Nutrition Centre -- Healthy Hints This dish uses healthy ingredients, though compared to other salads it is a little high in total fat and calories. However, note that the fat, which mainly comes from olive oil, nuts and seeds, is the healthy unsaturated type. Cut the calories by reducing the oil and omitting the sugar. ½ chinese cabbage leaf 180 g ...
Gouvieux, France, 28 October 2010 - The Aga Khan Development Network Foundation (AKDN Foundation) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) agreed today to intensify joint efforts to broaden access to quality education for students across the developing world and provide richer and more global perspectives to those in the industrialised world.The Memorandum of Understanding, signed at AKDN's headquarters north of Paris, provides a ...
Gouvieux, France, 28 October 2010 - The Aga Khan Development Network Foundation (AKDN Foundation) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) agreed today to intensify joint efforts to broaden access to quality education for students across the developing world and provide richer and more global perspectives to those in the industrialised world. ...
Damascus, Syria, 26 October 2010 - The French Government and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) today signed a Partnership Convention for bilateral cooperation in Syria. The convention was signed by His Excellency Mr. Eric Chevallier, France's Ambassador to Syria, Mr. Mohamed Seifo, AKDN's Resident Representative in Syria, and Mr. Philippe Lecrinier, Director of the Agence Française de Développement in Syria ...
The 1025 CE Shipwreck at Serçe Limanı, Turkey The hull of the submerged ship which contained Fatimid artefacts. Photo credit: INA. Copyright. "Drop a light bulb. Try to put it back together again. Drop three light bulbs. Stir the pieces. Then try to put them back together again. Drop six light bulbs, four glass vases, and a dozen wine bottles, stir ...
By Sayyeda Samia al-Kaslaania Sayyeda al-Kaslaania belongs to an organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts, skills, and traditions of pre-17th-century Europe. Author's note: The Fatimids were a Middle Eastern Caliphate in Egypt from 909-1171 C.E. The period which carries their name is considered by many to be the height of medieval Islamic art. This period is noted for a ...
Jamatkhana is a wonderful place And always keeps a smile on your face! The smile is so wide - from ear to ear, It makes all unhappiness disappear! And those Tasbihs that look so new, When you use them you shine too! To me Jamatkhana is a time of joy, For man, woman, girl and boy! But sometimes I wonder why ...
Everything we say, Every adventure we dare, Hazar Imam, only you are the reason for our courage, Hazar Imam, only you extinguish the fire and it turns to embers. When you surround our hearts And only your love floats through our bodies, When your voice touches our hearts, Then body and soul are free of pain, The fears and sorrow disappear ...
As societies come to think in pluralistic ways, I believe they can learn another lesson from the Canadian experience, the importance of resisting both assimilation and homogenization -- the subordination and dilution of minority cultures on the one hand, or an attempt to create some new, transcendent blend of identities on the other. What the Canadian experience suggests to me is ...
United Kingdom -- The UK-based Ismaili Community Ensemble undertook a journey to Dubai at the end of September. During the trip, they collaborated with local Jamati members in a performance at the Ismaili Centre, supported an international fundraising event organised by FOCUS, and conducted a workshop with children challenged by disabilities. Ensemble member Rabiyyah Raval shares her account. During rehearsal, Paul ...
United Kingdom -- Earlier this year, the Aga Khan Heath Board for the United Kingdom launched their first National Recipe Competition. The competition provided a chance for cooking connoisseurs of all ages to share their culinary creations. Many people have their own recipes for tasty favourite dishes. Earlier this year, the Aga Khan Heath Board for the United Kingdom decided to ...
Canada -- Calgary, 18 October 2010 - The city of Calgary, Alberta was overcome by a "purple revolution" on Monday as Calgarians elected Naheed Nenshi their new mayor. The Harvard-educated professor and former McKinsey consultant is the first Muslim to be elected mayor of a major city in Canada.Following a tight three-way race, CTV News declares Nenshi elected as Mayor of ...
The Aga Khan Studs have announced Siyouni will stand at Bonneval Stud in Normandy for the 2011 breeding season. A Group 1 winner at two and placed several times in Group 1s during the 2010 season, SIYOUNI represents an opportunity for French breeders to use a fast, precocious horse from a confirmed stallion producing family. SIYOUNI started his two-year-old career in ...
