Farrokh Derakhshani, Director of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture gave a speech at the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Awards, in his address he spoke about how the history of the awards. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, established in 1977, is considered one of the most renowned and prestigious awards of its kind. The Award championed many of the concerns ...
November 15, 2022 - The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced that Asad Ramzanali will succeed Dr. Marc Aidinoff as OSTP Chief of Staff. Ramzanali brings public ...
SR Media Group is pleased to present The History of Jamatkhana, a documentary in association with Zulfiqar Ali Jessani, music by S. Raheemani. ...
At @TheAgaKhanAward for Architecture 2022, Princess Zahra #AgaKhan delivered an address congratulating laureates on behalf of His Highness the Aga Khan and spoke about the power of #architecture. "Over the years, the Award has been a lighthouse for those who feel we can design and build differently; to those who believe that we have a responsibility to build appropriately - with thought, ...
Ginans are a vast collection comprising several hundred poetic compositions which have been a central part of the religious life of the Nizari Ismaili community of the Indian subcontinent that today resides in many countries around the world. Derived from the Sanskrit gyan, meaning contemplative knowledge,Ginans were authored by Ismaili da'is, known as pirs, who were sent to the Indian subcontinent ...
Change is inevitable; we all go through it at every stage of our lives. Therefore, we need to understand the nature of change and learn to respond to it in a way that helps us grow and develop ourselves and our societies. ...
At the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Princess Zahra Aga Khan delivered an address congratulating laureates on behalf of His Highness the Aga Khan and spoke about the power of architecture. "Over the years, the Award has been a lighthouse for those who feel we can design and build differently; to those who believe that we have a responsibility to build ...
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Draft includes relations to many star performers. A draft of 25 fillies and mares from the Aga Khan Studs are among the highlights of the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale this year. Recent winners from Aga Khan mares sold at Goffs in previous years include Grade 1 winner Shantisara, whose dam Kharana sold at the Breeding Stock Sale of 2010, Gr.1 ...
The 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Stamp Cancellation ceremony took place in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman. The event is part of a series of ceremonies held as part of the Aga Khan Awards events. Watch more videos from the event on our YouTube channel. @TheAgaKhanAward #AgaKhanAwards2022 #AgaKhanAwardsOman #AKAA2022 #AKAA #AKMA2022 #AKMA #Music #Architecture #AgaKhanTrustForCulture #AKDN #AKTC #Oman #Muscat ...
Ismaili Digest Exclusive for October 2022 -- Each month enjoy the most popular new articles and videos viewed by the Jamat from over 36 of the best Ismaili websites with just one click! 'Most popular' means most viewed post(s) on each website (excluding duplicate postings, Event Alerts and COVID-19 advice) without social media influence. NOTE: Posts are randomly ordered.
The Aga Khan Studs are pleased to announce the 2023 nomination fees for their stallions standing at Haras de Bonneval in France and Gilltown Stud in Ireland. Gilltown Stud: SEA THE STARS - €180,000 Haras de Bonneval: SIYOUNI - €150,000 ZARAK - €60,000 DARIYAN - €5,000 SEA THE STARS has had another exceptional year on the track in 2022, with 22 ...
"Culture is not a mortgage but an asset to be exploited for the benefit of communities": Luis Monreal, General Manager of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, shares his perspective on culture's potential to transform lives. @Aga Khan Music Programme @TheAgaKhanAward #LuisMonreal #Culture #akdn #development ...
"Culture is not a mortgage but an asset to be exploited for the benefit of communities": Luis Monreal, General Manager of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, shares his perspective on culture's potential to transform lives. #LuisMonreal #Culture #akdn #development ...
Half of the Aga Khan Studs HIT draft have won races in 2022. The Aga Khan Studs will present 14 horses in training at the Arqana Autumn Sale on Monday 14th November, over half of whom have won one or more races in 2022. Entered as a wildcard, lot 344, CARINI, is one of the highlights of the draft. The three-year-old ...
Dr. Sulaiman Shahabuddin, President of Aga Khan University, visited the United States in the summer of 2022. This video highlights his visit to Atlanta, Georgia, where he met with a number of university alumni, as well as delivered a presentation hosted by the Ismaili Council for the Southeastern USA. ...
Introduced by MALIK MERCHANT The Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Board for the United Kingdom (ITREB, UK) is hosting a virtual panel discussion today, Sunday, November 6, 2022, involving five leading members of the Ismaili Muslim Jamat (community) who have been involved in one way or another in the resettlement process since the expulsion of Asians from Uganda 50 years ago. ...
