[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- YOUTUBE.COM -- "Hidden Figures" is the incredible untold story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson -- brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the Space Race, ...
Introduced by ABDULMALIK MERCHANT Ways of Seeing and Ways of Knowing - A conversation with Zainub Verjee As one of the anchor programs of the Jubilee International Arts Festival in Lisbon, International Art Gallery was located at the famous Portuguese National Pavilion. My experience visiting the Gallery was captivating. Led by Zainub Verjee, the Director of the International Art Gallery, her ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- Riddle 01: The "No Escape" crime - No windows, a closed door... nothing but your deduction skills can help you in this classic mind teaser. Riddle 02: Murder or suicide? How did he solve it? Riddle 03: The Dead Captain - The captain is dead! The murderer is certainly still on the boat, but can you figure out who is lying? ...
The national finals of Iqra, the Diamond Jubilee Qir'at competition organised by the Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Board for Pakistan (ITREBP), were held in Islamabad Serena Hotel. Qir'at, or Quranic recitation, is a skill that encompasses memory, pronounciation and intonation. Aftab Alam, Saliha Saleem and Erum Karim achieved first place in level one, two and three respectively. The competition was ...
News story -- Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World, by Raficq Abdulla and Mohamed Keshavjee, is a new publication which describes how sharia developed in the context of Muslim history, with all the vicissitudes that any law is subject to. Consisting of 13 chapters, the book includes a discourse on topical and pertinent issues such as human rights and corporal ...
Jabir ibn Hayyan (d. ca 815) was born in Tus, Khurasan, in modern-day Iran. He subsequently moved to Kufa, in Iraq, where he became a student of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (d. 765), who had widespread reputation as a religious scholar and was also proficient in natural sciences, mathematics, philosophy, astronomy, anatomy, alchemy, and other subjects. He founded the Imami Shi'i Ja'fari ...
Many regions in the world record a youth unemployment rate twice as high as adults. To address this trend, and mindful that employment gains are often driven by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), AKDN supports the conditions for SMEs to thrive, including the provision of electricity, market system development and other necessary infrastructure. It has also directly supported over 63,000 people ...
Afraaz Mulji - aka Maestro Mi - is a nineteen-year-old multi-instrumentalist and composer. Born in Tanzania, currently living in Montreal, Canada. He considers himself a world citizen; an ambassador for pluralism ...
"Caravans of Gold" is the first major art exhibition to address the global reach of West Africa in the medieval period. The exhibition will open at the Northwestern Block Museum of ...
Sumptuous jewels and ornaments from Mughal India are displayed alongside paintings of courtly life at the Aga Khan in Toronto. Source: www.apollo-magazine.com - Apollo Magazine Founded in 1925 and published monthly, ...
ISMAILIWELLSPRINGS.WORDPRESS.COM -- The imam's ta'lim lights the murid's path to spiritual enlightenment and vision. In temporal matters, the Imam guides the murids, and motivates them to develop their potential. (The Preamble to Ismaili Consitution) It was essentially a reformulation of an old Shii doctrine of long standing among the Ismailis, namely, the doctrine of ta'lim or authoritative teaching by the imam, that the ...
United States -- Twenty-four youth from Long Island and New York Jamatkhana were presented with this award, signed by the President of the United States, at a ceremony on June 30, 2018 at Great Neck Library, Long Island. The President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) is a national award that recognizes community service by "encouraging citizens to live a life of service ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam with His Excellency President Michael Higgins of Ireland and his wife Sabina Mary Coyne at their official residence Áras an Uachtaráin. His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV is visiting Ireland after the holding of the Nations' Cup at the Dublin Horse Show ...
Native of Karachi, both singers hail from Gilgit-Baltistan. Ismailimail has introduced Natasha Baig and Asfar Hussain in the past. The two exceptionally talented singers with unique voice quality, are participating in ...
Global -- His Excellency President Michael Higgins of Ireland and his wife Sabina Mary Coyne, today received Mawlana Hazar Imam at their official residence Áras an Uachtaráin. The occasion honoured Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee, which concluded last month. The two leaders expressed their commitment to working together to support sustainable development and the strengthening of civil society, and of human resource ...
The editor's dilemma is what to select from hundreds of photos that are made available through the kindness and generosity of a passionate and great photographer. Montreal's Muslim Harji has contributed significantly to this blog since the commencement of the Diamond Jubilee as well as to its sister blogs, simerg and simergphotos, over the past 8 years. We have selected the ...
India -- The Global village program (GV), an initiative of the National Task force for Jamati programs and activities, was conceptualised with a view to bring the Jamat together through role plays designed to encourage self-reflection about our own prejudices and biases and to showcase the cultural diversity within the Jamat through a traditional costume display, films and dance performances particularly ...
India -- 'Trip to Lisboa' named PHOTOGRAPHY floor was recreated with photo panels, information desks, tour guides and photographers, on 8th June, 2018, Sunday at 12pm, in the Garden Housing Society, Hyderabad. 'Want to go to Lisbon? Be ready the flight takes off on 8th June, 2018, Sunday at 12pm. Remember, Do Not Carry any Luggage.' These messages, pinned on the ...
