On September 28-29, 2018, a special programme was hosted at the Aga Khan Centre in London for major supporters of its three resident institutions: the Aga Khan University, the Aga Khan Foundation-UK and The Institute of Ismaili Studies. The event was attended by Prince Amyn Aga Khan and Princess Zahra Aga Khan and more than 350 donors and supporters from around the world. ...
President Firoz Rasul articulates the impact that AKU has had in its 35-year history in educating leaders, raising standards, and in serving the disadvantaged, including the Chancellor's vision that will inform the future of AKU. He points out that since 1983, almost US$1.9b has been raised. US$590m from donors, and 90% of that came from the Ismaili community. ...
This concert has something for everyone, young and old, whether you are a musician, dancer or avid listener an fan of the performing arts, or you just like music. You will ...
NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM -- Beneath the Karakoram Mountains--some of the world's tallest--winds the Hunza Valley of Pakistan, lined with fields and orchards. Once, Hunza was ruled by a prince, or Mir, first from the fort Altit, founded 1,000 years ago, and later, from the nearby Baltit Fort, also centuries old. In disrepair by the late 20th century, both forts have undergone major restoration work. ...
Date: Sun, Nov 18, 2018 01:00 PM at Aga Khan Museum (Toronto) Join Dr. Talinn Grigor as she explores the visual culture of the Qajar and Pahlavi eras. By examining the ...
Nothing describes the values championed by Stablegold Hospitality CEO Ali Jamal better than the slogan that defines one of Marietta's most impactful youth organizations - Youth Empowerment through Learning, Leading, and ...
Gohar Abbas from Hunza district of Gilgit-Baltistan has been shortlisted for Foreign Press Association Media Awards 2018 for his story Heaven and Hell: ancient Silk Road barter trade continues. Gohar works ...
Global -- As patrons and promoters of the entire spectrum of human knowledge, historic Muslim societies laid the foundations for a flowering of culture and learning, the impact of which would be felt across the Islamic and wider civilisations for centuries to come. From the first revelation of the Message of Islam, knowledge was seen as a central facet of the ...
"It's not about the grade anymore it's about the learning" St. Mary's Hospital Lacor, commonly known as Lacor Hospital, is based just outside Gulu, the largest city in Northern Uganda. The ...
Safiya Wazir, born in Afghanistan won New Hampshire's House of Representatives seat in recently held elections in USA. A Democrat, Safiya Wazir, 27, a mother of two who escaped Afghanistan as ...
Hussein Janmohamed is a dynamic choral conductor, composer and community music educator and is recognized as a leader in choral music for community building, cultural development and inspirational leadership. He is the co-founder of the Vancouver & Canadian Ismaili Muslim Youth Choirs. He has conducted choirs for audiences across Canada and in the presence of the Aga Khan. ...
In a discussion, host Ray Suarez interviews author Reza Aslan (No god But God; How to Win a Cosmic War) and Dalia Mogahed, Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies and co-author of the groundbreaking book: Who Speaks for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think. This program draws upon Ms. Mogahed's book and reveals major findings. ...
Ismaili Digest Exclusive for OCTOBER 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.
LIVE WEBINAR -- AKDN -- Registration Required -- Date: Thursday, November 22, 2018; 6:00 PM London (BST); 1:00 PM New York (EST); 10:00 AM Vancouver (PST); 11:00 PM Karachi (PKT). Dr Mohammad al-Asad, architect, architectural historian and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of the Built Environment in Amman, will talk about how architecture, planning and contemporary creativity enhance and affect both quality of life and sustainability in a range of Muslim contexts at the Aga Khan Centre, London. Co-produced by AKU's ISMC and AKTC. ...
Almost one billion people live in mountain areas, accounting for 13% of the world's population. Mountainous regions are particularly sensitive to the effects of global and climate change, jeopardising many of ...
I was watching a rerun of "I love Lucy," on our tiny black and white TV when I heard footsteps outside and a loud knock on the door. "Shela, Shela, open ...
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"...in this world, we have a soul which has a life of its own in its appreciation of truth, beauty, harmony and good against evil... Anwari, Nizami, Mawlana Rumi, Saadi, Qa'ani and a host of others...each in his own way gave a message to mankind. But the fundamental point of each message if carefully studied is that man's greatest of all ...
The highest attainment this album seeks to inspire, is the ultimate liberation and enlightenment that occurs when you simply "let go". When you Abandon all attachments and then simply exist in ...
Afghanistan -- The Women's Committee of the Ismaili Council for Afghanistan hosted an event on 8 October 2018 in Kabul to coincide with World Teachers' Day. The day's programme brought together over 80 students and 10 volunteer teachers from various Jamatkhanas across Kabul. Attendees participated in a range of activities throughout the day, and students penned a number of essays, stories, ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- GOALCAST.COM -- #8: If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.... #1: It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.... #5: Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.... #10: Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. ...
Tamayouz Excellence Award is delighted to announce the winner of the 2018 Middle Eastern Architectural Personality of the year, given to individuals and organisations, the Mohamed Makiya Prize for architecture. The ...
