New York, USA, 18 October 2017 - His Highness the Aga Khan speaking on pluralism and accepting the Champion for Global Change Award at the 2017 United Nations Global Leadership Dinner. ...
Why should we recall Rahim today? In our polarised world where Hindi and Urdu are placed respectively in Hindu and Muslim camps, Rahim disrupts the neat order ... by Syeda Hameed ...
By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com Platinum Jubilee of Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III Platinum is a soft, ductile and silver-white metallic element. The Spanish scientist Antonio de ...
Fri, 3 Nov 2017 at 9:00 AM Ismaili Centre 49 Wynford Drive North York, Ontario M3C 1K1 Canada Picture this. A region where our world-class diversity is both celebrated and valued. ...
The Aga Khan University School of Media and Communications (GSMC) has partnered with the Media Council of Kenya (MCK) to study how new technologies have impacted journalism. The research aims to ...
His Highness the Aga Khan, Mawlana Hazar Imam, shares a light moment with his followers at the Diamond Jubilee Darbar in Kampala, Uganda on October 10, 2017. Photo: The Ismaili/Zahur Ramji. Ismailis gasp in delight at announcement of Mawlana Hazar Imam's visit to Canada in November 2017 By MALIK MERCHANT (Editor) Note: Pertinent and meaningful material to prepare for Mawlana Hazar ...
India -- Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding with Mahbubnagar District Collectorate and Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion (CDFI) Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding with Mahbubnagar District Collectorate and Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion (CDFI) to launch the Benefit Entitlement Tracking Solution (BETS), a digital pilot project to track the delivery of ...
Global -- The Leaders' International Forum (LIF) announced Friday that Mawlana Hazar Imam will visit Canada in November this year. In addition to presiding over the inaugural Global Centre for Pluralism (GCP) Award ceremony in Ottawa and attending meetings of the GCP Board, Mawlana Hazar Imam will meet with Eastern Canada Jamats in the jurisdictions of the Councils of Ontario, Ottawa, ...
Jubilee Arts -- Jubilee Arts is a new international programme to be established during the Diamond Jubilee year to celebrate the Jamat's vast artistic skills and cultural traditions. Whatever your creative passion -- painting, architecture, filmmaking, dance, or musical performance -- Jubilee Arts will unleash these talents and celebrate them in countries all over the world. If you are an established ...
His Highness the Aga Khan, Mawlana Hazar Imam, at the Dar es Salaam Darbar in October 2017. He will grace the Eastern Canadian Ismailis with his didar in November 2017. Ismailis gasp in delight and shed tears of joy at announcement of Mawlana Hazar Imam's visit to Canada in November 2017 By Malik Merchant, Editor (Note: We will have regular updates ...
"A lot of my work is very much about building imaginary museums, to talk about what is not captured, what is lost, what is not represented, what has kind of disappeared in the quicksand of history... I want to encourage the viewer to imagine artifacts from their own lives that could have a place in the museum -- but because of various ...
Listen to what Henry Kim, Director and CEO of the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, says on re-inventing the role of museums today. ...
Ali Jan Damani shows us how the cataloging should be done for Khojki manuscripts. ...
On 2nd November 2017 at 18:00 GMT, the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) presents: Islamic Pop music is a growing popular cultural phenomenon. Some artists ...
By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com Diamond Jubilee of Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III It was initially pronounced as 'dimund 'joobu`lee, meaning "an anniversary celebrating the passage of ...
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The movie, Afghanistan: Hope Takes Root, presents the conservation and cultural work of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) since it became active in Afghanistan in 2002. Source: ...
New York, USA, 18 October 2017 - His Highness the Aga Khan speaking on pluralism and accepting the Champion for Global Change Award at the 2017 United Nations Global Leadership Dinner. ...
"The Aga Khan is a wise practitioner of this brand of diplomacy [of sharing knowledge across borders and disciplines]. He appreciates that the success of our increasingly interdependent world is based on people of many faiths, cultures and values expressing tolerance, openness and understanding towards others. The depth of His Highness' commitment to diplomacy and pluralism is profound. I know this ...
Dr. Keshavjee, a member of the Board of Governors at IIS, and author of "Into that Heaven of Freedom: The impact of apartheid on an Indian family's diasporic history," on the untold story of the struggle for equality in South Africa that took place during the 20th century and in its wake produced two moral giants, Gandhi and Mandela. ...
