Farhan Shah: TU KUJA MON KUJA
In January of 2019, Nexus Arts had organised Sufi Qawwali concert in Adelaide, Australia. Farhan Shah & brothers were invited to perform at this prestigious event. They performed "Tu Kuja Mon ...
Bangladesh: BYLC connects 300 graduates with potential employers
The Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center's (BYCL) Office of Professional Development (OPD)--which is supported by the Aga Khan Foundation Bangladesh and the Rizwan Adatia Foundation--hosted its third BYLC Career Fair at Ismaili ...
Invoking Compassion Within
by Habīb Todd Boerger In considering the topic of compassion, I am reminded that each of the Abrahamic faiths directs us to love and care for others - those who are ...
VIDEO: Escale à Lyon pour les Oiseaux de 'Attar
France -- Si l'année du Diamond Jubilee fut pour tous l'occasion d'un voyage spirituel, à Lyon le Jamat conservera aussi les empreintes de nombreux voyageurs ailés qui nous firent l'honneur de nous embarquer dans leur fabuleuse quête : Il s'agit bien sûr de la Conférence des Oiseaux de Farîd-al-dîn 'Attar. Ce recueil du poète soufi persan du XVIIe siècle a nourri ...
January 2019 -- Jamat's Choice: Most Popular Articles & Videos
Ismaili Digest Exclusive for JANUARY 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.
Kicking off the 2018 Ismaili Centre Conversation Series with Dr. Abdallah Daar
Ismaili Centres -- Part one of a three-part conversation series featured an engaging discussion with Dr. Abdallah Daar and centered on the theme of "Ethics in An Increasingly Complex Word". Dr. Amyn Sajoo hosted the event, and pulled several topics from Dr. Daar and Peter Singers' 2011 best-selling book called, "The Grandest Challenge: Taking Life-Saving Science from Lab to Village." The ...
The Ismaili Centre Conversation Series continues with John Ralston Saul
Ismaili Centres -- Part two of a three-part conversation series in Toronto featured an engaging discussion with Canada's leading public intellectual, John Ralston Saul, on the topic of "Pluralist Citizenship and its Enemies". Part two of a three-part conversation series in Toronto featured an engaging discussion with Canada's leading public intellectual, John Ralston Saul, on the topic of "Pluralist Citizenship and ...
Completing the Trilogy in our 2018 Ismaili Centre Conversation Series with Professor Benjamin Berger
Ismaili Centres -- The final event of a three-part conversation series featured a discussion with Osgoode Hall law school professor, Benjamin Berger and centered on the theme of "Faith and the Law". Hosted by Dr. Amyn Sajoo, the discussions were framed around community, ethics, religion and how each interplay within the field of law. Professor Berger, an accomplished lawyer, author and ...
A dialogue of religious experiences
Global -- To mark World Interfaith Harmony Week, The.Ismaili is pleased to share a story from Portugal, where last year, a group of Ismaili students and their Catholic friends and neighbours came together to visit the Sanctuary of Fátima, one of the most significant holy sites in the country. Assured of the potential a visit of this kind would have in ...
AKU graduates challenged to impact their communities
Teachers and nurses are crucial to Tanzania's development. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 6 February 2019 - Aga Khan University (AKU) has affirmed its commitment to continue contributing to Tanzania's social economic development through the provision of high quality education for teachers and nurses. The commitment was made during the university's 14th convocation ceremony held at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar ...
Part 13 -- Ismaili RoundUp | Latest 7 Videos
Features Imamat Takhtnashini -- October 1957 -- Nairobi Kenya; Interview with Dr.Ali Muhammad Rajput on Ismailism; Ali Asani on Qawwali to Sufi Rock: Contemporary Expressions of Muslim Devotional Literature; Lecture by Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi commemorating birthday of Hazrat Ali ... and more. ...
Shereen Ladha: Showing Up & Mashin' Up- TEDxDownsviewWomen
In November 2018, Shereen Ladha got the opportunity to perform at TedXDownsviewWomen in Toronto. She was asked by the TedXDownsviewWomen team to create a performance that encompassed the theme of the ...
"Dream and Trauma: Reopening of the Carpet Rooms in the Museum of Islamic Art" at Pergamonmuseum, Berlin
Pergamonmuseum reopens its Carpet Rooms in the Museum of Islamic Art with an exhibition titled "Dream and Trauma." With this permanent exhibition, the museum invites visitors to experience the origin and ...
