VIDEO: Tawfique Bin Rizwan
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VIDEO: Aamra Obdhut
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VIDEO: Samir Karimo
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VIDEO: Fatima Rajwani
Jubilee Arts -- Country: Tanzania Performance: Voice Showcase: Celebration ...
VIDEO: Nazish Bana
Jubilee Arts -- Country: United Kingdom Performance: Creative Arts Showcase: Celebration ...
JollyGul.com: GINANS-ON-DEMAND
JollyGul.com has just launched a new Ginans-On-Demand service which caters specifically to the preference of those who wish to listen only to ginans without music, as recited in Jamatkhanas. The ginans ...
VIDEO: Nizar Sunderji
Jubilee Arts -- Country: France Performance: Creative Arts Showcase: Marvel ...
VIDEO: Humza Folk
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VIDEO: Shaheen Chino Khan
Jubilee Arts -- Country: United Kingdom Performance: Voice Showcase: Marvel ...
Ugandan Jamat embraces diversity and pluralism
Uganda -- The Jamat in Uganda consists of a blend of East and West, with Ismailis having settled in Uganda from various parts of the world including Belgium, Canada, India, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom. The various Jamati institutions in Uganda have drawn strength from this diversity and the knowledge and experience it brings, and have organised a number of initiatives ...
Shiraz Ramji: I am a Fruit Tree
This is the story of Shiraz Ramji: activist, pacifist, life-long student, poet, and SFU celebrity. Shiraz Ramji is currently the director of the Edmonds Seniors Society, and has long been affiliated ...
Bilkis Vissandjee: Women in Global Health Francophone List
The visibility and recognition of women as leaders and experts in global health remains a challenge. We too often witness panels of men and gender imbalanced scientific gatherings and other meetings ...
Zabeen Hirji: Prepare now for the workforce of the future
By Zabeen Hirji, Stephen Harrington If the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) conjures visions of robots taking over human jobs, this is not surprising. It is a widespread image. Countless media ...
Does the way we grow bananas in nature have anything to do with religion?
By Easy Nash: Science and Religion in Islam: The Link- www.gonashgo.blogspot.com On a plate, a single banana seems whimsical--yellow and sweet, contained in its own easy-to-open peel. It is a charming ...
Aleppo Travel Video
YOUTUBE.COM -- EXPOZA TRAVEL -- Sturdy walls and gates protect the ancient historic city of Aleppo in Syria.The narrow lanes in the old town, and its many historic buildings, have retained all the character and charm of a mediaeval metropolis. The city has a flourishing economy which is mainly due to its favourable location at the junction of several important trading routes. ...
Book Review of Mansoor Ladha's Memoirs of a Muhindi: Fleeing East Africa for the West
By NIZAR MOTANI --------------- Memoirs of a Muhindi: Fleeing East Africa for the West By Mansoor Ladha, 252 pp. University of Regina Press, CDN$ 23.15 (at Amazon), Kindle Edition CDN$ 11.19 --------------- Since the word Diaspora is encountered in many written accounts and conversations, the author has, thankfully, shed light on it. "In Greek, ...
Rihla: from Roots to Dreams entertains audiences across Canada
Canada -- Audience members at Calgary's Jack Singer Concert Hall were taken on a musical journey as Rihla: from Roots to Dreams completed its cross-Canada performance tour on 21 December 2018. The show, featuring four main elements - dance, music, drama, and film - was based on the Canadian Ismaili community's journey from Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah's Diamond Jubilee in 1946 ...
ALLAHU ALLAHU: Live Rendition by Udan Khatola
Farhan Shah and his band Udan Khatola on their official Facebook page recently released video of Allahu Allahu song that they had performed live at Jubilee concert in Dubai earlier this ...
Remembering Mirza Ghalib on 221st birth anniversary
Islamabad, Pakistan: The 221st birth anniversary of classical Persian and Urdu poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib was observed on Thursday. Mirza Ghalib, the last great poet of the Mughal era, is ...
Forbes: How to Prepare Commercial Real Estate for Premises Liability
By Ali Jamal When it comes to premises liability claims, in general, the onus is on a business or property owner to ensure reasonable care of the premises. When proven negligent, ...
