Sirjan heads successful weekend for rising star sire. Leading second crop sire ZARAK achieved his ninth Stakes winner over the weekend courtesy of two-year-old Sirjan, impressive four-and-a-half-length winner of the Gr.3 Premio Guido E Alessandro Berardelli at Capannelle on Sunday. The strikingly marked colt is out of Gr.1 winning dam Sortilege, who also has a yearling ZARAK filly, and is from ...
Join host Noor Al Kassir for the third installment of The Ismaili Update: Aga Khan Awards, an Ismaili TV special giving viewers an insight into this week's events taking place in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman. Episode three includes highlights from the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Seminar and the Aga Khan Music Awards Ceremony Part 2, in which the 2022 Aga ...
During the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards ceremony, laureates (L to R) Jasser Haj Youssef (violin), Yahya Hussein Abdallah and Yasamin Shahhosseini (oud) performed together. The Aga Khan Music Awards were established by His Highness the Aga Khan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant ...
During the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards ceremony in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman (L to R) Sadiq Khan (dholak), Asin Khan Langa (Sindhi sarangi), Zaki Khan Langa (backup vocal), Dilshad Khan (sarangi) and Rajan Dwarka (tabla) performed together at the Awards ceremony. The Aga Khan Music Awards were established by His Highness the Aga Khan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music ...
Afel Bocoum & Coumbane Mint Ely Warakane During the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards ceremony, a special collaborative performance was done by Laureates (L to R) Mamadou Kelly (backup vocals), Afel Bocoum (guitar), Coumbane Mint Ely Warakane (vocal and ardin) and Mamadou (Madou) Kouyate (backup vocals, bass ngoni). The Aga Khan Music Awards were established by His Highness the Aga Khan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise ...
Global -- The audience at the Royal Opera House in Muscat buzzed in anticipation of the second evening at the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, at which the 16 Laureates were honoured on stage. After yesterday's gala concert, guests were eager for more musical magic from the unique combination of artists. Prince Amyn, Princess Zahra, Prince Hussain, and Princess Fareen attended ...
Global -- Join host Noor Al Kassir for the second instalment of The Ismaili Update: Aga Khan Awards, an Ismaili TV special giving viewers an insight into this week's events taking place in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman. Episode two includes highlights from The Aga Khan Music Awards Ceremony Part 1, in which a speech was given by Prince Amyn and ...
[The following material has been compiled from the websites of the Aga Khan Development Network, the Ismaili.Oman Info of the Sultanate of Oman, and Oman News Agency-- Ed.] The great medieval Arab philosophers, many of whom were also music theorists and even talented musicians, had a profound understanding of the power of sound to affect the human psyche and emotions. We ...
Global -- The Aga Khan Music Awards (AKMA) gala concert part one was held this evening at the unique Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman, in the presence of Prince Amyn, Princess Zahra, Prince Hussain, and Princess Fareen. This was the first of two events held to commemorate the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, and featured a number of unique collaborations ...
Global -- Join host Noor Al Kassir for the first instalment of The Ismaili Update: Aga Khan Awards, a special insight into this week's events in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman. Episode one includes a behind-the-scenes look at the venue for this year's Aga Khan Awards, the Royal Opera House, and a glimpse of the Muscat Jamat's excitement to host international ...
Global -- Earlier this year, a collection of accomplished Ismaili musicians came together to perform a special song reflective of the Jamat's loyalty and devotion to the Imam-of-the-Time. This is the story of their collaboration. Over the centuries, Ismaili murids have celebrated their love and devotion for their Imams through expressions of poetry and music. To commemorate the special occasion of ...
Join host Noor Al Kassir for the second instalment of The Ismaili Update: Aga Khan Awards, an Ismaili TV special giving viewers an insight into this week's events taking place in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman. Episode two includes highlights from The Aga Khan Music Awards Ceremony Part 1, in which a speech was given by Prince Amyn and His Excellency Jamal Bin ...
Join host Noor Al Kassir for the first instalment of The Ismaili Update: Aga Khan Awards, an Ismaili TV special giving viewers an insight into this week's events taking place in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman. Episode one includes a behind the scenes look at the venue for this year's Awards, the Royal Opera House and a glimpse into the Muscat ...
The Aga Khan Music Awards reflect the conviction of His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, that music can serve as a cultural anchor, deepening a sense of community, identity and heritage, while simultaneously reaching out in powerful ways to people of different backgrounds. ...
By Ali Karim: From Ishkashim, we proceeded north to Khorog, the largest town and administrative capital of GBAO region of Tajikistan. This small city of 30,000 Pamiri Ismailis was where we ...
#QuoteofTheWeek: On 6 November 2016, at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Ceremony in Al-Ain, UAE, Mawlana Hazar Imam spoke about the purpose behind the award, and highlighted the importance of preserving our cultural heritage and traditions. The 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Ceremony will take place this week in Muscat, Oman. Read his full speech at #AgaKhan #Ismaili #AKTC #Architecture #AKAA ...
Global -- Tune in for the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Aga Khan Music Awards being jointly hosted this weekend in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The prize-giving ceremonies and gala concerts, to be attended by members of Mawlana Hazar Imam's family, will be streamed live on The Ismaili TV this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. The first-ever joint Awards event ...
Dean Jane Philpott and Dr. Erna Snelgrove-Clarke are pleased to announce that Teri Shearer, Interim Provost and Principal (Academic) at Queen's University, has appointed Dr. Shahirose Sadrudin Premji as Sally Smith ...
October 24, 2022 - Ottawa - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has appointed Arif Keshani as High Commissioner in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ...