ALJAZEERA.COM -- Women in Saadat Shahr have even sold their jewellery to help science teacher Asghar Kabiri realise his dream of building an observatory.... Most of Iran's astronomers are the faces of the future: they have an average age of 19 and are 60% female, Tafreshi said ... "In the United States most astronomers are middle-aged and very few are women," Simmons said. ...
TKN -- Karim Marani's TKN journey with the University of Central Asia (UCA) began in March 2013 when he received a call to determine his interest in contributing to the design of the university's academic library. This was in preparation for UCA's inaugural undergraduate programs across three campuses in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. Karim has an undergraduate degree in Library and ...
Eighteen years into our annual power ranking, it's clear that it's not just the names on list that change and shift over time, but our definition of power itself. In 2018, ...
Research ~ The opportunities and challenges of ICT for learning RAISING LEARNING OUTCOMES WITH UNICEF, AGA KHAN EDUCATION SERVICES AND AGA KHAN FOUNDATION, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Innovation Unit in partnership with Aga ...
OZANVAROL.COM -- The line stretched as far as my 10-year old eyes could see. I had never seen a line that long for anything-let alone a movie. It was 1991. My father and I were standing outside on a cold Istanbul afternoon waiting for tickets to see Terminator 2. He had promised to take me to see the hottest new Hollywood action flick, and ...
"We believe that any educational endeavour must prepare young people for the world that lies ahead and its inherent uncertainties. It is clear that what students know is no longer the most important measure of the quality of their education. The true test is their ability to engage with what they do not know and to devise solutions, using their capacity ...
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Global -- Often referred to as a universal language, music provides a common theme to bring people together. Intended to entertain, educate, and inspire thought; music also has the ability to inform listeners about the diversity of artistic expression, and by extension, the diversity of peoples and cultures. Through the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, the Aga Khan Music Initiative (AKMI) ...
An innovative mobile health application, Nighedaasht, which has helped expand access to vital maternal and neonatal health services in remote areas of Pakistan, has won a prestigious award at the Commonwealth ...
The Aga Khan University (Pakistan) is organising a small talk and a book launch by an eminent author Lee Hillingon November 6, at 4:00 pm at AKU main auditorium. At the ...
Karachi, November 3, 2018: The Aga Khan University (Pakistan) will host the 21st National Health Sciences Research Symposium for three days from November 9, 2018. The theme for this year's event ...
The University of Chicago holds a Shi'i Studies Symposium each year focused on a topic. The 2018 Symposium was about Sectarianism. Khalil Andani presented a paper titled Ismailism: The Sectarian Construction ...
The idea of Monorealism implies that there is only a single Absolute Reality - everything else only a relative reality. This view implies that the Absolute Reality cannot be considered as ...
United Arab Emirates -- The Chief Scout of the Ismaili community Prince Amyn Muhammad, Aga Khan, celebrated his 81st Birthday on 12 September 2018. The Aga Khan Scouts and Guides of the UAE commemorated this day with a day full of celebrations, where there was volunteering activities and a cake-cutting ceremony. Jamati leaders distributed certificates for achievement, and a film was ...
PONOKANEWS.COM -- Drivers stuck on a closed stretch of Highway 1 in Alberta had a musical experience they won't soon forget. The highway between Canmore and Banff, blanketed in heavy snow, was closed for more than eight hours on Tuesday afternoon after a reported crash involving a tractor-trailer. Footage posted on social media shows traffic at a standstill. But as the truckers and travellers ...
SCIENTIFICAMERICAN.COM -- From the thermometer's invention onward, physicians have feared -- incorrectly -- that new technology would make their jobs obsolete. I want to tell you about a brouhaha in my field over a "new" medical discipline three hundred years ago. Half my fellow doctors thought it weighed them down and wanted nothing to do with it. The other half celebrated it ...
TEDSUMMARIES.COM -- TEDX ORANGE COAST -- Dr. Daniel Amen speaks about the intersection of medical imaging and psychiatry. He and his colleagues have been using brain SPECT imaging: A tool used to help psychiatrists understand more about imaging. For the past 22 years they've built the largest database of brain scans related to behavior. Shockingly, psychiatrists are the only medical specialists that ...
[H/T SAHIL BADRUDDIN] -- STATEOFFORMATION.ORG -- Although the Aga Khan is speaking in the moment to concerns of the moment, the fact is that he is continuing a centuries-old push to create a more just and fair society, one that has to be predicated on individual, human interaction.... As the Imam, or Divinely appointed head of the community, it would be a mistake to read his comments as a concern for the moment ... During this span of time of the [Ismaili] Imamate, the message has been amazingly consistent. ...
AGAKHANSTUDS.COM -- Meanwhile, in France in the 1980's, the Aga Khan won three stagings of the Prix du Jockey Club with Darshaan, Mouktar, and Natroun. The best of these horses was Darshaan, according to the compilers of the International Classification. In the hands of Yves Saint-Martin, Darshaan wore down Sadler's Wells by one and a half lengths with Rainbow Quest half a length away ...
