It's time to let go of fears, doubts, anxiety, limitations, and find out who you really are. Get in touch with Sabrina Lakhani, a behavioral scientist, Zamir Dhanji, a holistic counsellor ...
Dr. Zainub Verjee, Executive Director of Galeries Ontario/Galleries Ontario has been appointed as a Fellow of McLaughlin College at York University. Established in 1968, McLaughlin College is York University's Public Policy ...
Art lover, traveller, and Museum volunteer educator Kristina LaRocca's favourite object in our Collection is as practical as it is beautiful. It also speaks to one of the central goals of the Museum: highlighting marvellous interconnections between the world's major religious traditions. The object she selected for her The Public Curates video for the #MuseumWithoutWalls is an astrolabe from 14th-century Spain. Astrolabes ...
Global -- Agriculture is one of the world's largest industries. For years it has been pivotal in alleviating poverty, improving incomes, and providing food security for the marginalised in society. With the world's population multiplying, the demand for agricultural commodities has risen tremendously in the past few decades. In several parts of the world, food production is significantly impacted by climatic ...
Mawlana Muhammad b. Ali b. al-Husayn b. Ali b. Abi Talib, better known by his title al-baqir, was born around 677 in Medina. He succeeded his father to the Imamat in 713, reigning for about twenty years. Imam received the title al-baqir al-ilm, 'one who splits open knowledge,' shortened to al-baqir due to his vast knowledge. Imam al-Baqir "lived during a ...
#Speech made by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the #LeadershipAndDiversityConference Ceremony in Gatineau, Canada on 19 May 2004 Read the full speech here: ...
News story -- Nabila Walji is a second-year student on the Graduate Programme in Islamic Studies and Humanities (GPISH) and has recently opened her first exhibition--UnBelonging in my Fatherland--with Calgary's Arts Commons. Here she talks about her combined academic-artistic photographic and writing practice, which explores identity, culture, discrimination and community, with a focus on her partly East African heritage. Please could you ...
Compiled and prepared by MALIK MERCHANT (Publisher-Editor, Barakah, Simerg and Simergphotos) with Excerpts from Eyewitness Accounts by ZAFEERA KASSAM (Kenya), AZIM MAHERALLY (USA) and RAHIM HIRJI (UK) Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, ordains the instrument to designate the Henrique de Mendonça Palace as the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat on July 11 2018, to be known as the ...
IPN USA Special video invitation from US National Council President Al-Karim Alidina to the virtual IPN Alliance Summit happening August 7, 2021. Register today at www.ipnsummit.com! ...
Creating innovative models and strategies that will help your business thrive. -------------------------- If you enjoyed the session and want to be a part of Maaro Vyaapar, Maari Pragati 2.0 (MVMP 2.0), you can register for the upcoming sessions at the link below Sessions are held in Hindi and Gujrati, every alternate Sunday. ...
Transforming Lives is a film about Immit and Yarkhun Lasht, two remotest valleys in the mountainous regions of Pakistan. The film reveals the challenges inhabitants of these communities face and the ...
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un "Surely we belong to God and to Him we return" -- Holy Qur'an, 2:156 "Life is a great and noble calling, not a mean and grovelling thing to be shuffled through as best as we can but a lofty and exalted destiny." -- Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah, His Highness the Aga Khan III (1877-1957), 48th ...
The Aga Khan Museum's collaboration with the YMCA of Greater Toronto kicks off with a mindfulness meditation. The YMCA's Slobodan Stojanovic leads the session, which was hosted in the Aga Khan Park on July 28, 2021 and recorded on Zoom. Before the soothing meditation started, Aga Khan Museum Director and CEO Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis and YMCA of Greater Toronto Vice-President/Central YMCA General Manager ...
