Sayed Radfar: Baby Genius from Afghanistan
Meet Sayed Radfar, a Two year old wonder boy from Afghanistan. A kindergartner attending French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children (FMIC), Syed Radfar won a Gold medal and 1st prize ...
ALEX AWITI: Great teachers equal quality education
Alex O Awiti is the Vice Provost and director of the East Africa Institute at Aga Khan University With great teachers every student, regardless of their socioeconomic background, can receive quality ...
10 Lessons from Benjamin Franklin's Daily Schedule
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- MAYOOSHIN.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Highly recommended. Quite profound.] ARTICLE: How did Franklin achieve so much more than his contemporaries, given he had the same 24 hours each day to get things done? The answer is Franklin's daily schedule. Before putting pen to paper on his daily schedule, Franklin created a list of virtues to live by. He referred to these as his 13 virtues: a list of values designed to help guide his daily schedule. Here's the list of Benjamin Franklin's 13 virtues ...
First foal for Zarak
Prix de Diane second Amour A Papa gives birth to a filly. The young sire was represented by his first foal born on Friday night, a filly out of Amour A Papa (Montmartre), who was a model of consistency through her racing career and placed second in the 2014 Prix de Diane. The dark bay foal was described by her breeders, ...
Islam: An Illustrated Journey debuts at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
News story -- Many of us are curious about other cultures with a hunger for experiencing the "out of the ordinary", and we satisfy this desire in different ways. For some this may involve physically travelling to other parts of the world, whilst for others it may involve turning to literature to transport our hearts and minds more figuratively. The annual ZEE ...
Vogue India: Global personalities who have used their wealth to make an impact
A new billionaire was created every two days in 2018, yet the poor got poorer. The gap between the rich and the poor has widened deeply across the world like never ...
Aman Ali: Global Encounters Expedition- Kenya 2018
Over the course of two and a half weeks, Aman had the opportunity to visit Kenya and participate in the Global Encounters Expedition camp. Global Encounters is an international program for ...
Bangladesh: Aga Khan Girl Guides distributes warm cloths among children
The Aga Khan Girl Guides, in association with the Bangladesh Girl Guides Association, has distributed blankets and other warm clothes to the patients of the Feroza Bari Disabled Children Hospital, a ...
The Mountain's Soul - A Northerner In Search
The Mountain's Soul is an attempt to capture the beauty of the folk music of Gilgit-Baltistan into a documentary that narrates in the valleys of Hunza and Gojal. Director: Zulqarnain Saleem ...
Aga Khan University, Pakistan breaks ground on a new research building
Karachi, Pakistan, January 26, 2019:The Aga Khan University celebrated the groundbreaking of a new Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health (CoEWCH) building on its Stadium Road campus today.The new 149,000-square-foot ...
GALLERY: AKDN in pictures: Endeavours in Education (Africa)
The Aga Khan Development Network has been active in the field of education in Africa for over a century. The first Aga Khan School was established in Zanzibar in around 1905. Since then, thousands of students have been educated at Aga Khan Schools across various parts of East Africa. In 2003, the first Aga Khan Academy was established in Mombasa, Kenya, ...
Sehar Naz Janani: Reflections on a first semester
Sehar Naz Janani is a second year student at the University of Central Asia in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic. In this post, first written for the school's newspaper, she looks back at her first semester at UCA. Reflecting back on the last four months of late-night studies, long response papers, back-to-back classes, and many cups of coffee before math exams, I have ...
Rayana Fazli: Afghan girls build better futures through education
Rayana Fazli is the grants portfolio manager for education with the Aga Khan Foundation in Afghanistan, focusing on girls' education, community-based education, pre-primary education, education systems, and public policy development. In March 2017, Rayana participated on a panel, co-hosted by UNICEF and the Government of Afghanistan, focusing on Afghan girls' education and empowerment. The panel was part of the United Nations' ...
Religious upbringing linked to better health and well-being during early adulthood
HARVARD.EDU -- HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH -- The study sample included more than 5,000 youth who were followed for between 8-14 years.... The results showed that people who attended religious services at least weekly in childhood and adolescence were approximately 18% more likely to report higher happiness as young adults (ages 23-30) ... They were also 29% more likely to volunteer in their communities and 33% less likely to use illicit drugs and less likely to subsequently have depressive symptoms or smoke. ...
