USA -- Riaz Patel is an Executive Producer/Director with NBC Universal in Los Angeles, currently making non-fiction television shows The beginning of a film career Riaz Patel moved with his family as a young child from Karachi to West Virginia, and then to Maryland. His father had been a physician on four continents, and after he passed away, Riaz discovered letters ...
Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, seen holding one of the two 19th century porcelain vases presented to him by Ismaili leaders on behalf of the global Ismaili community on the occasion of his 85th auspicious birthday on December 13, 2021. Photo: Fernando Costa / IPL via The Ismaili. Compiled and Prepared by MALIK MERCHANT Publisher/Editor Simergphotos, Simerg and Barakah ...
By MALIK MERCHANTPublisher/Editor Simergphotos, Barakahand Simerg The Bellerive Room at the Aga Khan MuseumThe Bellerive Room at the Aga Khan Museum houses Islamic ceramics from the collection of the Late Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan and his wife Princess Catherine. The room is a replica of the original room, see photo below. Photo: Aga Khan Museum. During my frequent walks at Aga ...
Mawlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III (r. 1885-1957) established a research institution, the Ismaili Society, in 1946 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, for the study of all matters connected with Ismailism. Imam employed Wladimir Ivanow (1886-1970), the pioneer of modern Ismail studies, to undertake this task. On 1 January 1931 Ivanow began working at the Ismaili Society. (About Ivanow and ...
Lisbon, Portugal, 25 December 2021 - Prince Rahim met with His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, at the Presidential Palace. At the meeting, Prince Rahim conveyed to the President and the people of Portugal Season's Greetings and best wishes for the new year. The President and Prince Rahim acknowledged the strong relationship between the Ismaili Imamat and Portugal ...
Global -- In which time zone will The Ismaili TV ring in 2022? All of them, of course! The Ismaili is pleased to announce special programming to celebrate the start of a new year as One Jamat. In a unique celebration lasting 24 hours, we will ring in 2022 in 22 different time zones to mark this occasion with the global ...
Message from National Council President - 2021 Jamati Survey ...
Portugal -- On 13th December 2021, Ismaili's around the world celebrated Mawlana Hazar Imam's 85th birthday -- an occasion to reflect on the unique spiritual bond that links each murid to the Imam-of-the-Time. Throughout history, Ismaili Muslims have been led by a living, hereditary Imam-of-the-Time descended from the progeny of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) through his ...
TKN -- The first health institution built by Aga Khan Health Services in present-day Pakistan was a 42-bed maternity hospital in Karachi that dates back to 1924. In Gilgit, the first maternal and child health centre was set up in 1974. While maintaining that early focus on maternal and child health, Aga Khan Health Services, Pakistan (AKHS,P) also offers services that ...
"It is an honour for me to have been invited here today to participate in the inauguration of this important international seminar and I have welcomed the opportunity because the issue of improving the living conditions of the poor has long been of the deepest concern to me, just as it was to my grandfather, Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah Aga Khan. ...
USA -- "Let's fulfill and mean the term, 'One Jamat' in its true sense, by not marginalizing us, feeling sorry for us, or only remembering us once a year during Special Needs Awareness Week. Instead, be open to including us, welcoming us, accommodating us in every event, as all we seek is love." - Students of the Dallas Creative Learning Center. ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de #Paris (Sciences Po) on 15 June 2007. Read the full speech here: For more about the Aga Khan Development Network, visit ...
In this Aga Khan Museum/YMCA Mindfulness and Education session, the self-change and self-transcending "project" in life is reframed as part of the constant flow and constant observation of mindfulness meditation. We don't have to make ourselves change as much as observe the changing that is ongoing and that often follows a naturally intelligent course. This perspective builds on self-befriending, where practice and ...
Son of Shamardal leading the two-year-old sires table. More information DARIYAN It has been a great end to the season for DARIYAN, whose flurry of winners this autumn has propelled him to the top of the table of leading sires of two-year-olds in Europe. The second crop sire, a Group 1 winning son of sire of sires Shamardal, has the best ...
