Gillani elected to Freddie Mac board of directors
BY SULTAN JESSA Aleem Gillani has been elected to the board of directors of Freddie Mac early this month. He is the son of Mithoo and Nabat Gillani of Calgary, Alberta. ...
Ally Adnan: The History, Art and Performance of Qawwali
Video in Urdu language Karachi, Pakistan: On January 3, 2019, Aga Khan University hosted a special lecture series titled "The History, Art and Performance of Qawwali". Ally Adnan, a well-known writer, ...
VIDEO: Crash Course -- Dangers of Rapid Modernization of Early Muslim Colonies
Part 5 of a synopsis of the first section of the fifth chapter in Karen Armstrong's book "Islam: A Short History" on the impact that Western expansion had on Islam. This video looks at the dangers that rapid modernization posed to Muslim societies and thoughts on how to facilitate modernization efforts. ...
VIDEO: Ali Asani -- Ismaili Ginans of South Asia
Ali Asani, professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures at Harvard University, introduces the ginans, hymns of wisdom of the South Asia's Ismaili communities, and their most important themes, including their ritual and performative contexts and the manner these have been impacted by a variety of political, social, and religious influences in colonial and postcolonial South Asia. ...
This village in Pakistan generates its own electricity!!
While the country faces a major power crisis Ahmedabad has electricity 24-7. Ahmedabad is a small village in Gilgit Baltistan and their community-run micro hydropower station was built in 2008 by ...
VIDEO: Share Your Holidays Food Drive
The Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center (IJKC) in Sugar Land was transformed into a bustling site on December 7, 2018, as countless individuals made their way to donate thousands of pounds of food. For the third consecutive year, IJKC hosted the annual ABC 13 Share Your Holidays Food Drive where over 100 I-CERV volunteers gather to help collect, package, and transport over 30,000 ...
The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme: Transforming Cities, Transforming Lives
Date: Wednesday, January 9 to Friday March, 29, 2019 @ District Architecture Centre (421 7th St NW, Washington, DC, USA) FREE and open to public. The District Architecture Center is pleased ...
The Ingenious Botanist in the Mountains of Tajikistan
Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis and Maude Plante-Husaruk ((), both filmmakers, were researching their upcoming trip to Central Asia when they first heard a man named Raïmberdi talk about plants. "We stumbled upon a ...
Academia's Rejection of Diversity
NYTIMES.COM -- New research also shows that academia has itself stopped short in both the understanding and practice of true diversity: the diversity of ideas ... A team of scholars from six universities studying ideological diversity in the behavioral sciences detail a shocking level of political groupthink in academia: for every politically conservative social psychologist in academia there are about 14 liberal social psychologists.... Improving ideological diversity is not a fundamentally political undertaking. Rather, it is a question of humility.... Having people around who think differently thus improves not only science, but also character. ...
Between Discipline and Chaos
QUILLETTE.COM -- A common fear of 19th century thinkers, [was] the encroaching conformity of modern life: democratization, industrialization, the homogenization of opinion through the distribution of newspapers.... To resist requires many virtues, but above all the courage to dissent and the wisdom to innovate.... But as things stand, individuality is blunted just as the 19th century thinkers predicted it would be, and already was. Mill said of the best and brightest of his day that they "dare not follow out any bold, vigorous, independent train of thought ..." And here we are today, most grievously in our universities, where these trains of bold thought are lost ...
@alykhanxyz: Five Amazing AKDN Projects from Around the Globe (2018)
By Alykhan A, Consultant at Aga Khan Development Network Working for the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Central Asia, an apex agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has, and ...
Roxana Jaffer: Are You A Sustainability Leader?
Speaker: Roxana Jaffer @ 10th Annual Sustainable Development Congress. UAE Dec 2018 Humanity must protect the Whale who is in danger of 'plastication'. Today, she stressed, the need for returning favours ...
Misaq-e-Ishq: The Covenant of Love
The Ismaili Centre, London, The Aga Khan Museum and The Harvard Club of the UK present: Misaq-e-Ishq (The Covenant of Love) Harvard Professor Ali Asani, Pakistani singer and author Ali Sethi, ...
Muslim Cultures in the Indian Ocean: Diversity and Pluralism, Past and Present
This conference aims to explore the diversity of Muslim cultures prevalent in the Indian Ocean region where, historically, Muslims have interacted for centuries with each other and with other peoples and ...
