By Prince Rahim Aga Khan I am thrilled to join the graduation ceremony in honour of those completing the IIS [Institute of Ismaili Studies] Graduate Programme in Islamic Studies and Humanities. To you, to your families and to all those who have helped you in this achievement, I say mash'Allah. I am convinced that the institutions of the Imamat and of ...
News story -- Dr Farhad Daftary, Co-Director of the Institute, has been elected to the membership of the Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation's Board of Directors. He has been and continues to be a consulting editor with them. The Encyclopaedia Iranica is dedicated to the study of Iranian civilisation in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. This academic reference ...
Almost 70 years ago -- within a year of the Allies' World War II victory, the establishment of the United Nations and the partition of India -- Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III, noting that 'what is history except on rare occasions one long, long story of war and warfare?', delivered this sweeping, global assessment outlining out potential contributions the ...
IC EVENT ON 5 May 2013 -- Ismaili Centre Lisbon -- 5 May 2013 -- Dr Abbas Ali Shameli delivered an Ismaili Centre lecture on The Role of Religion in Human Life at the Ismaili Centre, Lisbon. ...
"Civil and private institutions have unique capacities for spurring social progress ... [They] provide good laboratories for experimentation. Because they are multiple in nature, they can try a variety of approaches, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding, but always learning from their experiences. And because these institutions need not make short term accommodations to conventional wisdom or current fashions, they have greater ...
Khorog, Tajikistan, 2 May 2013 - A newly-constructed power transmission line bringing electricity from Tajikistan to Afghanistan was inaugurated today. The PamirEnergy Company, a project company of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) - the operator of the hydroelectric power plant - has now begun exporting surplus energy from the cross-border regions of Tajik Ishkashim into Afghan Ishkashim. The ...
"Too often we have assumed that voluntary organisations are too limited to serve great public purposes. For some, the very notion of private organisations devoted to public goals seems to be an oxymoron. But this skeptical attitude is changing. The power of civil society is becoming more apparent -- in your coursework here at Sciences Po among other places. This is ...
Portugal -- Lisbon, 30 April 2013 - The shortlist of nominees for the 2013 cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture was announced today at Portugal's Palacio das Necessidades (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). The 20 nominees for the US$ 1 million prize - which are selected by an independent Master Jury - range from a modern high rise apartment ...
Lisbon, Portugal, 30 April 2013 - The shortlist of nominees for the 2013 cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture was announced today at the Palacio das Necessidades (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). The 20 nominees for the US$ 1 million prize range from a modern high rise apartment block to the revival of traditional building techniques. Shortlisted projects, which ...
3YO colt Wylie Hall has crowned a Classic week for champion sire Redoute's Choice with victory in Saturday's R1.5 million South African Derby 2450m G1 at Turffontein. Wylie Hall is the 23rd individual Group 1 winner by REDOUTE'S CHOICE, his 12th 3YO Classic winner and among his 19 worldwide stakeswinners this season. Eight days ago REDOUTE'S CHOICE's 3YO daughter Royal Descent ...
Lisbon, Portugal, 30 April 2013 - The shortlist of nominees for the 2013 cycle of the AgaKhan Award for Architecture was announced today at the Palacio das Necessidades (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). The shortlist includes:Maria Grazia Cutuli Primary School, Herat, AfghanistanIslamic Cemetery, Altach, AustriaMuseum of Handcraft Paper, Gaoligong Mountain, ChinaRehabilitation of Nagaur Fort, Nagaur, Rajasthan, IndiaPreservation of the Mbaru Niang, ...
The Gilltown Stud sire shines in Australia and USA. Two sons of DALAKHANI took the honours in two different continents on Saturday 27th April. Firstly, RELIABLE MAN, winner of the 2011 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly, lifted the second Group 1 prize of his career in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick. On only his second attempt since exportation to ...
Mourayan and Diakali score under both codes. The versatility of the Aga Khan Studs was highlighted this weekend thanks to two successes at the top level on the flat and over hurdles. In Australia, MOURAYAN (Alhaarth) lifted the prestigious Sydney Cup Gr.1 at Randwick, a well-deserved first victory in this category after three second places. The experienced individual is out of ...