By MALIK MERCHANT Simerg's series entitled "Books by Ismaili Authors" continues with Shamim Murji's book "Bloom: A Story of Diversity and Understanding." We follow the same Q/A format as our earlier presentations of books written by Mahmoud Hirji (Toronto), Zul Premji (Calgary), Azim Jiwani (Vancouver), Naznin Rahemtulla Hébert (Montreal), Shairoz Lakhani (London, UK), Shelina Shariff Zia (New York), Ali Lakhani (Vancouver), ...
Global -- In a world that can often feel uncertain, music is a source of hope. It's a universal language; one that transcends cultural boundaries and can unite people of different backgrounds. Just a single chord can touch one's innermost being, evoking emotions without uttering a word. These attributes and abilities are one of the many reasons why I believe Mawlana ...
Global -- A praise singer from Dar es Salaam, an all-female quartet from Tehran, a dervish from Lahore, and the world's most famous tabla player... These are just a few of the 16 remarkable laureates of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, which are being celebrated this weekend in Muscat, Oman, as the Music Awards and the Aga Khan Award for ...
Syria -- مخيّم سفراء هو المخيّم الأول من نوعه من ناحية الإقامة في سورية. أربعون مشاركاً من الشباب الإسماعيلي عاشوا أجواء الأخوّة في تجربة تعليمية شاملة عززّت لديهم النمو والصّداقة والإلهام. مخيّم سفراء: تمكين الشباب من أجل غدٍ أفضل:يعدّ مخيّم سفراء من ناحية الإقامة هو المخيّم الأوّل من نوعه الذي ضمّ حوالي أربعين مشاركاً من الشّباب الإسماعيليّ في سورية، الذين كانوا ...
Portugal -- Sabia que dançar melhora o humor, aumenta a concentração e ajuda a dormir melhor? Se tem 65 anos ou mais e quer fazer parte deste grupo, contacte os membros de Elderly Care. Tem ao seu dispor sessões de Dança Terapia, todas as terças-feiras das 12h00 às 13h00, no Salão Multiusos do Centro Ismaili. A dança é uma forma de ...
#Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the Aga Khan #MusicAwards prize-giving ceremony at the @Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Portugal on 30 March 2019 Read the full speech here: ...
By: Sadruddin Noorani, Chicago, USA Du'a, which in Arabic is to 'call out' or to 'summon'. Du'a takes many forms. It can be a prayer of obedience, submission, and piety; it ...
The material in this post has been compiled from the official websites of the Ministry of Information of the Sultanate of Oman and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Please visit the Music Awards and Architecture Awards pages at AKDN. Map of the Sultanate of Oman, shaded white (2016), surrounded by Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen. The Gulf of Oman separates ...
In anticipation of the Aga Khan Music Awards this weekend, take a look at this 10-minute Ismaili Sounds special behind the scenes video, "The making of Shukrana." A collection of 50 music artists came together earlier this year to produce Shukrana in celebration of Mawlana Hazar Imam's 65th Imamat Day. The song is an expression of gratitude for the guidance and leadership ...
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On October 25, 1980, thirty-five students began their inaugural class at the newly opened Aga Khan School of Nursing in Karachi, Pakistan, the first component of the Aga Khan Hospital and Medical College (now Aga Khan University). On this day, Mawlana Hazar Imam performed the symbolic groundbreaking of the main complex of the Hospital and Medical College, which received its university ...
Zarak, Siyouni and Sea The Stars all post Stakes success. Leading young sire ZARAK achieved his eighth Stakes winner on Sunday courtesy of Times Square, who won the Listed Prix de Saint-Cyr at ParisLongchamp. The three-year-old filly, bred and owned by Allan Belshaw, was already twice Group 1 placed - in the Prix Marcel Boussac at two and the Poule d'Essai ...
ANZ -- The Ismaili Civic Sydney program seeks to foster awareness and individual action in reducing our environmental impact and achieving climate goals. Environmental issues are a growing crisis in todays world, and increasing impacting communities and families in many parts of the world. In Australia, we too are facing the consequences of a changing climate through recent bushfires, droughts and ...
By NABAT PIRANIIsmaili artist Nabat Pirani. Born in Uganda, the Pearl of Africa, I was always surrounded by luscious greenery, red earth and bright blue skies. Immigrating to Canada, the landscapes were also breathtaking with the ocean, snow-capped mountains and green pastures. It was not until my retirement years that I began to paint, with inspiration from my memories of Africa ...
Global -- In an exclusive interview for The Ismaili TV, Farrokh Derakhshani recalls the Award's history and explains its contribution to the fields of architecture, urban planning, and design. Forty years after Farrokh Derakhshani signed up for a five-month contract with AKDN, he is still here. For the past 16 years, he has served as the Director of the Aga Khan ...
#Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the Global #Philanthropy Forum in Washington DC, USA on 23 April 2009 Read the full speech here: ...
Sameer Khan, The Siasat Daily, Hyderabad, India, 17th October 2022 The journey of 28-year-old Indigo pilot Aafrin Hirani from her family's grocery store to the flight cockpit is a motivation to ...
#QuoteofTheWeek: On 28 September 2022, during a luncheon at Government House in the City of Edmonton, Princess Zahra spoke of the strong commitment to pluralism that has helped to strengthen diverse societies, not only in Canada, but around the world. Read his full speech at #AgaKhan #Ismaili #Alberta #Edmonton #Canada #Pluralism #Diversity ...
From the Latin texere meaning 'to weave,' woven cloth has been in use for many centuries by all civilisations, dating back at least 30,000 years. Art that has survived from that ...