Farshid Moussavi: Architect to design first U.S. cultural center in Houston
The worldwide Ismaili Muslim community announced Wednesday it is moving forward with plans to make Houston the site of its first U.S. cultural center and to create an architectural landmark in ...
If you tell the truth ...
DEVIANTART.COM -- "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." -- Mark Twain ...
World-renowned architects to design the Ismaili Center Houston
Global -- UK-based architect Farshid Moussavi has been selected to lead the design of the Ismaili Center, Houston -- the first Ismaili Center in the USA. The Center's design team also includes Thomas L. Woltz, of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects; Hanif Kara, co-founder of structural engineering firm AKT II and professor in practice, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design; and ...
Viewpoints: Architect Farshid Moussavi on Activism
ARCHITECTURAL-REVIEW.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Iranian-born British architect, Ms. Farshid Moussavi, has been selected by Mawlana Hazar Imam to design the Ismaili Center in Houston, USA. Hazar Imam has also selected Thomas Woltz, who designed the Aga Khan Garden, Edmonton, for the landscaping.] ARTICLE: The world faces many different problems, all of which are interconnected. It is critical that different architects pursue different practices of activism at the same time, recognising that each is not a finite or comprehensive solution, but is interrelated with others.... Patronage of architecture is another profession-specific type of activism.... The Aga Khan Award is unique in rewarding not only the final building but also the process that leads to it and the impact it has on its community and environment ...
Ismaili Centres: Spaces that uplift mind and spirit
Global -- Situated in six cities around the world, the Ismaili Centres are places of contemplation and congregation, peace and prayer, humility and hope, discovery and dialogue, and equanimity and enlightenment. In his remarks at the Foundation Ceremony of the Ismaili Centre Dubai in 2003, Mawlana Hazar Imam defined the purpose and the unique characteristics of an Ismaili Centre as: "At ...
Aga Khan Museum: An interfaith crucible of art and architecture
Global -- Late last year, a diverse group of interfaith leaders visited the Aga Khan Museum to explore its exhibitions, architecture, and facilities. In recognition of World Interfaith Harmony Week, The.Ismaili is pleased to share their experiences in an article written by Ruth Broyde Sharone, first published on 15 November 2018 by The Interfaith Observer. Some 7,500 people representing more than ...
A Culture of Candor
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- HBR.ORG -- HARVARD -- But being honest inside an organization is more difficult than it sounds. People hoard information, engage in groupthink, tell their boss only what they think he wants to hear, and ignore facts staring them in the face. If you want to develop a culture of candor keep these recommendations in mind: 1) Tell the truth. 2) Encourage people to speak truth to power. 3) Reward contrarians. 4) Practice having unpleasant conversations. 5) Diversify your sources of information. 6) Admit your mistakes. 7) Build organizational support for transparency. 8) Set information free. ...
Leaders Focus Too Much on Changing Policies, and Not Enough on Changing Minds
HBR.ORG -- HARVARD -- Why is transformation so difficult to achieve? What most organizations typically overlook is the internal shift -- what people think and feel ... beginning with the most senior leaders and influencers. Few of them, in our experience, have spent much time observing and understanding their own motivations, challenging their assumptions, or pushing beyond their intellectual and emotional comfort zones. The result is something that the psychologists Lisa Lahey and Robert Kegan have termed "immunity to change." ...
Therapy: A 2-for-1 Deal
By Sabrina Lakhani I begged and begged to not have to go to therapy. But my Class Dean at Babson College wouldn't have it. By the third year, she knew me ...
Global Centre for Pluralism: Accounting for Change in Diverse Societies
Accounting for Change in Diverse Societies is a new publication series from the Global Centre for Pluralism focussed on six world regions. Each "change case" examines a specific moment when a ...
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[Feb]This month in history: The pioneer of Ismaili studies, Ivanow, came into contact with Ismailis for the first time
"They [Ismailis] with amazingcare and devotion kept through ages burning that Light, mentioned in the Qur'anwhich 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..." Ivanow Ivanow. Source: The Institute of Ismaili Studies The pioneer of Ismailis Studies, Valdimir Ivanow was born in 1886 ...
Delhi, India: International symposium on Creativity and Freedom
A stellar line up of speakers including thinkers, academics, filmmakers, artists and others from the creative world, will address the pertinent subject of creative freedom. At a time when the digital ...
Prof Zulfikar Hirji: The Quran addressed women directly
Hirji says that the Quran, however, addresses Muslim men and women as equal and distinctive entities. "The Quran, in Arabic, says, 'O believing men and believing women'. It actually addresses women ...