His Highness the Aga Khan and his oldest son Prince Rahim touring the Sosuco sugar factory in Banfora, Burkina Faso. – Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte Date and place of birth: October 12, 1971, Geneva, Switzerland. Relationship to His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Ismaili Imam: Prince Rahim Aga Khan is His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan’s second of four children, the ...
PRINCE RAHIM AGA KHAN - A BRIEF PROFILE His Highness the Aga Khan and his oldest son Prince Rahim touring the Sosuco sugar factory in Banfora, Burkina Faso. - Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte Date and place of birth: October 12, 1971, Geneva, Switzerland. Relationship to His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Ismaili Imam: Prince Rahim Aga Khan is His Highness Prince Karim ...
Global -- On 26 April 2013, Mawlana Hazar Imam announced the engagement of his eldest son, Prince Rahim, to Ms Kendra Spears of Seattle, Washington, the United States. ...
France -- On 26 April 2013, Mawlana Hazar Imam announced the engagement of his eldest son, Prince Rahim, to Ms Kendra Spears of Seattle, Washington, the United States. Hazar Imam said he was delighted to announce the engagement. Prince Rahim Aga Khan holds a BA from Brown University and an executive management degree from the Navarra Business School in Barcelona, Spain. ...
Aiglemont, France, 26 April 2013 -- His Highness the Aga Khan today announced the engagement of his eldest son, Prince Rahim Aga Khan, to Ms. Kendra Spears of Seattle, Washington, the United States. The Aga Khan, who is the Spiritual Leader or Imam of the global community of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, said he was delighted to announce the engagement. Prince ...
His daughter Royal Descent wins the Australian Oaks by 10 lengths. "You don't see Oaks won like that." So said one commentator after Royal Descent defeated a quality field of 3YO fillies in yesterday's $550,000 ATC Australian Oaks to become the 22nd Group 1 winner, and the 11th 3YO Classic winner for her super sire REDOUTE'S CHOICE. Defeat is too light ...
"The quality of primary and secondary education here in Pakistan and elsewhere is a profound problem, one that cruelly fetters the development of this country and many others. And the problem of educational quality is one that has engaged the minds of intelligent people around the world, people concerned not just with classroom teaching but also with such fields as human ...
Classic hopes Siyenica and Nuntius among recent winners. Gilltown Stud sires Azamour and Dalakhani have enjoyed a fine run of form recently, with a quartet of three-year-old winners which look sure to progress. Aga Khan Studs bred SIYENICA lived up to her pedigree when making a victorious debut in impressive style at Longchamp on 22nd April in the conditions race Prix ...
News story -- Four scholars from the Qur'anic Studies Unit at the IIS, Drs Nuha Al-Sha'ar, Karen Bauer, Stephen Burge and Asma Hilali, presented papers at the 223rd American Oriental Society meeting. This year's meeting was held in Portland, USA, between 15 and 18 March 2013, and was attended by over 150 academics from across the globe. Dr Nuha Al-Sha'ar presented a ...
News story -- The fourth cohort of the Institute's Secondary Teacher Education Programme (STEP) celebrated their achievements at the annual graduation celebration at the Ismaili Centre in London on 6th April 2013. This was followed by their formal graduation ceremony at the Institute of Education's (IOE) Logan Hall on 8thApril 2013. Students from Canada, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan and USA graduated at the ...
Introduced by Malik Merchant Publisher-Editor, Simergphotos.com and Simerg.com After viewing a collection of Muslim Harjis’s photos of India’s street foods, I was not surprised to read in Via Rail’s latest issue of Destinations magazine that Vikram Vij, the man behind Vancouver’s iconic formal dining restaurant Vij’s, travels to India every year and spends a month in the country discovering the ...
GUJARATI COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE: Memory, Identity and Continuity, Edited by Sharmina Mawani and Anjoom Mukadam. Trentham Books, Stoke on Trent, U.K., Sterling, USA. 2012, 204 pages, £22.99. Available in USA/Canada from Amazon and other on-line stores at appx. $38.00, price may be lower (see links below). Reviewed by Nizar Motani, Ph.D This latest addition to the expanding frontier of Gujarati ...
