Regional cooperation and a commitment to pluralism are key to a country's national development and stability, says Aga Khan Geneva, Swtzerland, 28 November 2018 - His Highness the Aga Khan, speaking at the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, today reaffirmed his "enduring commitment to Afghanistan, and, most importantly, to its peoples". The Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Among his writings are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel". Quote #1 - "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." Quote #2 - "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." ...
United Arab Emirates -- A Four- day workshop, entitled Skills Incubator for the youth aged 13 to 18 years, was held at the Ismaili Centre Dubai in August 2018. Experienced professionals from the community presented insights into various topics on leadership, entrepreneurial thinking, practical money management and additional key soft skills required for a successful career. Day 1 began with an ...
United States -- Our quality of life depends on the decisions we make for our health. These decisions are based on the knowledge we possess about preventive measures for non-communicable diseases and cancer, awareness of mental health conditions, and the importance of nutrition and exercise. Without this knowledge, it is difficult for us to make well-informed decisions about our health. The ...
JollyGul.com is an independently run website which is a human curated search engine for all types of Ismaili music - ginans, qasidas, geets, contemporary and more. The principle goal is ...
A sister to Zarkava among Deauville draft. The Aga Khan Studs will present a quality consignment of 29 fillies and broodmares at Arqana's forthcoming Breeding Stock Sale. The draft features a host of blue-blooded individuals, including half-sisters to Group 1 winners ZARKAVA, Clodovil, DARJINA and Darsi, a daughter of Group 1 winner SAGAWARA and also fillies and mares out of half-sisters ...
Dr. Habib Kurwa was recently featured as Alberta Health Services Doc of the Week. Dr Kurwa is dermatologist that specializes in treating skin cancer, specifically Mohs' micrographic surgery and photodynamic therapy. ...
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The first revelation to Prophet Muhammad was about knowledge and learning. The value placed on knowledge in the Qur'an and Prophetic Tradition became the foundation for the development of education among Muslims. Initially, mosques were places of learning. However, as the demand for learning grew, new institutions of higher learning emerged, including the madrasah (colleges) and the jamia (universities). Originally teaching ...
OZANVAROL.COM -- 1. It often takes a beginner's mind to enable revolutionary changes.... 2. If you do anything new, the world will try to beat you into conformity.... Fosbury was no ordinary athlete. He was a contrarian. He prided himself on disrupting conventional wisdom, taking risks, and exploring new possibilities.... A newspaper called him "The World's Laziest High Jumper." ... Fans often laughed at him ... The laughs eventually turned into cheers when he took home Olympic gold -- doing the exact opposite of everyone else. ...
United Kingdom -- The Ismaili Centre London hosted a reception and launch event last month for the newly released book Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World published by I.B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS). The book encourages new thinking about the history of sharia and its role in the world today. Based on years ...
Mosques: Splendours of Islam challenges our conceptions of what a mosque might look like. In his foreword, Prince Amyn Aga Khan writes: "These experts illustrate how mosques express the needs and ...
The multiple Group 1 sire was 21. It is with great sadness that the Aga Khan Studs announce the passing of SINNDAR at the age of 21. A Group 1 winner at two and crowned European Champion Three-Year-Old in 2000, SINNDAR (Grand Lodge) remains the only horse to have won the Derby, the Irish Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de ...
Islamabad, 26th Nov, 2018: Income and productivity are up for more than 8,000 farmers in Baltistan - for some as much as 40 percent. This is just one of several achievements ...
By Sabine Scheppe, Johnson & Johnson Global Community Impact Secondment with Aga Khan Foundation East Africa This year, I'll be seeing World Children's Day through new eyes. When I first learned ...
What is happiness? Far too many of us spend much, if not all, of our lives putting the needs of others before oursleves. Existing from day to day in fear, feeling ...