The Aga Khan Museum's collaboration with the YMCA of Greater Toronto kicks off with a mindfulness meditation practice focused on "Searching for Inner Truth." The YMCA's Slobodan Stojanovic leads the session, which was hosted in the Aga Khan Park on July 28, 2021 and recorded on Zoom. Before the soothing meditation started, Aga Khan Museum Director and CEO Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis and YMCA ...
Global -- In a recent poem by Jordan Sanchez, Reimagine, Recreate, Restore, she reminds us, "We are a fraction of a second in Earth's lifetime, yet she is our only lifeline." In an effort to align with this thinking, Ismaili youth, governmental and civil society institutions, and AKDN agencies in Pakistan are working hand-in-hand to reimagine our lifestyles, recreate our approaches, ...
Building Brighter Futures is a program supporting innovative early child care in the poorest neighborhoods of Nairobi. A partnership funded with a grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the program ...
Karachi, July 30, 2021: The government of Gilgit-Baltistan, GB, and Aga Khan University have signed a memorandum of understanding that will lead to the formal adoption and deployment of the University's ...
On June 11, 2021, Zainub Verjee received her honorary doctorate at the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) University, Canada. "A prescient provocateur, persuasive champion of arts and advocate for ...
Portugal -- A FOCUS Europa celebra, este ano, o seu 25º aniversário. O seu percurso de mais de duas décadas trouxe-lhe bastantes provações, tendo a pandemia trazido um desafio adicional no que se refere ao apoio às comunidades mais vulneráveis, um pouco por todo o mundo. Mas às crises seguiram-se muitas histórias de sucesso, de comunidades que foram capazes de ultrapassar ...
Portugal -- Apoiar o trabalho da FOCUS é agora mais fácil! Sempre fizer compras na Amazon, aceda ao AmazonSmile, selecione "Focus Humanitarian Assistance Europe" e a AmazonSmile Foundation doará 0,5% das compras elegíveis à FOCUS Europa. Para compradores frequentes da Amazon, esta é uma excelente forma de apoiar os nossos projetos! Se não encontrar AmazonSmile nas suas configurações, vá a smile.amazon.co.uk. ...
Portugal -- A comemorar os 25 anos da FOCUS Europa! Este ano, a FOCUS Assistência Humanitária Europa assinala o seu 25º aniversário. Seja a responder a desastres naturais nas regiões montanhosas mais isoladas do mundo, seja a prestar apoio de emergência a populações afetadas pela guerra civil, seja a dar a mão a migrantes para que possam construir um futuro mais ...
USA -- Last year, Nazarali Momin took a family trip with his grandchildren to Boston to revisit his roots. On this trip, they visited his old college building, the places he worked, the apartment he stayed in, and the location where he and his peers met to pray -- their Jamatkhana. Nazarali recounted his journey to his grandchildren, from his upbringing ...
Registration is open for the Third International Ismaili Studies Conference: Histories, Philosophies and Communities convened by Dr. Khalil Andani (Assistant Professor of Religion, Augustana College) and Dr. Ahab Bdaiwi (University Lecturer ...
Global -- On 12 June 2014 in Lisbon, Portugal, Mawlana Hazar Imam highlighted the significance of effective dialogue in building bridges across diverse frontiers and combating a clash of ignorance. In line with the Imam's emphasis on the power of dialogue in uniting humanity and offering pathways towards resolving conflict, the Aga Khan Education Board for the United Arab Emirates presents ...
Portugal -- No passado dia 21 de julho, os Aga Khan Master Musicians atuaram no Anfiteatro Colina de Camões, em Coimbra, por ocasião da 12ª Edição do Festival das Artes QuebraJazz e que contou com a presença do Príncipe Amyn Aga Khan. EBasel Rajoub, Feras Charestan, Jasser Haj Youssef e Andrea Piccioni representaram o Ensemble e atuaram em conjunto com artistas ...
For over 25 years, Focus Humanitarian Assistance USA has been working with remote and mountainous communities to prepare for the changing world around us. Our resilient communities live in remarkable and sometimes threatening environments. Along with the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, FOCUS USA and our partner communities work together to build resilience in the face of any crisis. ...
