The Cabinet Secretary for Education, Hon. Dr. Amina Mohamed has challenged academic institutions to increase their intake in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) courses. Speaking during the 15th convocation ceremony ...
Birmingham-based company was one of the two winners in the first Alabama Launchpad event of 2019. Birmingham Medical startup CerFlux and Phenix City's VentorLux LLC were the two winners. CerFlux, led ...
Architecture, the cosmos, consciousness and spirit- how they are all linked, and how this inspires us. The name Late Night Conversations alludes to the moments of reflection and inspiration that come ...
India -- On Tuesday 29th January 2019, the new IIS publication 'Islam: An Illustrated Journey' was launched in Mumbai by the Council for India, after presenting the book at the 2019 Jaipur Literature Festival. Prof. Zulfikar Hirji was personally present at the book launch. 'Islam: An Illustrated Journey', a Diamond Jubilee publication was launched at an event in Hotel Marine Plaza, ...
A video showing the completed rehabilitation of Chihilsitoon Garden and Palace in Kabul using drone photography and video. Chihilsitoon Garden is a 12.5-hectare public site, located four kilometres south of Babur's ...
France -- Plus de 20 jeunes membres du Jamat ont participé à la troisième édition du programme Viseo les 30 et 31 Octobre dernier.Lancé par Aga Khan Éducation Board for France (AKEB) en 2010, ce programme s'inscrit dans plusieurs objectifs.Le premier est d'aider les étudiants dans leur orientation via des visites d'établissements et d'échanges avec des étudiants.Le second but est de ...
Pakistan -- Anita Karim, a 22 year-old from Karimabad, Hunza, is the first female Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter to represent Pakistan at an international level. Anita won her second international match at the One Warrior Series (OWS) in Singapore, against Indonesia's Gita Suharsono, where she dominated all three rounds of the fight. Expressing her feelings before going into the fight, ...
Pakistan -- The Shimshal Diamond Jubilee Women's Band, in collaboration with Women's Volunteers and Girl Guides, held band training sessions for women across the four Jamatkhanas of Shimshal. The training sessions took place over the course of a month. They culminated in a final session, which was attended not only by participating women but also by Jamati leadership and the general ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- This passing spooky poor old man stops by to play amazing and very energetic Boogie Woogie on the public piano on Halloween in a shopping mall. ...
Seattle, USA, 4 March 2019 - The University of Washington today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Aga Khan University to codify partnership activities already underway and to leverage complementary strengths to further expand research, service and education in low- and middle-income countries. The agreement was signed by UW President Ana Mari Cauce and Aga Khan University President Firoz Rasul. ...
United States -- With the increased arrival of Ismailis into Atlanta in the 1980s, there was a need for a larger permanent building for the community's spiritual and social needs. The Atlanta Ismaili Jamatkhana, located in Decatur, opened in 1988 as the first purpose-built Ismaili Jamatkhana in the United States. The architect was Vancouver-based Farouk Noormohamed who later designed the Ismaili ...
United States -- The Chicago Jamatkhana Social Hall was filled with the songs and scriptures of many faiths that came together on November 13, 2018. The annual Thanksgiving service is a longstanding tradition of the Edgewater Community Religious Association (ECRA), an alliance of about 20 Christian, Jewish, and Muslim congregations in the diverse neighborhood in northern Chicago. The celebration is hosted ...
SR Media Group presents: "Mowla E Kainaat" Series of episodes highlighting the life history of Hazrat Ali A.S. Episode 2 Part 1 Tarbiyat E Mowla Ali (adolescence years of Hazrat Ali ...
GOOGLE.COM -- If any followers of the Imam finds himself unfit for the job which is ordered by the Imam and yet he accepts it to improve his worldly prospects and hides his deficiency from the Imam, he does an act of treachery to God, to Prophet and his 'Wasee.' But if he informs the Imam of all his defects and speaks nothing but truth, then the matter rests with the Imam and his duty is to carry out his orders. It matters little whether he knows the job or not; or whether he is competent or incompetent. ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- NYTIMES.COM -- In many countries, children have the very freedoms that American parents can grant only by chafing against law or custom, our international readers say. A mother in Sweden says she often didn't know where her elementary-school-aged son went for the afternoon after school. A father in Paris says he sends his daughters outside to the playground nearby -- alone. "Here in Japan, kids are required to be at least 6-years-old before they are allowed to ride the trains alone. They often travel in groups, and they socialize and play quietly and appropriately." In much of the world, parents tend to regard such free-range parenting practices as developing a child's self-reliance. ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- NYTIMES.COM -- I was on my way home when a police officer called to ask if I was aware there was an outstanding warrant for my arrest. "No, no," I told him. "I didn't know that." ... We now live in a country where it is seen as abnormal, or even criminal, to allow children to be away from direct adult supervision, even for a second. And so now children do not walk to school or play in a park on their own. They do not wait in cars. They do not take long walks through the woods or ride bikes along paths or build secret forts while we are inside working or cooking or leading our lives. "It's not about safety," Dr. Sarnecka told me. "It's about enforcing a social norm." ...
As we enter the month of March and leading into Navroz 2019, JollyGul.com has launched its "Qasidas Unlocked" service for the Jamat. The on-demand service is launched initially with 32 qasida ...