Se. 01 Ep. 08: Can You Guess What Happened? - Riddle Me This
YOUTUBE.COM -- A dying king, a corpse in the desert and a man running. Only a true detective will be able to solve these riddles. ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam's view of the world: More gems from his speeches
[In 2017 Salim and Zahida Rahemtulla of Vancouver spent hours studying 140 speeches made by Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, from the years 2000-2017. Their compilation, The Aga Khan's view of the World - Gems from the 49th Ismaili Imam's Speeches, was widely read and appreciated. This post and several more to come will focus on speeches that ...
Aga Khan Foundation's TKN volunteer pools make global impact
TKN -- How can someone on one side of the world affect an initiative on the other side? Or contribute to making an improvement to a large-scale process? Or share the knowledge they have acquired through years of education and experience? The stories of TKN volunteers Ali Thanawalla, Adam Jutha and Huma Pabani are all examples of short-term, remote assignments with ...
Majlis 01 -- Devotion to the Imam -- Qadi al-Nu'man's Code of Conduct for the Followers of Imam
GOOGLE.COM -- A firm faith in the 'Wilayat' [authority] of the Imams, submission to the Imamat and devotion to the Imams are the ground work of this book. They are the basic principles which deserve our foremost attention. Those who are well acquainted with the true position of the Imams and have a firm faith in their Imamat, look upon the duties they owe to them and obedience to their commands as the duties enjoined on them by God.... The Imam of the time has as much claim on the followers of his time as the Prophet had on the followers of his time ...
The Imamat of James: Brother of Jesus, Successor of Christ & Leader of Early Christianity
Every Prophet has had a Legatee (wasi) in whom the Light of the Imamate has been firmly set and established with surety, and to whom the knowledge of prophecy has been temporarily entrusted through trusteeship. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, (The Paradise of Submission, 136) The disciples said to Jesus, 'We know you will leave us. Who is going to be our leader ...
Recognising World Disability Day in Kenya
Kenya -- Within the Jamat, there is a significant number of people that live with some form of disability, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, and mental illness. Like everyone, this group of individuals have their own uniqueness, which needs to be understood and embraced. It can be done in an environment that promotes equality, inclusiveness, and mutual ...
Aga Khan Foundation's TKN volunteer pools making global impact
TKN -- How long does it take for someone on one side of the world to affect an initiative on the other side of the world? How much time should one contribute to making an improvement to a large-scale process? How can one share the knowledge they have acquired through years of education and experience with an agency that has the ...
Ekphrastic poetry by Afraaz Mulji
Poems of Silence explore the beauty and poignance of Silence. Painful Silence: They lower their personages into the chairs, wooden with no embellishment, utilitarian. The chairs accept the burden without the ...
VIDEO: Islam: An Illustrated Journey
Travelling through more than fourteen-hundred years of the history of Islam, from formative era to its place in the modern world, the book explores the many social and cultural landscapes of Arabia, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Central Asia, China, the Americas and Europe where Islam was adopted and took root. Islam: An Illustrated Journey ...
The State of Your Attention Determines the State of Your Life
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- UNMISTAKABLECREATIVE.COM -- Everything in life has an opportunity cost. The opportunity cost of distraction is time, energy, and effort that would otherwise be spent on activities that have that potential to change your life for the better. The one that has the most significant impact on your ability to manage your attention is your technology environment.... If there are thousands of inputs competing for your attention you end up going one mile in a thousand directions as opposed to going a thousand miles in one. ...
Why Attention is the Currency of Achievement
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- UNMISTAKABLECREATIVE.COM -- Shallowness and Distraction vs. Focus and Depth ... With depth, we experience a different kind of joy, a kind that sustains carries, and inspires us to put pen to paper, brush to canvas, and commit to the expression of our soul's calling whatever form that might take. In a state of depth we create and make our dent in the universe. In a state of shallowness, we spectate instead of create; we're on the sidelines instead of in the game. ...
GOAL: Sport for Social Change
Al-Shams Women FC and Gilgit-Baltistan Girls Football League joined hands with Right to Play and Women Win for a special project titled " Sport for Social Change" that took place in ...
IPN Build Live Virtual Event: Married Co-Founders on Building a Company Together
Live Virtual Event: Married Co-Founders on Building a Company TogetherWHEN : Sunday, January 27th 2019 at 3pm Central Standard Time, USA. Click Here To Attend The Live Virtual Event About the ...
Zainub Verjee: For Love or Money
By Zainub VerjeeAccording to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), an artist is either a professional or a hobbyist, which raises broader questions about whether art should be valued because it can ...