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Meet the young #activists demanding higher environmental standards in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - where #airpollution is among the highest in the world. #VoicesFromTheRoofOfTheWorld is a joint initiative by the #AgaKhan Development Network agencies - Aga Khan University, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, @Aga Khan Foundation and University of Central Asia (@ucentralasia) - the 10-episode first season is produced by filmmakers from Pakistan, India, Kyrgyzstan, ...
Meet the young activists demanding higher environmental standards in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - where #airpollution is among the highest in the world. #VoicesFromTheRoofOfTheWorld is a joint initiative by the #AgaKhan Development Network agencies - @Aga Khan University, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, @Aga Khan Foundation and University of Central Asia (@ucentralasia) - the 10-episode first season is produced by filmmakers from Pakistan, India, Kyrgyzstan, ...
This session emphasises the importance of emotional intelligence (known as emotional quotient or EQ) and the ability of a person to understand, use, and manage their own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict. ...
Portugal -- A 18 de dezembro de 2021 celebramos o 25º aniversário do Lançamento da Primeira Pedra do Centro Ismaili, Lisboa. Este emblemático edifício representa as aspirações da Comunidade Ismaili em Portugal. Descubra aqui alguns factos sobre o Centro Ismaili, Lisboa. O Centro Ismaili, que reflete a identidade e a herança cultural da Comunidade Ismaili em Portugal, é, hoje em dia, ...
Portugal -- Presidente da República Portuguesa nas comemorações do 20º aniversário do Centro Ismaili, a 18 de dezembro de 2018. ...
"Friends, Family, Parents, Educators: While medical school is a full-time job, I'm happy to announce that in collaboration with Samria Valliani, my "over the summer passion" has officially transformed into two ...
Global -- Do you ever feel like you want to vent your feelings without having to speak with another person? If so, journaling may be for you. Many people instinctively put their thoughts down in a journal. The most popular reasons people turn to journaling are: to download their feelings in a non-judgemental space, to explore an idea, to work out ...
Need plans for this weekend? Visit the Ismaili Centre, Toronto to experience a curated exhibition of Christopher Wilton-Steer's photography for "The Silk Road: A Living History" that draws attention to spirituality ...
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Follow a Karachi architect on a mission to save the #mangrove forest #ecosystem on Bundal Island, an oasis of life and natural protection in the Indus delta off the coast of Pakistan's megacity. #VoicesFromTheRoofOfTheWorld, a joint initiative by the #AgaKhan Development Network agencies - @Aga Khan University, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, @Aga Khan Foundation and University of Central Asia (@ucentralasia) - the ...
Follow a Karachi architect on a mission to save the #mangrove forest #ecosystem on Bundal Island, an oasis of life and natural protection in the Indus delta off the coast of Pakistan's megacity. #VoicesFromTheRoofOfTheWorld, a joint initiative by the #AgaKhan Development Network agencies - @Aga Khan University, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, @Aga Khan Foundation and University of Central Asia (@ucentralasia) - the ...
Karachi, December 15, 2021: Mr. Zakir Mahmood, the former President of Habib Bank Limited, Pakistan's largest bank, has been appointed Chairman of the Aga Khan University's Board of Trustees by the University's ...
By MALIK MERCHANTPublisher/Editor Simerg, Barakah andSimergphotos Dr. Farouk Topan was very well known to my parents Jehangir and Malek Merchant, and as a teenager it was always a privilege to meet him when he visited my dad at the Ismailia Association offices located on the ground floor of Dar es Salaam's Darkhana Jamatkhana. His discussions with my dad and "Din" who ...
The term 'rock crystal' is derived from the Greek word for ice, krystallos, because the Greeks thought that the rock crystal was formed by water frozen on mountaintops at extreme temperatures ...
By MALIK MERCHANT Publisher/Editor Simerg, Barakah andSimergphotos One of the most well known and travelled missionaries of the Shia Ismaili Muslim community in the past century has to be Alwaez Rai Abualy Alibhai. He passed away in May 2008, before this website was inaugurated, and I have often thought of him several times over the past decade. A mentally and physically ...