VIDEO: Misaq e Ishq
Global -- The songs and stories of the Middle East and South Asia are infused with sensations, fragrances, tastes, and colours; the depth of which were conveyed by Harvard Professor Ali Asani, and Pakistani singer and author Ali Sethi, in a unique format at the Ismaili Centre London. ...
Covenant of Love celebrated at the Ismaili Centre London
Global -- On a cold and crisp winter evening, a buzz of anticipation filled the air as crowds filtered into the social hall at the Ismaili Centre on 16 January for Misaq e Ishq -- an evening of poetry, music, and storytelling on the theme of love. The songs and stories of the Middle East and South Asia are infused with ...
The Best Teacher I've Ever Had
UNMISTAKABLECREATIVE.COM -- Teachers don't often get to see the impact they have on their students because they only get them for one chapter of their lives, maybe a year, or longer if they're lucky. And they are, unfortunately, some of the most under-appreciated people in society. Whether you're a billionaire or best-selling author you've had a teacher who made an impact, the best that you've ever had. They all plant the seeds for who we ultimately become. ...
Alamut's Registration as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Limbo
[Numerous reports in the Iranian media in November 2014 announced that Iran was planning to offer the castle of Alamut to UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The historical significance of the fortress dates back to 1090 A.C. when the Ismaili dai Hassan Sabbah chose the Alamut region as the headquarters of Ismailis following the Nizari-Musteali split in Fatimid Egypt. But ...
Sayiaan by Farhan Shah and band Udan Khatola
Farhan Shah, Ismaili Muslim Artist originally from Pakistan, currently residing in Australia, is a multi talented singer, composer, lyricist and music producer. Recently on his "official" Facebook page, Farhan released "Sayiaan" ...
Top 4 Best of Just For Laughs Gags Compilation 2018
YOUTUBE.COM -- JUST RELAX -- Top 4 Best of Just For Laughs Gags Compilation 2018 ...
India: InKo Centre to host exhibition by three Chennai artists
Chennai, India: Three artists, three different media, one exhibition. Occulus Trinity, presented by Inko Centre, will bring together three Chennai-based artists, Asma Menon who works with Mixed media and painting, PoochiVenkat ...
World Cancer Day: Cancer is treatable if detected early
Global -- To mark World Cancer Day on 4 February, nutritionist and early childhood development specialist Shameera Somani highlights the efforts being made by the Aga Khan Health Board (AKHB) in India to educate the Jamat about cancer through its various awareness and screening programmes. Cancer can affect any part of the body. In cancer, there is a rapid formation of ...
A Five-Week Course: The Islamic City, Spirit and Identity, Past and Present...
Date: Tuesday March 5, 2019- April 2, 2019 Venue: Aga Khan Centre, London, United Kingdom In four two-hour-long sessions plus a film evening (hence five sessions in all every Tuesday), this ...
UAE a perfect example of tolerance, integration and acceptance of 'the other' , says Ismaili community leader
DUBAI, 3rd February, 2019 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates is "a great embodiment of the spirit of tolerance, pluralism and empathy, in the presence of people representing more than 200 ...
CNN Travel: On the trail of Iran's 'Assassins' in the Alborz Mountains
By AMAR GROVER, CNN, January 31, 2019 "Sabbah's rule from Alamut is shrouded in mystery and enigma...partly because most Ismaili records of the era were destroyed by the Mongols while the writings of their detractors survived. Fused with the half-truths and fanciful tales of European travelers including Marco Polo along with the sensationalist confections of pseudo-scholars, the Ismailis were long cast ...
2015 Poll: Canadians hanging on to personal faith as organized religion declines
NATIONALPOST.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Note the dramatic drop in faith related practices between people born in Canada and those born outside Canada, especially among those under 50.] ARTICLE: Canadians pray, but aren't churchgoers. We believe in angels, but reject religion. Check out the surprising [2015] poll that reveals the state of our faith. ...
The Work Required to Have an Opinion
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- FS.BLOG -- FARNAM STREET -- While we all hold an opinion on almost everything, how many of us do the work required to have an opinion? Great thinkers, like Darwin, did the work necessary to hold an opinion. Doing the work counteracts our natural desire to seek out only information that confirms what we believe we know. Doing the work means you can't make up your mind with a high degree of confidence right away. Doing the work forces you to challenge your beliefs because you have to argue from both sides. You become the somewhat impartial judge. What's on trial is your opinion. ...