Afghanistan: AKDN Diplomatic Representative Calls On Deputy Foreign Minister
January 21, 2019, KABUL-- Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Mr. Idrees Zaman met with the Diplomatic Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) Ms. Nurjehan Mawani this morning. Ambassador ...
On women's shoulders
RT.COM -- Most able-bodied men leave the poverty-stricken former Soviet country of Tajikistan to seek employment in Russia, where they can earn eight times as much as at home. This leaves the small, mountainous landlocked country's tough-as-nails women to eke out a living tending cattle in the mountains. Join RTDoc as we explore the lives of these women as they work collectively ...
Imam al-Mu'izz: "Whoever presents a tenth of what al-Nu'man has accomplished, I guarantee him paradise ..."
The foremost Ismali jurist and founder of Fatimid Ismaili legal system, al-Qadi al-Nu'man was born in 903 in Qayrawan, North Africa, into a learned family. He entered the service of Fatimid Caliph-Imam al-Mansur in 925, serving the Fatimids for fifty years until his death in 974. Named after the Prophet's daughter, the Fatimids, Mawlana Hazar Imam's ancestors, established their empire in ...
Nankhatai: Popular Indian Snack
By Sultan Jessa MONTREAL - Quebec: Nankhatai is fast becoming a favourite snack with tea time around the globe. Nankhatai is derived from a Persian word naan, which means bread and ...
Farah Nasser: Life handed you lemons. Did you make lemonade?
When you're given the opportunity to live out your dream, you typically take it, right? Ten years ago Farah Nasser was offered the opportunity of a lifetime, one that would have ...
Nizamuddin Rezahi: "From Poverty to Prosperity - The power of intrinsic motivation"
Nizamuddin Rezahi is a Head of HR for Central Asia at Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Tajikistan. Born on 31 December 1988 in a poor neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nizam came ...
Egypt: Minister of Antiquities cooperates with Aga Khan Foundation to restore monuments
CAIRO - 23 January 2019: Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anani convened with the director of the Aga Khan Cultural Services Foundation in the Ministry of Antiquities' headquarters on Jan. 22 to discuss ...
The Shape of Light
LIVE WEBINAR -- AKDN -- WHEN: Monday 28 January 2019 6:00PM London (GMT); 1:00PM New York/Toronto (EST); 12:00 Noon Chicago/Houston (CDT); 10:00AM Vancouver (PST); 11:00PM Karachi (PKT)/Dushanbe (TJT); 11:30PM Mumbai (IST). WHERE: On-line from the Aga Khan Centre, London. Light is an essential element in Islamic architecture. For more than fifteen centuries, design strategies were developed all over the Islamic World to radiate, filter, refract, redirect, magnify, focus, conceal, and altogether mystify light. Speaker Nasser Rabbat is the Aga Khan Professor and the Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT. Attend online via the link the end of the page. ...
Emerging Leaders Recognized for Making a Difference
United States -- Agile, talented professionals who engage with their communities are celebrated globally for their accomplishments. The 40 Under 40 award provides a platform for recognition of these young men and women who are making an incredible difference in their communities, cities and beyond. This platform is utilized by various distinguished institutions, be it academic in nature, financial or with ...
In historic visit to Islamic City of Marawi in Philippines, His Highness the Aga Khan vehemently rejected notion that modern education diminishes sharpness and deepness of our faith
Background Marawi, in the Phillipines island of Mindanao (which is commonly referred to as Southern Phillipines), has been home to a colorful culture where objects made by brassware makers, drum carvers and weavers have attracted hundreds of visitors to the town. Predominantly Muslim, the city was in 1980 named as the Islamic City of Marawi. It may be noted that the ...
Alice Wairimu Nderitu: 2017 GCP Award winner
As a child growing up in rural Kenya, Alice Wairimu Nderitu used to climb up into the branches of a large tree to eavesdrop. Below her was a group of elders gathered to deliver justice on matters concerning the community. As Alice watched them come to consensus from her perch, she decided that one day, she would be one of those ...
Sujana Veeramachaneni: Teacher at the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad
At the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, Sujana Veeramachaneni holds more than her official titles of biology teacher and Assistant Coordinator for the Diploma Programme (DP), science teacher for the Middle Years Programme, and dorm parent. Sujana also ensures her students see her as a friend, mentor and pillar of support. From her side, Sujana believes that she and other staff can ...