The Aga Khan Studs send a 12-strong consignment to Doncaster HIT sale. Since changing hands for £26,000 at Doncaster's Horses in Training sale in October 2008, the Aga Khan-bred Barizan (Kalanisi) has gone on to become one of the best young hurdlers in Britain. The impressive front-runner took second place in the Gr 1 Triumph Hurdle and Gr 1 Anniversary Novices' ...
Canada -- Toronto, 15 October 2010 - "What the Canadian experience suggests to me is that identity itself can be pluralistic," said Mawlana Hazar Imam before a packed audience at the Royal Conservatory's Telus Centre for Performance and Learning. Speaking at the invitation of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, Hazar Imam received a warm welcome from the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson ...
If I were an atom, I would conquer the sun; If I were a dot in the night sky, I would contain a thousand galaxies; If I were but a grain of sand, I would be as fortified as a mountain; If I were a millet seed, I would equal a hundred harvests; If I were a drop of rain I ...
THE GOLDEN JUBILEE By Kaycia Jinnah Golden is the precious time I spend with you On the day of your 50 years of Imamat Love is what you show in Jamatkhana when we pray Divine is your guidance Elegant is how we dress in your presence Night is in the lovely sky Joyful is the feeling we should always have Unbelievable ...
Exclusive Photos by John W. MacDonald His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, who became the 28th Governor General of Canada on October 1, 2010, welcomed His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, at Rideau Hall on the evening of October 7th, 2010. The Ismaili Imam was in Ottawa on the occasion of the inaugural ...
Canada -- Toronto, 14 October 2010 - Mawlana Hazar Imam arrived in Toronto today, where he will deliver this year's lecture at the 10th annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium. An initiative of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, the Symposium engages Canadians in a national conversation around the future shape of Canada's civic culture. The lecture will take place on on Friday, 15 October ...
THE AGA KHAN A portrait of Peter Mansbridge of CBC Canada. Photo Credit: Photo by Dustin Rabin.com, Toronto - July 25, 2007. Copyright: Dustin Rabin. Editor's Note: The following interview has been excerpted from Peter Mansbridge One on One by Peter Mansbridge. Copyright © 2009 Peter Mansbridge. Interview Material © Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Reprinted by Simerg with permission of Random House ...
Clockwise, from top left: His Highness the Aga Khan; Ismaili Centre, The Aga Khan Museum and the Park (under construction in Toronto); Map of Canada; The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, Ottawa; Global Centre for Pluralism, Ottawa; and The Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre, Burnaby. Please scroll down for PDF file. INTRODUCTION Time and time again, perhaps most often by Canadians themselves, ...
Toronto, Canada, 15 October 2010 - His Highness the Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, delivered the prestigious 10th Annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture, at the invitation of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC) ...
The variety of the world is not only more available, it is nearly inescapable. Human difference is more proximate and more intense. What was once beyond our view is now at our side and, indeed, to use the popular expression, "in our face." ... The challenge of diversity is now a global challenge and how we address it will have global ...
What is Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A.? What do they do? And how are they related to PartnershipsInAction? You can find the answers to all of these questions in this short film. For more information, check out our website at www.PartnershipsInAction.org. ...
Fifty years you have guided us, Reaching your golden milestone with memorable years. Fifty years you have guided us, Our souls, our minds, our hearts, our eyes cry joyful tears. Fifty years you have guided us, Uniting us with a thread which is now covered in gold. Fifty years you have guided us, Filling our lives with passion to better the ...
Jubilee Golden Empower, embolden future minds; touchedmoved by your vision. The core of every institution grounded on principles Islamic; foundations of a renaissance, it's epic! Fatimid glory reconstructin' our story. Living values in action; reachin' through faith and hope directed, the poor, the aged, youth misguided, misundastood! Dissolvin' any'n' all fears. Fifty magnanimous years of momentum, harnessed precisely to inspire with ...
صوت جميل سمـعتُ صـوت رنيــم يهمـس للـروح قـومي هذي رؤى الحــق بانت و هــللت للرحيــم فاليـوم عـرس البرايـــا يوبيـل مـولى كريــم مولى هـدى الـروح حـتى سمـتْ بعــلم العليـم خمســون بالخير مــرت واليـوم من ألف يــوم فـكل لحظـــة حــب دهــرٌ لدى القــيوم ما القــدر إلا ارتقــاءٌ عند التقـــاء الحكيـم في ومــض عينيه نــورٌ عمّ الـدنى بالنعيـــم وللقـــلوب ســـلامٌ و بهجــةٌ للحــلوم ~~~~~~~~~ ...