INDEPENDENT.CO.UK -- Richard Smith, who edited the British Medical Journal for more than a decade, said there was no evidence that peer review was a good method of detecting errors and claimed that "most of what is published in journals is just plain wrong or nonsense".... Dr Richard Horton, Editor of The Lancet, wrote in an editorial that "much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue" ...
AGAKHANSTUDS.COM -- Colonel Hall-Walker, (later Lord Wavertree), a Liverpool businessman who had established his stud at Tully in County Kildare, bred the winners of seven English Classics and, by gifting his bloodstock during World War I, provided the genesis for two National Studs. Yet his greatest contribution to upgrading the thoroughbred was to introduce at the turn of the century a young Indian Prince, ...
India -- Aga Khan Health Board for Mehdipatnam celebrates Diamond Jubilee Health Week.The week that began with fitness activities and laughter therapy continued with mothers planning healthy diet for their toddlers.Topics like dealing with depression and ill-effects on consumption of tobacco were brought into light. Seniors of the Jamat were delighted with the sing along sessions while adults got to revisit ...
Dublin, Ireland, 11 August 2018 - His Excellency President Michael Higgins of Ireland and his wife Sabina Mary Coyne, today received His Highness the Aga Khan at their official residence Áras an Uachtaráin. The occasion honoured the Aga Khan's Diamond Jubilee which concluded last month. The Aga Khan, whose family's engagement with Ireland's equine industry and related economic development spans three ...
Academic Article -- Introduction Just over a century after the Fatimids had established their caliphate in North Africa in 297 AH / 909 CE, and four decades after the transfer of their capital to Cairo in 362 AH / 973 CE, the Abbasid caliph al-Qadir bi'llah (r. 381-422 AH / 991-1031 CE) issued what became known in Muslim historiography as the Baghdad ...
Professor Denis (Denny) Anthony Mitchison (1919-2018) Leading Pioneer of Twentieth-Century Research on Tuberculosis By Amina Jindani MD. FRCP Scientific Advisor - World Without TB, Coordinator INTERTB St George's, University of London.Professor ...
Cook with a dash of flavor and a pinch of health! Presented by Aga Khan Health Board for the United States of America. ...
Cook with a dash of flavor and a pinch of health! Presented by Aga Khan Health Board for the United States of America. ...
Cook with a dash of flavor and a pinch of health! Presented by Aga Khan Health Board for the United States of America. ...
Cook with a dash of flavor and a pinch of health! Presented by Aga Khan Health Board for the United States of America. ...
Cook with a dash of flavor and a pinch of health! Presented by Aga Khan Health Board for the United States of America. ...
True life history in 1897 as Africa unfolds to the conquests of foreign domination 19 years old Jivraj Pradhan ventures into wild Africa in 1897 when the European countries were scrambling ...
Cook with a dash of flavor and a pinch of health! Presented by Aga Khan Health Board for the United States of America. ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan VI is indelibly associated with one of the grandest Derby wins, 35 years ago. Shergar's rampaging 10-length victory ended in one of the great racing tragedies - his kidnap and disappearance. The current spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims has captured Flat racing's defining event with Shergar, Shahrastani, Kahyasi, Sinndar and now with Harzand. ...
YOUTUBE.COM -- These are ITV live broadcast pictures of the 1981 Derby but with commentary by the late, great, Peter Bromley for BBC Radio 2 & the World Service. If ever a commentator painted a picture of a race, this was surely the greatest masterpiece of all! ...
United States -- In celebration of Eid ul-Fitr, Ismaili volunteers came together across the country to serve their communities to mark the end of Ramadan. In celebration of Eid ul-Fitr, Ismaili volunteers on the West Coast, led by the Aga Khan Youth and Sports Board, helped 10 food banks in 10 cities to pack and distribute over 910,000 meals. The food ...
She is 14 years old, O'level 9th standard student. Kanza loves to sing, write poems and stories. ...
Nutrition Centre -- Healthy Hints Khao Suey is a noodle-based dish traditionally made with a chicken or beef stew and a coconut-flavoured curry. However, to reduce the amount of saturated fat and calories, this wholesome rendition is made with Greek yoghurt and chicken. This version is also lower in sodium, since the spaghetti does not have added salt. Instead, both curries ...
Shereen Ladha sat down with The Huffington Post Canada to talk about her journey and roots in the Canadian community trying to pursue dance. She talks about the importance of preserving ...
I first started working in tech ten years ago. I remember everything about my first start-up. The joys of developing and launching new things, that at that time were revolutionary and ...
Amin Maredia is a merchant descended from a long line of farmers, a business leader who was also a beancounter, and a health food giant who started in the kitchen of ...
Ismaili Digest Exclusive for JULY 2018 -- Each month enjoy the most popular new articles and videos viewed by the Jamat from over 25 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.
