SCOOPWHOOP.COM -- Africa is an intriguing place. From apartheid to independence, from wars to freedom, from epidemics to development, from jungles to cities; the continent has come a long way in recent times. The place is like a person, growing old and learning things along the way. It is through these experiences that Africa has provided the world with some brilliant philosophies ...
THEATLANTIC.COM -- Much of what medical researchers conclude in their studies is misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong. So why are doctors--to a striking extent--still drawing upon misinformation in their everyday practice? Dr. John Ioannidis [Professor of Medicine, of Health Research and Policy and of Statistics at Stanford] has spent his career challenging his peers by exposing their bad science.... To say that Ioannidis's work has been embraced would be an understatement.... Last year he received, by his estimate, invitations to speak at 1,000 conferences and institutions around the world ...
Canada -- Rihla: A Journey from Roots to Dreams. Through dance, voice, music, drama, and multimedia, this touring production will take the audience on a journey from Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah's Diamond Jubilee, through to Mawlana Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee. Rihla tells the story behind our Jamat's "Canadian Mosaic" exploring the rich diversity of cultures and languages through stories of migration, ...
I cite Hazrat Ali's words so that you may understand the spirit in which I have attempted to fulfill the mandate left to me as the 49th hereditary [Ismaili] Imam after ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- WIRED.COM -- "The scientists had these elaborate theories about what was supposed to happen," Dunbar says. "But the results kept contradicting their theories...." Perhaps they hoped to see a specific protein but it wasn't there. Or maybe their DNA sample showed the presence of an aberrant gene. The details always changed, but the story remained the same: The ...
[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- YOUTUBE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Highly recommended!] ARTICLE: Are you an intellectual? Ibram Kendi breaks down what it really means. His message will make you reconsider everything you knew about intelligence and productivity. ...
GOOGLE.COM -- ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISMAILISM, 2006 -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: In the early centuries, the day of Ghadir Khum was an occasion all Muslims celebrated. In Egypt, the Fatimid Imams officially sanctioned it as an Eid and adopted it as a court ceremony.] ARTICLE: The Prophet left Medina for performing his farwell pilgrimage on Saturday, the 25th Zilkada, 10. He reached Mecca ...
Asma Ladak has been selected for the Telenor Youth Forum as one of the two delegates from Pakistan. She will be representing the country at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony this ...
Hussein particularly enjoys working with children, saying that it is a "priceless gift" as it brings out his inner joy and a sense of liberation. There is a distinct difference in ...
The palace-city of Samarra, capital of the former Abbasid Caliphate, was home to an advanced industry of glass production and trade, according to a new study. Located in Iraq about 125km ...
[Excerpt] The artist and designer said: "Working with the simple tools of compass and ruler to create such complex and beautiful designs brings the student a wonderful feeling of accomplishment. "When ...
TED.COM -- It happens to all of us: you unsubscribe from an unwanted marketing email, and a few days later another message from the same company pops up in your inbox. Comedian James Veitch turned this frustration into whimsy when a local supermarket refused to take no for an answer. Hijinks ensued. ...
(The post celebrates Id-e-Ghadir, a major festival in the Shia calendar which falls on 18th Dhul-Hijjah, Tuesday, August 28, 2018). For our highly acclaimed series "I Wish I'd Been There", we invited historians, authors, and educators as well as our readers to be fly on the wall and answer the question: What is the one scene, incident or event in Ismaili ...
It is striking in this regard that nearly one-third of internationally recognised World Heritage sites are in the Muslim world, but like most such sites in the developing world they are ...
Work on renovation of Chihil Sutun - Forty Columns - Palace, a cultural heritage from the 19th century, has been completed. The palace was built by Abdur Rahman Khan who was ...
Initiative Brings Arab Art to New York Museums The most extensive exhibition will take place at the Brooklyn Museum. Their show, "Syria, Then and Now: Stories from Refugees a Century Apart," ...
In the world premiere of their Misaq-E-Ishq show at Aga Khan Museum, Ali Sethi, Noah Georgeson and Ali Asani showed the spiritual depth of Sufi love songs. The Misaq-E-Ishq performance started ...
The historical cores of most Indian cities can be restored through conservation efforts Having lived for more than 40 years in the South Delhi colony of Nizamuddin I naturally feel great ...
When I joined the Aga Khan Foundation in the U.S. as a Programs Fellow in September 2015, this was the last place I imagined myself: driving through a mountainous backroad in ...
Yasmin Karim's article which looks at Diamond Jubilee from both the physical and spiritual lens. All related More... ...