My heart beat fast as I prepared myself, And I was scared I wouldn't know you. I had heard much about you and felt you near, Now I would meet the noble one face to face. Like a bride I adorned myself. My trembling hands decorated with henna I would use to present you with my love. Then the day dawned ...
Canada -- Ottawa, 8 October 2010 - Mawlana Hazar Imam completed a two-day visit to Ottawa for the inaugural meeting of the Board of Directors of the Global Centre for Pluralism. Thursday evening, Hazar Imam also met with His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, at Rideau Hall. The Centre, a new international research and education institution ...
His Highness the Aga Khan with their Excellencies Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul in the grounds of Rideau Hall. - Photo: AKDN/Zahur Ramji Speech delivered by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Canadian Governor General's Leadership and Diversity Conference at the Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, on May 19, 2004. The Governor General at the time was ...
Introduction Canada became a country at Confederation in 1867. The system of government is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is Queen of Canada and Head of State. The Governor General is the representative of the Queen in Canada. Constitutional Responsibilities As a constitutional monarchy, where the duties of head of State and head of ...
Mr. Chancellor, I present to you Prince Aga Khan, spiritual leader, philanthropist and humanitarian.November 1, 1983: His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Shia Ismaili Imam, with McGill University's Chancellor Conrad Hernington at the University's Convocation held at Place des Arts in Montreal, PQ, Canada. Introduction of His Highness the Aga Khan by the Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University, David L. ...
"O the Light of Imamat" by Ghulam Abbas Hunzai in Urdu. Please click for enlargement. ~~~~~~~~~~~English translation of Urdu poemO The Light of Imamat O the eternal light, O the motivating spirit of my poetry, when I take your name, every difficulty in my life becomes easy. The Jubilee is a kind of fruit of your light, and nowadays there is ...
Healthy Hints You could keep the skin on the potatoes to get some extra fibre. You might think this looks unappetising, but the skin is hardly noticeable. Also, try adding some vegetables like cooked diced carrots or canned sweet corn. When you deep fry foods, make sure the oil is piping hot (best at 180 C), fry them quickly and drain ...
Newly appointed Directors gather in Ottawa for first Board Meeting Ottawa, Canada, 7 October 2010 - The Board of Directors of the Global Centre for Pluralism, Canada's new international research and education centre dedicated to the study and practice of pluralism worldwide, gathered in Ottawa today for its inaugural two-day meeting. The new Board is charged with establishing an institutional framework ...
A trio of recent wins, plus a Gr 2 second, for the young sire. Azamour is making his mark as an accomplished sire of two-year-olds, with three recent juvenile victories and a second in the Gr 2 Beresford Stakes from Mawaakef. The stallion was himself a smart performer at two, unbeaten in two outings which included the Beresford Stakes, before going ...
Healthy Hints Carrots, milk and dried fruit are a healthy combination of ingredients and this dessert provides a good amount of fibre and the anti-oxidant beta carotene. However, it is high in fat and calories. The nutritional value can be improved if you use healthier ingredients such as skimmed milk, unsaturated lower fat spread in place of butter and skimmed milk ...
News story -- The series of articles in this publication were first presented by European scholars at an international conference and workshop on the subject which took place in 2006 and 2007. The articles explore both the history and contemporary representations of narratives about Islam and Muslims, as reflected in European school textbooks. In this context, Muslims have often taken the role ...
عندما تأتي يأتي النور عندما تأتي يأتي النور إمامي أنت مولانا معك نشعر بالسعادة والامان أنت إمامي أنت حبيبي أحب أن أراك دائما لك حبي ياشاه كريم ~~~~~~~~~~~~ O my Imam when you come comes the Nur. You're our Mawla, and you give us happiness and protection. O Shah Karim, you are my beloved Imam, and to see you is my ...
Come [let's] celebrate this golden year with sitar, lute and tabla Clear the well-spring maple floor for dandia and rasra. Tread the flattened, reddened earth. The verdant grass, the seashore. Clap your hands, Lift up your feet - Be happy! From mountain top in high Pamir to Ganges' muddy waters, From old folks in Portugal to Toronto's sons and daughters Will ...
