SOUND OF THE GLOBAL SOUL - The Ruhi Project Concert
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 ...
Medieval Forts Restored as Spectacular Hunza Valley Builds Its Future
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. ...
Lecture: Of Historicity and Historical (un)Truth in Contemporary Iranian Art
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 ...
Ali Jamal: Learning, Leading, and Serving
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: Journalist from Gilgit-Baltistan Shortlisted for the Foreign Press Association Media Awards 2018
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 ...
The flourishing of science in Islam
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 ...
Shellyza Moledina Sajwani: University of Toronto Pharmacy student reflects on rotation in Uganda
"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: Afghanistan born Ismaili Muslim wins New Hampshire (USA) election
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 ...
VIDEO: Hussein Janmohamed -- Choral Music: The Road to Harmony and Peace | TEDxTerryTalks
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. ...
VIDEO: Who Speaks for Islam -- What a Billion Muslims Really Think | Gallop
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. ...
October 2018 -- Jamat's Choice: Most Popular Articles & Videos
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.
Upgrading the Quality of Life in Urban Environments across the Muslim World
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. ...
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: World Mountain Forum 2018- Event highlight (Video)
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 ...
Gulshan Bai- Shelina Shariff-Zia
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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[Nov 9]Today in history: Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah delivered the inaugural lecture to Iran Society
"...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 ...
"Explorations of the Absurd" by Afraaz Mulji
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 ...
Afghan Jamat celebrates World Teachers' Day
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, ...
20 Voltaire Quotes to Improve your Rational Thinking
[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. ...
Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT wins the Mohamed Makiya Prize for Architecture
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 ...
Stars seize Iranian imagination -- especially of women
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. ...
Playing a key role in the establishment of the UCA Library
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 ...
Malik Talib: The 2018 VanMag (Vancouver) Power 50 List
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, ...
Raising Learning Outcomes: the opportunities of ICT for learning
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 ...
The paradox of instant gratification
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 ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam Aga Khan IV: "mutual understanding and respect do not come naturally; they must be taught"
"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 ...
Aga Khan Museum: Inspiring Attendees Through Art
Video courtesy Freeman Audio Canada: As part of the world's largest brand experience organization, Freeman Audio Visual uses the power of technology to make meaningful connections with a multitude of audiences ...
The Aga Khan Music Initiative: Preserving, transmitting, and developing cultural heritage
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) ...
Nighedaasht mHealth app wins global award
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 ...
Event: A Place of Miracles- Talk and Book Launch by Lee Hilling
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 ...
AKU: 21st National Health Sciences Research Symposium
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 ...
Khalil Andani: Video- Ismailism as a Scholarly Category in Islamic Studies Shi'i Studies Symposium 2018 Chicago
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 ...
Sujjawal Ahmad: The Idea of Monorealism
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 ...
Aga Khan Scouts and Guides in the UAE celebrate the birthday of Chief Scout Prince Amyn Muhammad
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 ...
World-famous trumpeter entertains drivers stranded on Highway 1 in Alberta
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 ...
Why Doctors Reject Tools That Make Their Jobs Easier
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 ...
The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen
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 ...
Understanding the Aga Khan's Speech in History by Hussein Rashid
[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. ...
Part 13: European Derby Successes | Aga Khan Studs History
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 ...
4 rare photos of His Highness the Aga Khan at Dar es Salaam's Aga Khan Boys Secondary School
Introduced by ABDULMALIK MERCHANT This is a collection of 4 rare pictures from Dar es Salaam that (Alwaez) Ali Rajabali shared with me during my visit to Vancouver. They should be of immense interest to students who are in the photos, especially the first group photo in which they are pictured with their class teachers and members of the Aga ...
A tribute to Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III
Today (Nov 2, 2018), on the birth anniversary of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III, Ismailimail brings to its readers few news articles and social media messages from different publications. ...