Do not try to satisfy your vanity by ...
AZQUOTES.COM -- "Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire." -- Anatole France ...
Explore the hidden treasures of Burma through the lens of Muslim Harji
Thursday January 17, 2019 from 12:30- 1:30 PM @ Atwater Library and Computer Centre1200 Atwater Ave, Westmount, Quebec, Canada. For the Atwater Library Lunchtime Series, world traveller and photographer Muslim Harjigives ...
JollyGul.com"Must Watch, Must Listen Jan 2019" @jolly_gul @ithinksound @TheLandAsunder
JollyGul.com "Must Watch, Must Listen Jan 2019" recommendation of music produced by our community members is out. These videos or audio picks could be very current or from the recent past ...
Exploring ekphrastic poetry with Alnoor Rajan Talwar and Afraaz Mulji @RealisticPoetry @AgaKhanMuseum
This is a poetic form Alnoor Rajan Talwar and Afraaz Mulji have explored called ekphrastic poetry, based on other people's art works. The Chapel Lurking in the shadows, our salvation and ...
Hazrat Ali: "reflection gives life to a heart of an insightful individual just as light protects those walking in the dark..."
Throughout the ages, and in most faiths and traditions, earthly light is understood as an image of eternal light. It is the most esteemed visible image by which the invisible God can be represented in the temporal world. O Mankind! Certainly a proof (burhan) has come to you from your Lord, and We have sent down to you a manifest light ...
@MECPKenya: Sowing the seeds of potential- Amina Mwitu's story
"I can talk to them, and say: I'm no different from you. I also grew up without shoes. And here I am today. I can actually sit on this other side, ...
On the Time We Have Left with the People Who Matter Most to Us
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- UNMISTAKABLECREATIVE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Click the gear icon to turn on English subtitles in the video at the end.] ARTICLE: We take the time we have left with the people who matter to us for granted. We assume there will always be tomorrow ... We might think we have years, but when you add up the actual time, it turns out only to be days.... We accumulate fans, followers, subscribers, and visitors to websites as if those are worthwhile metrics to measure the quality of our lives ... prioritizing attention over connection, and vanity over value. ...
December 2018 -- Jamat's Choice: Most Popular Articles & Videos
Ismaili Digest Exclusive for DECEMBER 2018 -- 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.
Dr Shahbudin Rahimtoola: In Memoriam of a Distinguished Cardiologist
Eminent cardiologist and scholar Dr Shahbudin Rahimtoola passed away recently on December 9th, 2018 at his residence in Palos Verdes Estates, California. He was popularly known globally for his contribution to ...
Global News: How you can eat healthy, and save money this new year- @Desiliciousrd
Tasha Kheiriddin of Global News radio is joined by Shahzadi Devje, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator based in Toronto to talk about how to grocery shop healthily while on ...
250,000 Dominoes - The Incredible Science Machine: GAME ON!
YOUTUBE.COM -- 250,000 Dominoes were toppled at Zeal Credit Union's Incredible Science Machine: Game On! This event features 3 new US domino records: largest domino field, largest domino structure, and largest overall domino project in America. 19 builders from 5 countries spent 7 days (over 1,200 combined hours) building the Incredible Science Machine. ...
Your elusive creative genius
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- TED.COM -- Elizabeth Gilbert shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.... "In the deserts of North Africa, people used to gather for dances of sacred dance and music ... and once in a while, very rarely, something would happen. A performer would actually become transcendent ... people knew it for what it was ... they would start to chant, "Allah, Allah, Allah." ... When the Moors invaded southern Spain, they took this custom with them and the pronunciation changed from "Allah, Allah, Allah," to "Olé, olé, olé," ... a glimpse of God." ...
The Akhbaar Newsletter - Volume 11 - December 2018
Pakistan -- The December issue of our Newsletter The Akhbaar is now available. Read it online right here on the Pakistan microsite of The Ismaili. Click on the image below for to browse the latest edition with news of events from all over Pakistan and all our regular features. ...
Leadership Training Program
United States -- With the mission of inspiring and empowering new leaders, the inaugural cycle of the Leadership Training Program (LTP) was launched in Houston, on November 2018. Forty participants, selected from across the United States, participated in the training that was organized by the National Council. The program was conducted in partnership with the Canadian National Council, which has been ...
