalons. As the leading sire in France, SIYOUNI was the highlight for many of the visitors. Sire of ...
Ginan "Dur deshi thi ayo" explains ayats that we are traders in spiritual business from a distant land
Ginans are a vast collection comprising several hundred poetic compositions which have been a central part of the religious life of the Nizari Ismaili community of the Indian subcontinent that today resides in many countries around the world. Derived from the Sanskrit gyan, meaning contemplative knowledge, Ginans refer to the poetic compositions authored by Ismaili Pirs, who came to the Indian ...
Ali Karim Travelog | Silk Road 23: More Khorog, Tajikistan
October 5, 2019 - By Ali Karim Ali & Dilshad spent more time in Khorog checking out different parts of the city, including the campus of the University of Central Asia ...
VIDEO: AGAHI | Understanding Human Nature
The session will explore different philosophical perspectives of human nature which influence the behaviours and conducts of human beings in society. ...
A.C. Charania Appointed NASA's Chief Technologist @ac_charania @NASA
A.C. Charania is NASA's new chief technologist, serving as principal advisor to Administrator Bill Nelson on technology policy and programs at the agency's Headquarters in Washington. He will lead technology innovation. ...
December 2022 -- Jamat's Choice: Most Popular Articles & Videos
Ismaili Digest Exclusive for December 2022 -- 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, Event Alerts and COVID-19 advice) without social media influence. NOTE: Posts are randomly ordered.
Mawlana Hazar Imam: "A true dialogue requires ... that we listen - attentively - to other perspectives"
"A true dialogue requires not only that we articulate one perspective, but also that we listen - attentively - to other perspectives. More than that, it asks us not only to listen to one another, but also to learn from one another." Mawlana Hazar Imam Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation,13 September 2019 Speech "It is ironic that a sense of ...
VIDEO: Ismaili Center Houston: Construction Progress December 2022
Ismaili Center Houston: Construction Progress December 2022 ...
VIDEO: INSPIRE Book Review | Mount of Knowledge, Sword of Eloquence
The 'Mount of Knowledge, Sword of Eloquence' is the first complete English translation of the Dīwān al-Muʾayyad al-Shīrāzī, Collected Poems of an Ismaili Muslim Scholar in Fatimid Egypt. Al-Muʾayyad's poetry is rich in imagery, rhetorical techniques and symbolic allusions to the esoteric lore of the Fatimid Ismailis' ...
Ginans explain ayats on nearness of the Divine
And indeed We have created man And We know what his soul whispers to him, And We are nearer to him than [his] jugular vein" (Q 50:16). "God said: I could not be contained in the heavens and the earth but can be contained in the heart of a true believer." Hadith of Prophet Muhammad Ginans are a vast collection comprising ...
VIDEO: 2022 - The Year that was
This is a video highlight of the work that AKRSP-India has done during the year 2022. ...
Devotional Song "Mehar-E-Mawla" ('Love to Mawla')
A devotional song titled Mehar-E-Mawla (Love to Mawla) Lyrics: Khushomad Alidod Composed by: Mutrib Shoiskandarov Music: Khushbakht Niyozov Singers: Fahima Sultani and Mutrib Shoiskandarov ...
VIDEO: Mera Khuda | #IsmailiSounds
The Ismaili is pleased to present a rendition of the hamd "Mera Khuda," performed by four young Ismaili artists in #Pakistan. The hamd's lyrics express happiness for the presence of God in our lives. As we begin a new year full of new hopes, the song reminds us to do so with our #faith in mind. ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam: "...the industrialised world has attached a very great premium to materialism"
"I do not believe that we should fear material progress nor should we condemn it. The danger is that it should become an obsession in our lives, and that it should dominate our way of thinking. There is no reason why our traditions and our faith should stop us from moving with our times, nor in fact why we should not ...
VIDEO: Mayor Sylvester Turner Participates in the Salgirah Mubarak Celebrations in Houston
City of Houston's Mayor Sylvester Turner attended the Salgirah Mubarak celebrations in Houston. The Mayor addressed members of the Jamat and participated in the festivities, including dandia raas. In his remarks, the Mayor wished the Jamat on the occasion of Mawlana Hazar Imam's 86th birthday and thanked him for establishing the seventh Ismaili Center in the world in Houston. ...
VIDEO: AGAHI | Imam Ali (A.S) letter to Malik al-Ashtar and its Relevance to Contemporary Leadership Values
There is much to be learned from our history, one such example is Imam Ali's (A.S.) letter to Malik al-Ashtar. The letter has many universal ethical values that are equally relevant to all time and space. ...
"This Was a World Cup Lionel Messi Refused to Lose" - A Must Read Report by Chris Jones for CBC Sports
Introduced by MALIK MERCHANT "Messi's final victory.... was one of refusal. He could have given in to so many defeating things, so often. He said no to all of them. He ignored the perils of time. He rejected the precociousness of youth. He denied doubt and disavowed pressure. He spurned hopelessness and abandoned fear" -- Read more by Chris Jones, CBC ...
