Portugal -- O Coro celebra, em 2021, o seu quinto ano de vida. Para marcar esta data tão importante, vamos dar-lhe a conhecer as pessoas, as vozes e o espírito que fazem parte deste grupo. No dia 23 de abril, o Coro Ismaili de Portugal celebra 5 anos de vida. Nada melhor para marcar esta data, do que lançar o primeiro ...
He is a full brother to Listed winner Zaykava Zarkava gave birth to a colt by Siyouni on Friday 16 April at Sheshoon Stud in Ireland. The bay foal is described by Pat Downes, manager of the Aga Khan Studs in Ireland, as "an attractive, correct colt with plenty quality. He has a lot of presence". This is the twelfth foal ...
By MALIK MERCHANT (Publisher-Editor, Barakah, Simerg and Simergphotos)Magnolia flowers on tree #049 at Toronto's Aga Khan Park, behind the Ismaili Centre building in Toronto. Photo: © Malik Merchant / Simergphotos. I have travelled from Ontario to Vancouver to pay my respects to my mother, "mummy" as I would fondly call her, who passed away on January 21, 2021 at the age ...
Portugal -- Youth & Sports is glad to bring you The Ismaili eChess Cup! This game has become a huge cultural phenomenon and this initiative aims to bring together Jamati members from around the world to engage in a friendly competition to challenge the mind and build new friendships globally. Portuguese Whether you are a beginner, an intermediate or an advanced ...
Portugal -- No próximo dia 19 de abril, às 16h00, o Aga Khan Economic Planning Board irá realizar o webinar "Oportunidades de negócio para o sector privado em Angola", que será conduzido pela International Finance Corporation (IFC), instituição membro do Grupo Banco Mundial. English Neste webinar, a IFC irá explicar como trabalha com o setor privado e exemplificar com casos de ...
News story -- There are few concepts as widely misunderstood as shari'a. This is the case among both Muslims and non-Muslims; in the West, especially, misconceptions surrounding shari'a--which literally translates as "the way"--have evoked fear and hostility, and fed into Islamophobia. "Sadly, shari'a has become a metaphor today", says Dr Keshavjee, a scholar affiliated with The Institute for Ismaili Studies (IIS), "for ...
Portugal -- No passado dia 7 de abril, decorreu o webinar "Saúde Mental Infantil - Desafios", promovido pelo Aga Khan Health Board e pelo Aga Khan Education Board, que teve como orador convidado o Dr. Tiago Vinhas de Sousa, psiquiatra e diretor clínico da Clínica Nostra. Se não teve oportunidade de assistir em direto, veja a gravação agora. Este webinar teve ...
Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi (ca. 1210-1291/2), better known by his pen-name Sa'di, after the local prince Sa'd ibn Zangi, was born in Shiraz in Persia (modern-day Iran). At a young age, he went to the Nezamiyeh College in Baghdad to study. Shortly thereafter, the unrest caused by the Mongol invasions forced him to leave the region and travel to ...
Portugal -- O ITREB Portugal tem o prazer de partilhar consigo o calendário do Ramadão 2021 com atividades para crianças. Este ano, o Ramadão realiza-se entre 13 de abril e 13 de maio. English O Ramadão é uma altura importante no calendário muçulmano. Marca o mês durante o qual os primeiros versos do Sagrado Qur´an foram revelados ao Profeta Muhammad (que ...
Portugal -- "Aprender uma atividade que implique autocontrolo ou estar sentado a olhar para ecrãs têm resultados distintos", afirma o neuropsicólogo e investigador Lutz Jäncke. Lutz Jäncke é alemão e reside na Suíça. É diretor do departamento de neuropsicologia da universidade de Zurique e já conduziu inúmeras investigações. A sua mais recente investigação explora como a música molda o cérebro do ...
Ismaili CIVIC -- A little over a year ago, the United Kingdom, along with the rest of the world, went into lockdown to protect people from Covid-19. Businesses, schools, places of worship, and even medical services closed. For many people, the lifelines they had come to rely on had been taken away overnight. Volunteers came out in their hundreds to offer ...
Eating a balanced and colourful diet that includes a variety of unrefined carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, emphasizing vegetables, whole grains, and healthy oils, is essential for good health, endurance and to ease ...
Global -- Covid-19 has changed much of what we do and how we do it; from shaking hands and hugging our friends, to the very way we learn and work with our peers and colleagues. At the same time, Covid-19 has given rise to CONNECT, an initiative of Global Encounters and Aga Khan Youth and Sports Boards from around the world. ...
"In each verse, with the intense concentration of thought and wisdom so singularly his own, he has produced in amazing variety facets of truth and beauty, of meaning and wisdom." Mawlana Sultan Muhammah Shah Aga Khan III Shams-ud-din Muhammad, one of the most celebrated of the Persian poets, known by his pen-name Hafiz, or Hafez, was born around 1310 in Shiraz ...
Pakistan -- Zeeshan, a child hailing from Silgan, the remotest valley of Gilgit-Baltistan, was suffering from severe nose bleeding along with heart palpitations. The local healthcare provider had less hope that he would survive beyond a month and advised the family to take Zeeshan to Karachi for advanced treatment. With few resources, his mother was praying for a miracle to happen. ...
By MALIK MERCHANTPublisher/Editor Simerg, Barakah andSimergphotos On the morning of Friday April 16, 2021, as I quickly glanced at the subject column of new emails that I had received overnight, my heart sank when I saw "Carnegie Corporation of New York Mourns the Death of President Vartan Gregorian." As a personal tribute to him, I would like to share three beautiful ...