News story -- The Ismaili Special Collections Unit (ISCU) has launched an online catalogue of special collections housed at the IIS. Featuring information on a significant number of items, including photographs, artefacts, coins and medals, rare books, manuscripts, archival items and periodicals, the catalogue will enable a wide range of audiences, including researchers and students, to explore heritage materials relating to Ismaili ...
Dubai, UAE (Expo 2020), 15 December 2021 - At the global education summit hosted by Dubai Cares, representatives from Schools2030 - the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)'s flagship education programme - shared its approach to catalyse teacher and school-driven holistic learning innovations and achieve SDG4. Rewiring education means thinking differently. For many years the global community has worked tirelessly towards the Sustainable ...
Lahore, Pakistan, 15 December 2021 - Dr Arif Alvi, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, visited the 17th century Mughal-era Lahore Fort, one of the largest restoration projects in Pakistan that has been carried out by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in partnership with the Government of Punjab and the Walled City of Lahore Authority. While touring the Royal ...
Portugal -- O Global Encounters, uma iniciativa para o Ismaili Youth, está a aceitar candidaturas para o ciclo de 2022. Através do Global Encounters, cerca de mil e 200 participantes de 35 países fizeram amizades para a vida toda, com os seus pares de todo o mundo, e contribuíram coletivamente com mais de 30 mil horas de serviço a escolas e ...
To continue celebrating Mawlana Hazar Imam's 85th Birthday, The Ismaili is pleased to present Iltija, featuring Pakistani folk and Sufi artist Sanam Marvi along with Jamil Assani. ...
Allah did choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran above all people -- offspring, one of the other, and Allah knows and hear all things. Holy Qur'an, 3:33-34, Surat al Im'ran (The Family of Imran); read seven parallel translations in Corpus Quran hereIn this calligraphy to commemorate the 85th Salgirah of Mawlana Hazar Imam on ...
UK -- Mubaraki to the Jamat on receipt of a letter from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, dated 13 December 2021. Within this letter, the Prime Minister recognises the "Ismaili Muslim community's ethic of civic engagement and good citizenship, exemplifying Islam's core values of service, peace, compassion and care for the vulnerable". The Prime Minister also accepts ...
News story -- Six oil paintings by the renowned Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee (1926-2007), a gift from former governor Dr Mohamed M Keshavjee, have been hung on the 9th floor at the Aga Khan Centre (AKC) on both sides of the naturally lit passage outside the Garden of Light. Dr Keshavjee's gift of the six paintings has been made in memory of ...
News story -- On 11 November Professor Carmela Baffioni, IIS Senior Research Fellow, was appointed Membro Nazionale of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Class 1. "Philology and Linguistics" of the Moral, Historical and Philological Sciences. The Accademia dei Lincei (anglicised as "the Lincean Academy"), founded in 1603 by Federico Cesi, is the most ancient scientific academy in the world. It was ...
France -- A l'occasion de Salgreh, Mawlana Hazar Imam a gracieusement envoyé un Talika Mubarak au Jamat mondial, qui est diffusé via The Ismaili Le 10 décembre 2021 Mes Chers Enfants Spirituels, A l'occasion de mon anniversaire, le 13 décembre 2021, j'envoie mes plus chaleureuses et mes plus affectueuses tendres bénédictions paternelles et maternelles à tous mes enfants spirituels bien-aimés à ...
Global -- On the occasion of Salgirah, Mawlana Hazar Imam has graciously sent a Talika Mubarak to the global Jamat, which is being shared via The Ismaili. English | français | Português | العربية | فارسی | ગુજરાતી | Русский | اردو | Tочики | Deutsche | Español 10th December 2021 My beloved spiritual children, On the occasion of my birthday, ...
Tajikistan -- On the occasion of Salgirah, Mawlana Hazar Imam has graciously sent a Talika Mubarak to the global Jamat, which is being shared via The Ismaili. ...