Reconciling Islamic values and traditions with modern times is a critical issue which faces the whole Muslim world. In this four part series, the NanoWisdoms Archive is pleased bring selected quotes from His Highness the Aga Khan outlining his views on the issue as well as his suggestions for addressing it. In this final instalment, the Aga Khan asks: "Modernity cannot ...
By Malik Merchant, Editor Recently, I had the immense pleasure of meeting and having a delightful lunch at Vancouver's well-known Jambo Grill with (Itmadi) Farouk B.K.S. Verjee who was the President of His Highness the Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Canada during the 1980's. During his term of office, he witnessed the opening of two major Ismaili Centres in ...
Bamyan, Afghanistan, 20 April 2013 - The Foundation Laying Ceremony marking the start of construction of the new Bamyan Provincial Hospital (BPH) was held on 18 April 2013 in Bamyan. The new building, which is a project of the Aga Khan Health Services supported by Canada, is expected to be completed by March 2015. The BPH will offer an additional 86 ...
Aroon Purie: As Imam of your sect, you are also an interpretor of the Qur'an for your followers, but on the other hand, you are a man with a modern education and background. How do you reconcile these two aspects on subject like women's rights, family planning and other related matters? Aga Khan: As Imam of the Ismaili sect, I am ...
Photo: Istockphoto.com. © Once upon a time, a little fish lived in a pond. But she wanted to go to the forest. The pond was deep, and high banks hid the surrounding forest from her view. Wanting to see the forest, the fish would leap out of water now and then, reaching higher over the pond with the strength of her ...
When heavy January rains caused massive flooding in south and central Mozambique, the Ismaili community and the institutions of the Ismaili Imamat quickly mobilized a response. A donation of food, medicine, tools, and supplies was assembled to help the Government of Mozambique support victims, volunteers and military forces who were providing assistance on the ground. When heavy January rains caused massive ...
Geoffry Barker: What prospect do you see of Ismailis going back to Uganda now that Amin has gone? Aga Khan: I don't think the thousands [of] Ismailis who went to Canada and who went to the UK will return to Uganda. I, generally speaking, have advised families who have been through a very, very deep crisis not to expose themselves to ...
Maternal lines star in Classic Trials, while Mizani scores at Happy Valley. Aga Khan-bred dams took the honours at Longchamp on Sunday, with GENGIS a stylish winner of the Gr 3 Prix de Fontainebleau and TASADAY pleasing runner-up in the Gr 3 Prix de la Grotte. Out of Aga Khan mare Ashiyla (Green Desert), GENGIS is a progressive colt who won ...
From Mongolian singing to Azeri Mugham, performed by the best female singers of today. ...
Two years ago today, on April 14th, 2011, the NanoWisdoms Archive of Imamat Speeches, Interviews and Writings was granted the distinct honour of special permission by Aiglemont to publish His Highness the Aga Khan's speeches and writings. As a unique website dedicated to the Ismaili Imamat's knowledge, tens of thousands have visited the Archive, many of whom who also subscribe to ...
"In the month of Ramadan of the year 899 [June 1494] and in the twelfth year of my age, I became ruler in the country of Ferghana." Thus begins the remarkable autobiography of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, whose journey of conquest through Afghanistan and Hindustan--the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent--laid the foundation of the Mughal Empire. In a modern day encore of the ...
"Working with Kronos [America's premier new music quartet], I realized that through music you can cross not only boundaries between different regions of Afghanistan, but even bigger boundaries, such as between East and West," reveals Homayun Sakhi. "When we play together, the music really connects well and we all get a lot of pleasure from it." A bold collaboration between America's premier new ...
"Globalization of course acts on tradition," said Mahmudjon Tojibaev in a wide-ranging discussion that followed the recording session for In the Shrine of the Heart. "But a lot of young people are studying at the conservatory [in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan] in the traditional singing department. In Communist times, you could count on your fingers the number of people who studied traditional ...
Alim Qasimov and his daughter Fargana exemplify the explosive artistic energy that results when a powerful musical model ignites the spark of young talent. ...
The Badakhshan Ensemble takes its name from the mountainous region - poetically known in Persian as Bam-i Dunya, the "Roof of the World" - that comprises the sparsely populated eastern half of Tajikistan and northeast Afghanistan. There, nestled in a series of riverine valleys that descend from the Pamir Mountains to the Panj River, the boundary line between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, are ...