ANZ -- Over the Australian and New Zealander summer holidays, youth from around ANZ attended summer camps COVID style - online. Camp Al-ilm @ Home 2021 provided a platform for high school students from Australia, New Zealand and the Far East to connect for ANZ's first ever virtual camp. The camp provided an opportunity for participants to interact, build relationships, explore ...
USA -- Celebration of Service Week April 18-24, 2021 "In the Shia Ismaili Muslim tradition, voluntary service to others is viewed as an integral and positive part of daily life, and never as a burdensome obligation or an elective activity. Service is a means for each individual to actualize Islam's ethics of inclusiveness, of compassion, of sharing, of the respect for ...
In our latest REIMAGINE: Global Conversation for the #MuseumWithoutWalls, two world-renowned contemporary artists contemplate the role of creative expression in sparking hope and healing. Joining the Museum's Dr. Filiz Çakır Phillip for this very special talk are New York-based Iranian-American artist Pouran Jinchi and Syria-born, Germany-based painter and printmaker Tammam Azzam. Both artists reflect on how they use their art to bring ...
More Classic hopes for Siyouni. SIYOUNI and SEA THE STARS were in fine form on Sunday, with Group wins for POLICY OF TRUTH and AL AASY, while the Haras de Bonneval sire also saw his daughter Silvestri finish a close second in the Prix de la Grotte and the Gilltown Stud stallion celebrated two further winners at ParisLongchamp. Already sire of ...
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WATCH NOW: You need more than a Family Emergency Kit to prepare for a hurricane: - Create a Family Emergency Plan - Know what to do and how to evacuate - Sign up for alerts and warnings Learn more: Focus-usa.org/prepare/hurricanes Focus Humanitarian Assistance USA ...
The Ismaili eChess Cup will bring together chess enthusiasts of all ages as a global community to compete, collaborate, and get to know each other. Watch the launch video or visit the.ismaili/esports for more information. ...
REGISTRATION CLOSING: 25 APRIL! Join us for #CONNECT, a virtual camp designed to strengthen connections amongst our global youth! To register, visit the.ismaili/globalencounters #connectwithus #OneJamat ...
by MALIK MERCHANTPublisher/Editor Simerg, Barakah andSimergphotos Simerg's series entitled "Books by Ismaili Authors" continues with Canadian writer Alnasir Rajan's book "Invisible Birthmarks." We follow the same Q/A format as our recent presentations of books written by Shafeen Ali, Mansoor Ladha, Zeni Shariff and Shamas Nanji. We encourage Ismaili authors to participate in this series, regardless of when their books were published. ...
Flags at Aga Khan Park, by Wynford Drive. From nearest -- The Maple Leaf of Canada, the Province of Ontario, the City of Toronto and the Ismaili Flag. April 7, 2021. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos. By MALIK MERCHANTPublisher/Editor Simergphotos, Barakahand Simerg I begin with the flags because I love my Ismaili Muslim community into which I was born, I love the city ...
The pandemic has brought about fundamental changes to the economy that impact how people work, live and spend. Join us for a moderated discussion with Dr. Rusell Green of Rice University's Baker Institute and Laila Assanie of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on the trends in the economic activities domestically and internationally as societies look toward a post-pandemic future. Wednesday, April 14, ...
Curator Dr. Michael Chagnon offers a glimpse into how we're caring for the works in the Remastered exhibition during our temporary closure -- and he investigates a story of courtly intrigue and unspoken love as depicted in an exquisite painting from a manuscript of the Diwan of Safavid prince Sultan Ibrahim Mirza. To learn more about this work in our Collection (AKM ...
Fortitude is as a sweet cloud, wisdom rains from it. Because it was in such a month of fortitude, that the Qur'an arrived! Jalal ad-Din Rumi (Diwan-i Shams-i Tabrizi) By: Sadruddin ...
UAE -- Mind Matters - Breaking the Silence: Understanding Mental Health ...
This matter has been on my mind for 12 months, and this piece was prepared some 3 months ago. I have now decided to post it after patiently waiting for Jamati institutions, and specifically ITREB, to provide an absolutely essential service to the Jamat -- availability of Farman books, important objects (eg. tasbihs) as well as Dua recordings with meanings, and ...
"Possessing a treasure like my "Makhzan al-Asrar" Why should I bother myself with romances? In today's world, however, there is no one Who hasn't a passion for romances." Nizami1 Nizami Ganjavi, one of the greatest romantic poets in Persian literature, was born in 1141 in Ganja, modern-day Azerbaijan and lived at a time of intense intellectual activity. A prominent poet acquainted ...
With vibrant melodies and orchestral notes, Afro-Latin jazz duo @OkanVEVO performance for February's From Africa online music festival evokes the rich cultural fabric of their homeland of Cuba. Join along as they harmonize on themes of love, belonging, and soul through intentional lyricism and cultural exploration. More about the Museum's February 2021 From Africa festival, presented in partnership with Toronto's Batuki Music ...
News story -- The IIS ran its first online international academic conference, Islamic Traditions in 'Greater Khurāsān': Ismailis, Sufis and Sunnis, at the end of February. Convened by Dr Dagikhudo Dagiev of the Shiʿi Studies Unit, the conference explored a variety of manifestations of Islamic culture in 'Greater Khurāsān', a medieval name for a vast geographical area that includes contemporary Central Asia, ...
The Chief Justice of Canada, His Excellency the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C., is currently serving as the administrator of the Government of Canada until such a time as the next governor general is installed. His message on the death of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was released by him on Friday April 9, 2021, and is reproduced after ...
UAE -- Mind Matters - Break the Silence: Aao Baat Karein ...
UK -- The Ismaili community would like to offer its sincerest condolences to Her Majesty The Queen and the Royal Family on the sad news of the passing of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ...