Zool Suleman: Asylum in Canada explained
"Canada doesn't have a refugee crisis. Canada has a crisis of will in terms of what we want to do," says refugee and immigration lawyer Zool Suleman about the influx of ...
6 holiday recipes to borrow from cultures around the world
Think of the foods that typically grace your holiday table. What comes to mind? The traditional holiday dinner is often portrayed as a roast bird with all the fixings, but that's ...
Montreal's "adventure man" concerned about deaths and injuries while scaling Africa's highest mountain
BY SULTAN JESSA MONTREAL - Quebec: An avid world traveler is troubled by people getting into problems and sometimes sacrificing lives trying to scale the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest ...
Novice Ismaili photographer never leaves home without his camera!
"I shoot when something arouses my interest," Al'audin Maherali of England, U.K BY SULTAN JESSA Montreal - Quebec: An Tanzania-born novice photographer never leaves home without a camera. "I take photographs ...
VIDEO: Zahra Jamal -- Muslim Ethics at intersection of Food and Faith | Chautauqua Institution
Zahra Jamal began her inaugural lecture with a joke: On Judgment Day, a diverse group of people is standing at the big, pearly gates of heaven. The Lord first asks the group to divide themselves into two smaller groups: those who have fed the hungry and acknowledged the bounty of God at meal time, and those who have not... ...
A New Way to Become More Open-Minded
HBR.ORG -- HARVARD -- Benjamin Franklin knew he was smart -- smarter than most of his peers -- but he was also intelligent enough to understand that he couldn't be right about everything.... For decades academics have argued in circles about the definition of open-mindedness, and what might make a person become less or more open-minded.... Recently, however, psychologists have given us a better way to think about open-mindedness -- and quantify it. The breakthrough happened when researchers started playing with a concept from religion called "intellectual humility." ...
What the Left and Right Can Learn From Each Other
AREOMAGAZINE.COM -- The kinds of political polarization we are seeing today have been detrimental to us all. Too often we assume our opponents have nothing to teach us, and we have thereby remained deaf to their wisdom. I don't believe we all need to agree. Political polarization can be useful, provided it encourages us to critically reflect upon our own assumptions, and produce persuasive and powerful counterarguments. It is therefore time we began listening to one another, if only to strengthen our own arguments. ...
Diversity within a common humanity
Global -- In our globalised world, people of different national, cultural, religious, and linguistic backgrounds interact with each other more and more every day. In such a world, the need for a generous outlook that allows us to live in mutual respect and harmony becomes more important than ever before. After all, the Holy Qur'an states that all of mankind has ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
YOUTUBE.COM -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. Quote #1 - "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." Quote #2 - "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ...
Real Life Heroes Compilation - Restoring Faith In Humanity - Try Not To Cry Challenge 2017
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM]-- YOUTUBE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: 10 minutes of heart warming kindness, in keeping with the spirit of Christmas Day. Pay it forward.] ARTICLE: A compilation of real life heroes doing powerful acts of kindness 2017. I hope your faith in humanity restored, try not to cry. If you enjoyed our real life hero compilation please like and share to inspire people to do ...
Al-Naysaburi expanded on Fatimid Imam al-Mansur's concept of Imamat
A prominent Ismaili scholar and writer of the early eleventh century, Ahmad b. Ibrahim al-Naysaburi worked during the time of Imams al-Aziz (r. 975-996) and al-Hakim (r.996-1021). Although not much is know about his life, according to his works, he seems to have come from Nishapur in Khurasan (modern-day northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and northern Afghanistan); he was well-versed in history, ...
VIDEO: Coro Ismaili de Portugal
Jubilee Arts -- Country: Portugal Performance: Voice Showcase: Marvel ...
VIDEO: Team Ilahi
United States -- Country: United States Performance: Dance Showcase: Reflection ...
Historic Book Collection Finds A New Home in Sandton, South Africa
December 21, 2018 by Fakir Hassen A collection of over 3 000 books by leading writers from across the globe, amassed over six decades by members of the Keshavjee family, descended ...