What is STOPPING you to create a peaceful and happy LIFE? Recent studies show that most professionals in UK/Worldwide experience high level of stress in their day to day life which ...
March is #NutritionMonth! Follow along this month as we share tips from @desiliciousrd (Shahzadi Devje) on how to find ways to incorporate healthy + sustainable seafood favorites into your diet that ...
RBC Innovation & Entrepreneurship Speaker Series is back with our first annual Female Founders Edition - in celebration of International Women's Day. Join us Thursday, March 7, 2019 to hear from ...
The 2019 International Women's Day event will honour His Highness the Aga Khan's guidance in the public sphere as well as to the community, in the area of "Civil Society Leadership. ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- MARK WIENS -- There's a big population of Indians from the Gujarat state, so the food often reflects this region of India. In Upanga, there's a nice little stall that opens to sell a few Indian Tanzanian street food snacks ... I first got things started with a bowl of pani puri ... After the plate of pani puri, we moved onto another Indian street food favorite, bhel puri ... But the ultimate Dar Es Salaam street food snack is something known as Zanzibar Mix. This is something you'll only find ... ...
United States -- At just six years old, Safiya Wazir fled from Afghanistan as a refugee of the civil war. Wazir lived in Uzbekistan for a decade before arriving in the USA as a high school student. At the age of 16, she had to master a new language, and become familiar with a new culture - and lots of snow. ...
In April 2015 the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) started an organic cotton project in the Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh with the support of the C&A Foundation. Nimar, in the south west of the state, is a dry and hilly traditional cotton-growing area with a significant tribal population. The project aims to improve the livelihoods and incomes of 7,000 tribal farmers ...
Alinoro Rajaomarosata grew up in a large family, with parents who could not afford to put her or her sibilings through school. For several years, as a young single mother, she was juggling a number of odd jobs to make ends meet. In 2011, she learned about the Premiere Agence de Microfinance (PAMF), and decided to take out a loan to ...
Prudence Hainga from Kisumu and William Baiya from the Ganze area of rural Kenya both graduated from the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa in 2018. Both come from humble backgrounds and are the first in their families to be able to attend university abroad. Referring to his vision for the Aga Khan Academies, His Highness the Aga Khan has explained: "I believe ...
By Rania Walli- Smiley Ismaili On July 2016 during summer break our family went to Africa and visited the Town Jamatkhana in Nairobi. A jamatkhana is a place to pray for ...
The International Design Awards (IDA) exists to recognize, celebrate and promote legendary design visionaries and to uncover emerging talent in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic, and Fashion Design. IDA aspires to draw ...
In 2011, Alinoro learned about the Premiere Agence de Microfinance (PAMF), and decided to take out a loan to start up her own business. Today, Alinoro operates three successful businesses and has 15 employees. ...
A series of costly medical expenses caused Pyar Ali to lose everything, including his business. After consulting a friend, he took out what became the first in a series of loans from the First MicroFinance Bank (FMFB) Ltd Pakistan. ...
KARACHI: Pakistan is set to become part of international efforts to develop a shorter treatment regime to defeat tuberculosis, currently the world's largest infectious killer, claiming an estimated 4,900 lives daily. ...
For over 15 years the Aga Khan Development Network has supported the establishment of institutions and programmes to improve the quality of life of peoples in the Kyrgyz Republic. The University ...
Top portion of image shows plaque commemorating Ismailis who were killed in a WWII raid in Burma. Bottom half is a surreal image by Sarite Sanders of Aswan's Fatimid cemetery. HONOURING LIVES LIVED By MALIK MERCHANTPublisher-Editor, Simerg,Barakah and Simergphotos Simerg offers to all Ismaili families around the world an opportunity to submit memorials to honour and celebrate the lives of their ...
Global -- Over the past decade since its opening, the Ismaili Centre Dubai has become established as a multidisciplinary hub of culture, faith, education, and community identity. Exemplifying the core values of Ismaili Muslims, the Centre offers a platform for dialogue, unity, and progress within the Jamat and the wider community. The Ismaili Centre, Dubai was opened on 26 March 2008 ...
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Professor Ali Asani discusses the stereotypes and misinformation that permeate Western and Islamic cultures, and he argues that it is the educational systems in both societies that fail to provide a corrective. Asani is a Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures at Harvard. At Harvard Extension School, he teaches the course Introduction to Islamic Mysticism. ...
Dr Ali Mohammad Rajput was born on the 21st of March, 1924, in the small village Kalianwala near Lahore, in what is today Pakistan. He became a full professor of statistics in the U.K. after having completed his his PhD in 1957. ...
In the Shia interpretation of Islam, the role of the intellect is an important facet of faith. "Imam Jafar al-Sadiq reports a hadith which states that the first thing Allah created from His Light was intellect. Alongside the role of the intellect is the responsibility of individual conscience" (Secondary Curriculum, p 148). Having been created by God, humans are accountable to ...
Global -- It is estimated that at the end of 2018, 51.2 per cent of the global population, or 3.9 billion people, were using the Internet. While the Internet has brought about many positive changes, there have also been some undesirable effects of its growth and increased usage. The advent and exponential growth of the Internet has brought about much change ...
Source: Rejoice I Am You- Poetry book by Arif Gowani. Click here to purchase this book. Arif Gowani is an Author, Poet and Artist. Since childhood he loved art and throughout ...