Dr. Daniel Beben on Why He Became an Ismaili and His New IIS Book, "The First Aga Khan - Memoirs of the 46th Ismaili Imam" | Ignition Interview
An exclusive Ignition Interview with Dr. Daniel Beben, Professor of History at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. IIS recently published his book, co-authored with Dr. Daryoush Mohammad Poor, a translation of "The First Aga Khan, The Memoirs of Imam Hasan Ali Shah". Though born and raised in the USA as a Roman Catholic, in 2009 Dr. Beben chose to become an Ismaili. In our interview, he shares his thoughts on religious education, his insights and suggestions on how we can strengthen the Ismaili community, and his motivations behind becoming an Ismaili.
Part 22: New Collaborations | Aga Khan Studs History
AGAKHANSTUDS.COM -- After many decades of success standing homebred stallions, the Aga Khan Studs widened their horizons from 2010 through a series of partnerships, allowing their Irish and French studs to stand some of the world's best reproductors. Sea The Stars marked the racing world in 2009 when he remained unbeaten to win six Group 1 contests including the Epsom Derby and Prix de l'Arc ...
Building a path to IMARA
United States -- When 19-year-old Zill Momin thinks back to childhood trips with her father to the IMARA warehouse, there is something she can't quite put her finger on. "Being a girl growing up I would go occasionally to the IMARA warehouse with my dad, she remembers, "but it wasn't as open an option...I wanted to go, but something was holding ...
Born with a passion for service
United States -- Born as a premature baby at Winnie Palmer Hospital, Miami, Maya Tharoo weighed only one pound and fourteen ounces with a height of twelve inches. Maya's journey into this world began with a surgery on her small intestine which required her to remain at the hospital for 110 days. She believes she owes life to the excellent care ...
Nonpartisan Candidate Forum encourages dialogue and civic engagement
United States -- Nine days before the 2018 midterm elections, the Ismaili Jamatkhana in Norcross, Georgia, hosted a Nonpartisan Candidate Forum for Georgia House of Representatives and State Senate candidates. Sixteen candidates, equally representing the Republican and Democratic parties, shared their viewpoints with over 200 attendees from the wider community. The candidates represented the northern suburbs of metro-Atlanta in Gwinnett and ...
TEDxSugarLand Features Inspiring Stories
United States -- The TEDxSugarLand event helps spread big ideas and elevate inspired citizenship in the Houston area. For the third year, the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center hosted this event in October, on the theme, "Local Ideas, Global Influence." Speakers with diverse backgrounds were invited to share their stories on how their ideas and passions have made a global impact. Whether ...
Share Your Holidays Food Drive
United States -- The Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center (IJKC) in Sugar Land was transformed into a bustling site on December 7, 2018, as countless individuals made their way to donate thousands of pounds of food. For the third consecutive year, IJKC hosted the annual ABC 13 Share Your Holidays Food Drive where over 100 I-CERV volunteers gather to help collect, package, ...
Family searching for lost camera, final images of woman killed in Smokies
"To the person who has this or finds this -- you can keep the GoPro, you can keep all of the accessories, all we want is the footage," Moosa wrote in ...
Hujjat al Haqq (Proofs of the Truth) Poems by Afraaz Mulji
The reflecting pools of light incandescently Shimmer, smiling with Infinite grace at the moon. Refracting, translucent azure spaces Showers of streaking rain mingle with the light from the angular dome. Who ...
The problem with mimicking successful people
OZANVAROL.COM -- Mimicking others isn't just an innocuous exercise. In so doing, we let ourselves off the hook. We tell ourselves that if we only had the right "tactic, routine, or habit" of a "world class performer," we'd be all set. Hence the recent Internet obsession with people's routines, as if the right routine were the only missing piece of an otherwise complete puzzle. We pretend that copying from success stories is an acceptable strategy, so we don't put in the hard work required to pave our own path. ...
Rahim Ladha explores the human side of PR and the power of words
What's the single most important piece of advice you've ever received about working in PR? The best PR minds that I have had the good fortune to know all possessed a ...
Watson Institute's Podcast Series: Forging the Ideal Educated Girl @SkhojaMoolji
From The United Nations' 'Decade of the Girl-Child' to the White House's 'Let Girls Learn,' investing in education for girls has become a global priority. On this episode of Trending Globally, ...