Pir Sadardin and Hanif Gulamani make the heavenly drums roll. Ginan by Pir Sadardin. Recited by Hanif Gulamani Ginan with music - Aasamaanee tambal. Special Introduction by Hanif's niece, Yasmin. Aasamaanee ...
A conversation with Dr. Karen Armstrong -- an internationally acclaimed scholar and bestselling author of numerous books. She discusses her insights on compassion, the Golden Rule, nationalism, materialism, cosmopolitan ethics, religious literacy, the future of religion, perceptions of religious people, religious institutions, personal search, and her vision for the future. Published for The.Ismaili
United States -- Atlanta's Ismaili Muslims marked the festival of Eid-al-Fitr by honoring public safety and civic leaders of DeKalb and Fayette counties at an Appreciation Tea, hosted at the Ismaili Jamatkhana. Appreciating and honoring the service of police, fire and emergency personnel, along with county and city officials, school teachers and administrators, faith leaders and neighbors, was a wonderful way ...
Named after the Prophet's daughter, the Fatimids established their empire in 909 in North Africa when Imam al-Mahdi was proclaimed Caliph. The Fatimid Caliphate remained in North Africa during the reign of Imams al-Mahdi (r. 909-934), al-Qa'im (r. 934-946), and al-Mansur (r. 946-953). In 973, Imam al-Mu'izz (r. 953-975) transferred the capital of the empire to Cairo, a city he founded. ...
THE.ISMAILI -- Scroll through pictures and descriptions of all the main events of Mawlana Hazar Imam's Imamat. ...
EDWARDFESER.BLOGSPOT.COM -- EDWARD FESER -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Relativism asserts there are no absolute truths, or no universal ethics or morals. In 2006, Hazar Imam called relativism "unprincipled." Though long, we strongly recommend this article.] ARTICLE: Someone says something like "Well, it's a matter of opinion" or "Who's to say?", this may not be intended to imply that there is no objective fact of the matter about which view is correct. ...
AGAKHANSTUDS.COM -- Eight years later Cos achieved a still more remarkable success. It was a cool October afternoon in 1930 when Rustom Pasha, the second produce of Cos, and already winner of the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown, lined up at Newmarket for the last great weight-for-age race of the season, the Champion Stakes. His opposition included such fine Classic winning contemporaries as Diolite (2,000 Guineas), ...
Watch the highlights from the Civic Opening Ceremony of the Ismaili Jamatkhana Cedar Park on August 7, 2018. ...
Dr Farouk Topan is the Director of the recently launched a Kiswahili Centre that is part of AKU's new Faculty of Arts and Sciences. "We are just at the very beginning of ...
Nafeesa Karim assumes a unique anchor and co-producer role for weekend editions of CTV NEWS AT SIX and CTV NEWS AT 11:30. In this newly created role, Karim will assist with ...
Karim & Henna Budhwani: The A-List Couple - Making A Better World For the past 20 years, Karim Budhwani has been honed in on innovation and how it can change business, science ...
RICE Events: August 30, 2018 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm - Herring Hall, Room 100 Religious organizations have often been tapped for support after natural disasters; and following Hurricane Harvey, they are ...
Gulzar was born in Mombasa, Kenya on March 26th in 1936. Her mother had gone to the Rajan family home to be cosseted and pampered for the last months of her ...
Monday, October 15, 2018 - 12 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - Joukowsky Forum An Islam and the Humanities lecture and book talk, in Forging the Ideal Educated Girl, Shenila Khoja-Moolji traces ...
[19/95] The new Aga Khan, seated at center, and former Prince Karim, grandson of the late Aga Khan, sits among his followers of the Ismaili Muslims in Bombay, India, Aug. 20, ...
I have spent the last month in Central Asia, a part of the world that has always seemed unreachable. Unreachable until the opportunity arose to volunteer with the University of Central ...
Frugal Innovation Forum 2017 - Workshop: ECD and Play as we believe ...
Interested in being a speaker at this year's TEDxDonMills or know someone who is? The theme this year is Designing Tomorrow. Listen to the organizer's message at the source. Source: TEDxDonMills ...
A two-and-a-half day conference to enable an interactive knowledge exchange with talented Ismaili professionals, the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference starts September 28-30, 2018 at Hyatt Regency DFW, Dallas, Texas. The conference ...
VIMEO.COM -- BABAK TAFRESHI -- Mount Kilimanjaro, the roof of Africa, under stunningly starry skies of Amboseli at the border of Kenya and Tanzania. The main peak , Kibo, reaches 5,895 m (19,341 ft) and the smaller one Mawenzi is 5,149 m (16,893 ft) high. It means the moon in Swahili and in several scenes it is gently lit by the moonlight. ...