USA -- Aga Khan Award for Architecture Director Discusses the 2022 Award Nominations "The simple answer lies in my conviction that architecture - more than any other art form - has a profound impact on the quality of human life. As it has often been said, we shape our built environment - and then our buildings shape us." Mawlana Hazar Imam, ...
Introduced by MALIK MERCHANT The Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Board for the United Kingdom (ITREB, UK) will be hosting a virtual panel discussion on Sunday, November 6, 2022, involving five leading members of the Ismaili Muslim Jamat (community) who have been involved in one way or another in the resettlement process since the expulsion of Asians from Uganda 50 years ...
On Monday, 17 October 2022, Ella Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, received Dr Mohamed Keshavjee, international cross-cultural specialist on mediation, at Phoenix Farm in Durban. Dr Keshavjee was leading a multi-national ...
UAE -- Sorry is a simple word that we begin to use in our earliest years, yet it has the power to change any situation, if meant sincerely. It enables a shift in the perception of ourselves and others, evolves our thinking and relationships, and broadens our horizons through expanded viewpoints. An apology is defined as a regretful acknowledgement of a ...
The programme (MA in Muslim Cultures) at AKU-ISMC, London, U.K, provides expert insight and understanding of Muslim cultures and civilisations, both contemporaneously and historically. Their programme develops the skills to engage ...
Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III, the forty-eighth Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, was born in Karachi on November 2, 1877 succeeding to the Imamat in 1885 at the age of eight years. He was educated in Bombay and Poona, where he studied a range of subjects including Arabic, Persian literature, and calligraphy. Prof. K.K. Aziz states that through his ...
Pakistan -- An eminent Muslim leader, thinker and reformer of the 19th century, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III was born in Karachi on the 2nd of November 1877. It is reported that when the Aga Khan I received word of his birth, he had replied, "Name him Sultan," as he would earn a "distinguished position in the world." Through ...
Global -- On behalf of Mawlana Hazar Imam, Princess Zahra this evening presided over the Prize-Giving Ceremony of the 15th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Prince Amyn, Prince Hussain and the Crown Prince of Oman, His Highness Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitam Al Said, also attended the event at the Royal Opera House in Muscat. The Aga Khan Award ...
Global -- The Aga Khan Award for Architecture Winners' Seminar took place earlier today in Muscat, Oman. The event brought together recipients of this year's Award alongside architecture theorists and practitioners on a distinguished panel to discuss learnings for the future of architecture in Oman and beyond. Prince Amyn, Princess Zahra, and Prince Hussain participated in the event hosted at the ...
Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah (1877-1957), the 48th Hereditary Ismaili Imam, was born on November 2, 1877, in Karachi. He succeeded to the Throne of Imamat in August 1885 at the age of 7. He passed away on July 11, 1957, at the age of 79, bequeathing the Imamat to his grandson, the present 49th Imam, Mawlana Shah Karim al Hussaini who, ...
#Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the prize-giving ceremony at the Presentation of the Gold Medal by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in Toronto on 26 November 2013. Read the full speech here: ...
Compiled by MALIK MERCHANT [This post will be updated as more details become available in the coming hours -- Ed.] "A Feast of Culture" is how the official website of the Ismaili Community, The.Ismaili, introduced events and the presentations of the Aga Khan Music Awards and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Muscat, Oman, from October 29 to 31, 2022. ...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth (MCSY) in cooperation with Oman Post on Sunday October 30, 2022, launched two special stamps commemorating the Sultanate of Oman's hosting of the 2022 editions of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the Aga Khan Music Awards. The stamps were launched at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Winners' Seminar that was held ...
Islamic Philosophy and Sufism evolved as distinct yet interweaving strands of Islamic thought and practice. Despite differences, they have shared a concern with the perfection of the soul through the development of character. ...
#QuoteoftheWeek: At the inaugural Aga Khan Music Awards Ceremony in Lisbon in 2019, Mawlana Hazar Imam spoke of the significance of music in the Muslim world. For many centuries, music has been considered a form of expression and communication, and has transcended boundaries to bring people together. Read his full speech at #AgaKhan #Ismaili #AKTC #Music #AKMA #Culture #Muscat #Oman ...
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The year 1911 is not a distant past in the history of the subcontinent; Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III, in his inaugural address to the Muslim Educational Conference, highlighted ...