"The fireworks went up into the sky, the images of the green and red flag, popularly known for many years as 'My Flag' appeared. The crest of the Imam appeared. Then archangels sent down diamonds as Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah appeared in the scales being weighed in diamonds. It was most spectacular and awe inspiring. At age 90, Kulsumbai says, "I ...
By: Kamrudin A. Rashid Forodhani Park in Zanzibar was inaugurated by His Excellency Dr. Amani Abeid Karume, then the President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and His Highness ...
Success Story of Aiva Labs-Hamilton led by ADNAN and SAROSHA By: Alauddin Hemraj Adnan Somani and Sarosha Imtiaz Team behind the Success Story of Aiva Labs! Our beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) ...
Al-Kareem Visram is ensuring his aquatics colleagues don't just practice traditional first aid at the pool, but mental health first aid as well. When you think of pool safety, mental health ...
Harvard Faculty Panel and Liberal Arts Education Workshop in Dubai at the Ismaili CentreHarvard Professor Ali Asani emphasizing the importance of tolerance during the moderated discussion at the Harvard Faculty Panel ...
SFU's Faculty of Applied Sciences, in partnership with the Surrey School District, is launching a new tech camp for girls this summer. And now, thanks to a generous donation from one ...
By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com Golden Jubilee of Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III Donning the mantle of Imamate in 1885, Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah had completed 50 ...
Program will be implemented in provinces of Takhar, Badakhshan, Kunduz and Bamyan in the next three years. -- Seyed Jalal Shah, executive director of the Aga Khan Foundation Netherlands' ambassador in ...
United States -- At three, Pasha Ali is already racing into the record books.At three, Pasha Ali is already racing into the record books.Pasha races on balance bikes, two-wheeled bicycles that have no pedals and no training wheels. And for the last year, he has been racing in the 2017 Strider Cup, an international competition where two, three, four and five-year ...
United States -- Henrico county, located in the greater Richmond region, is the fifth largest county in Virginia, one of the oldest in the US, and is one of the more diverse counties in the region.Henrico county, located in the greater Richmond region, is the fifth largest county in Virginia, one of the oldest in the US, and is one of ...
A reassessment of Mongol-Nizārī contacts: It is a well-known fact, that the Mongol Empire played a decisive role in the collapse of the Nizārī State. As a consequence, the memories of Mongol-Nizārī contacts in later Classical Persian tradition preserved a rather negative image where the Nizārīs are represented as persecuted Iranian Shi'i subalterns of the invading Mongols. ...
Mosques: Splendors of Islam Written by Leyla Uluhanli, Foreword by Prince Amyn Aga Khan, Introduction by Renata Holod Pub Date: October 31, 2017 Category: Architecture - Buildings - Religious Publisher: Rizzoli ...
Alykhan Bhanji - Age: 28 - Community, Social Activist and Volunteer. Alykhan (Al) Karim Bhanji strives for equality with grace and style. He is a man beyond himself, so humble and ...
By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com The word jubilee is derived from the Hebrew yobel, meaning ram's horn. In the ancient time, the jubilee was proclaimed by blowing of the ...
Afghanistan -- The Ismaili Council for Afghanistan established two Elderly Care Centres in Kabul in 2011, now hosting 85 Male and Female elderly residents. The project was undertaken in response to the Golden Jubilee goal of taking care of the elderly members of the community. After establishment of these Centers, instructors have organised a number of learning sessions for residents, including ...
Global -- Mawlana Hazar Imam visited Tanzania from 11 to 12 October 2017. Articles:Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives in TanzaniaMawlana Hazar Imam grants Darbar to Jamat in TanzaniaMawlana Hazar Imam departs Tanzania Videos:Video: Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives in Tanzania ...
United States -- From participating in the American Cancer Society's walk for breast cancer to volunteering at the Richmond Folk Festival, I-CERV volunteers from the Northeast gathered on October 15 to engage in acts of community service.From participating in the American Cancer Society's walk for breast cancer to volunteering at the Richmond Folk Festival, I-CERV volunteers from the Northeast gathered on ...
The Aga Khan Development Network is a contemporary endeavour of the Ismaili Imamat to realise the social conscience of Islam through institutional action. The Network brings together a number of agencies, institutions, and programmes that are aimed at improving the living conditions and opportunities in regions of the developing world. ...