Global -- Dr Sadru Damji, a TKN volunteer based in Toronto, Canada, recently led an interactive and exciting online chemistry class in May 2021 for a group of grade 11 students at the Aga Khan School in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. As part of the Aga Khan Education Service's strategic initiative to enhance the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) offering at the ...
Eid-e Ghadir commemorates the anniversary of the event when Prophet Muhammad (may peace e upon him and his progeny) is said to have appointed Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib as his ...
The materials in the Aga Khan Library's Ottoman Collection reveal almost a century of profound transformations in Turkey; they cover the Tanzimat - the mid-19th-century Ottoman reform movement - and span ...
This week, Salim Merchant & Sulaiman Merchant join Abdul-Rehman Malik in 'This Being Human' podcast series to talk about the secrets behind their music creation, what it's like to spend decades ...
The Nizari Ismailis of Central Asia (Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Northern Areas of Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang province of China, and northeastern parts of Iran) living amidst the prohibitive Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Karakorum mountain ranges, have been historically isolated from other Ismaili communities. They were further isolated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by political powers. These communities, who were deprived ...
Portugal -- O inglês é uma das línguas mais faladas globalmente, possibilitando o contacto entre pessoas de todos os cantos do mundo. Conheça as principais razões para aprender inglês e que levaram à criação do English4All, um projeto do Aga Khan Education Board (AKEB). Desde cedo que ouvimos pessoas a comunicar, a falar e a expressar-se em inglês. Ao longo dos ...
This event brings together key stakeholders in girls' education to engage in the launch of a new report, 'Delivering girls' education where the risks are high: Key priorities for programming in fragile contexts'. The report collates successes and learnings shared by over 200 representatives from international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), local NGOs, researchers, funders, and policy makers who participated in AKF's virtual conference in ...
France -- Le Global STEM Festival est une merveilleuse occasion pour les élèves du Jamat d'explorer et de développer des compétences dans les domaines des sciences, de la technologie, de l'ingénierie et des mathématiques. Le Global STEM Festival est l'occasion pour les jeunes de 5 à 18 ans d'explorer les sciences, la technologie, l'ingénierie et les mathématiques (STEM), en créant et ...
Portugal -- O Festival Global STEM é uma oportunidade maravilhosa para os estudantes dentro do Jamat explorarem e desenvolverem competências dentro da ciência, tecnologia, engenharia e matemática. O Festival Global STEM é uma oportunidade para os jovens dos 5-18 anos de idade explorarem a Ciência, Tecnologia, Engenharia e Matemática (STEM), criando e apresentando os seus projetos para o Jamat global - ...
Portugal -- El Festival Global STEM es una magnífica oportunidad para que los estudiantes del Jamat exploren y desarrollen sus habilidades en ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas. El Festival Global STEM es una oportunidad para que los jóvenes de entre 5 y 18 años exploren la ciencia, la tecnología, la ingeniería y las matemáticas (STEM), creando y mostrando proyectos al Jamat ...
Global -- The Global STEM Festival 2021 is an opportunity for youth aged 5-18 to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), by creating and showcasing projects to the global Jamat -- virtually. English | français | Deutche | Português | Español | فارسی In today's rapidly changing world, certain skills such as critical thinking, analytical problem-solving, research, as well as ...
UK -- Das Globale MINT-Festival ist ein wunderschöne Gelegenheit für Studierende in der Jamat, den Bereichen Wissenschaft, Technologie, Ingenieurwissenschaft und Mathematik zu erfahren und neue Fähigkeiten darin zu entwickeln. Das Global STEM Festival ist eine Gelegenheit für Jugendliche im Alter von 5-18 Jahren, Mathematik Ingenieurwissenschaft, Naturwissenschaft und Technologie (MINT) zu erkunden, indem sie virtuelle Projekte für das globale Jamat erstellen und ...