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Canada -- Prince Amyn attended an event at the Aga Khan Museum on 22 November, where a new donor wall was unveiled to acknowledge friends, patrons, and supporters of the Museum. During his remarks, Prince Amyn, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Museum, reminded guests of the Museum's ambition: "a vision for a more connected, pluralistic world forged through ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- TED.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: 54 million views and essential viewing for all."] ARTICLE: Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.... "Kids will take a chance. If they don't know, they'll have a go. They're not frightened of being wrong.... If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.... And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity. They have become frightened of being wrong.... We stigmatize mistakes." ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- THECONTEMPORARYHOMESCHOOLER.COM -- More and more of Boston's smartest families are opting out of the education system to homeschool their children. Is this the new model for creating elite kids? ... Education expert Dr. Susan Berry states, "The high achievement level of homeschoolers is readily recognized by recruiters from some of the best colleges in the nation. Schools such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Stanford, and Duke University all actively recruit homeschoolers." ... In India, a homeschooled girl's entry into MIT has sparked great interest in homeschooling among education circles in the South Asian giant. ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- STANFORDMAG.ORG -- STANFORD UNIVERSITY -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Though written in 2000, Stanford's focus on homeschoolers as expanded to most top tier universities.] ARTICLE: Among the nation's elite universities, Stanford has been one of the most eager to embrace homeschoolers.... So why is the University interested? Admission officers sum it up in two words: intellectual vitality.... Homeschoolers is one way to get more of those special minds, the admission office has discovered. "The distinguishing factor is intellectual vitality," says Reider [Senior Associate Director of Undergraduate Admission]. "These kids have it, and everything they do is responding to it." ...
By Andrew Kosorok The Minaret of Freedom Institute was founded in 1993 as an educational touchstone and resource, dedicated to expanding the minds of both Muslims and non-Muslims alike. From the ...
Seneca's Event Management, Event and Exhibit Design students learned how challenging an event installation can be. Working under the creative direction of Professor Marta Urbanowicz (with support from Professor John MacBride), the ...
AGAKHANSTUDS.COM -- The late Aga Khan III tasted Classic success within two years of his first European winners in 1922. He won the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket with Diophon, the St. Leger at Doncaster with Salmon Trout, and the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly with Pot Au Feu. Twelve months later he had his first Classic win at The Curragh with Zionist in ...
Ali Jan Damani's submission for the "2nd International Conference on Sindh Studies: Indus Valley Cultural Heritage: New perspectives and Challenges". His abstract is entitled "Gināns (The extent of Islamic legacy in ...
KARACHI: The importance of public schools in ensuring quality education for all children and the role of the private sector in strengthening the public education system was in focus at the ...
News story -- IIS held its third Shi'i Studies conference entitled, The Renaissance of Shiʿi Islam in the 15th-17th Centuries: Facets of Thought and Practice, from 3-5 October 2018 at the Aga Khan Centre. The Shi 'i Studies conference investigated and evaluated the intellectual contributions of Shi'i Muslims during this complex period. The 15th century marked a renaissance for the Ismaili and ...
Portugal -- The Ismaili Centre Lisbon hosted an evening reception for the World Leadership Alliance - Club of Madrid last month. The event included a special viewing of Prince Hussain's photographic exhibition The Living Sea. Former heads of state and government, and key personalities from around the world gathered at the Ismaili Centre for a reception organised by the Aga Khan ...
"We are celebrating 110 of Canada's highest achieving women in diverse fields," said Sherri Stevens, CEO of WXN. "All 110 are role models for the generations who will follow - which ...
Pakistan -- The Rays of Light exhibition is set to open in Pakistan shortly, with the Jamat eager to view the acclaimed audio-visual depiction of the work of the Imamat over the last 60 years. This interactive exhibition features over 250 rare photographs along with engaging videos and multimedia clips, all of which provide extensive insights about the Ismaili community's history ...
Watch the keynote address on The Confluence of Mysticism and Messianism in Islamic Theosophy (Irfan) in the 15th-17th centuries, delivered by Prof. Gerhard B Gerhard Böwering on 3 October, 2018 at the Aga Khan Centre. ...
Watch the keynote address on The Shi'i Milieu of Post-Mongol Iran delivered by Dr Farhad Daftary on 3 October, 2018 at the Aga Khan Centre. ...
Dar es Salaam -- The Aga Khan School of Nursing and Midwifery has initiated a training programme-Respectful Maternity Care-with a view to providing skills to nurses, midwives and clinical officers in ...
FLICKR.COM -- At the fruit and vegetable market, Salamiyah, Syria ...
FLICKR.COM -- From the flour market and sheep market to the bakery, watching the bakers make the finest dough and create mini-pizzas topped with spicey toamtoe sauce or chopped lamb with herbs. Delicious! ...
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