Portugal -- Vais ingressar no ensino secundário em breve? Sentes que ainda não tens todas as informações necessárias para fazer a tua escolha? Com a nova rúbrica "Vou para o secundário e agora?", o AKEB está aqui para te ajudar! De facto, uma das opções mais escolhidas pelos estudantes é o Ensino Secundário português, que qualquer aluno pode optar, aquando a ...
Ismaili Digest Exclusive for March 2021 -- 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.
Around the world, people are talking about recovery from the pandemic. How do we push beyond recovery to repair major fault lines and build an equitable future for all? We've asked our network of pluralism champions around the world about what #BeyondRecovery means in their communities. Here's what Meredith Preston McGhie, Secretary General of the Global Centre for Pluralism had to say. Learn more: ...
The following Talika Mubarak from Mawlana Hazar Imam in English and all the translations that follow are reproduced from The Ismaili, the official website of the Ismaili community. Following the Talika, please read our supplication to Mawlana Hazar Imam as well as listen to the Ginan Sahebe Farman Lakhi Mokalea, traditionally recited when Talikas are received, as well as recitations of ...
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Focus Humanitarian Assistance Europe - 25 years of responding to crises and helping to build stronger, more resilient communities for the future. Whether it be responding to natural disasters in the world's most isolated mountain regions, providing emergency support to those affected by civil war, supporting migrants to build a more secure future for ...
From the first Costeau film I saw and the fish I started keeping at the age of five, the first octopus and cuttlefish that squirted ink at me....I knew I couldn't, wouldn't stop exploring the sea -- Prince Hussain Aga Khan On photo of the dolphin on the front cover of his photo book Diving Into Wildlife: This image is burned ...
Global -- This week, on our sixth episode of Trailblazers, we are joined by Dr Eboo Patel, the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a nonprofit organisation based in Chicago that prepares youth to become interfaith leaders in a changing environment. Eboo was also a member of President Barack Obama's inaugural advisory council on faith-based and neighborhood partnerships. A ...
Around the world, people are talking about recovery from the pandemic. How do we push beyond recovery to repair major fault lines and build an equitable future for all? We've asked our network of pluralism champions around the world about what #BeyondRecovery means in their communities. Here's what Dr. Elisabeth King, from New York University had to say. Learn more: www.pluralism.ca/beyond-recovery/. ...
Around the world, people are talking about recovery from the pandemic. How do we push beyond recovery to repair major fault lines and build an equitable future for all? We've asked our network of pluralism champions around the world about what #BeyondRecovery means in their communities. Here's what Wale Lawal, from The Republic had to say. Learn more: www.pluralism.ca/beyond-recovery/. ...
Around the world, people are talking about recovery from the pandemic. How do we push beyond recovery to repair major fault lines and build an equitable future for all? We've asked our network of pluralism champions around the world about what #BeyondRecovery means in their communities. Here's what Daniel Otieno, from Kenyatta University had to say. Learn more: www.pluralism.ca/beyond-recovery/. ...
From 8 April to 16 June, in London's Kings Cross, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is presenting a free open-air photography exhibition about the world's oldest trade route. The Silk Road: A Living History, created by travel photographer Christopher Wilton-Steer, is comprised of over 160 photographs that invite the viewer to take a journey from London to Beijing, encountering many of ...
London, 8 April 2021: The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) announces the opening today of The Silk Road: A Living History, an open-air photography exhibition by travel photographer Christopher Wilton-Steer. Comprised of over 160 photographs, the exhibition invites the viewer to take a journey from London to Beijing, encountering many of the people, places and cultures along the ancient trade route. The ...
Portugal -- Partilhamos, nesta edição, o segundo vídeo da coleção "Aprender a partir de casa", uma iniciativa do Centro Infantil Olivais Sul para apoiar a aprendizagem das crianças em casa, dos 0 aos 9 anos. Este vídeo tem como tema "a casa como oficina de aprendizagens" e apresenta-nos várias considerações sobre a organização do espaço, a flexibilização das rotinas, a diversificação ...
Zeeshan from Silgan, a remote valley of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, suffered from severe nose bleeding and heart palpitations as a child hailing. The local healthcare provider had little 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 prayed for a miracle. In difficult times, the Socio Economic ...
Global -- Building a fairer, healthier world is the theme for this year's World Health Day, recognized annually by the World Health Organization on 7 April. The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam.Photo: Rahim Kara As the executive director of UNICEF, Anthony Lake has said: "Without health care, how can children reach their full potential? And without a healthy, productive population, ...
The healthcare activities of the Aga Khan Development Network began by tracking the pandemic in early 2020. It then engaged with Ministries of Health to develop country- as well as area-specific COVID-19 preparedness plans. The priority was to bolster government and AKDN's diagnostic and care capacities and secure much needed supplies and test kits. By mid-March of 2020, an AKDN COVID-19 ...
Girls' Education in Fragile Contexts How to deliver a programme where the risks are high 31 March 2021 | Online Conference 9.30 am - 12.15 pm BST | 13.00 pm - 15.45 pm AFT To mark eight years of the FCDO and USAID-funded Steps Toward Afghan Girls' Education Success (STAGES) programme, Aga Khan Foundation UK hosted an online conference on 31 March 2021 ...
Families living in rural Kenya have a hard time getting medical care. Join the Virtual Voyage as we follow staff at the Kenyenya hospital who, with the support of the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu, bridge the gap in health care by setting up medical outreach clinics: "Taking hospital to people, rather than having people coming to hospital." With the support of ...
Families living in rural Kenya have a hard time getting medical care. Join the Virtual Voyage as we follow staff at the Kenyenya hospital who, with the support of the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu, bridge the gap in health care by setting up medical outreach clinics: "Taking hospital to people, rather than having people coming to hospital." With the support of ...
By MALIK MERCHANTPublisher/Editor Simergphotos, Barakahand Simerg There appears to be nothing extraordinary about the first photo I am presenting to readers of Simergphotos as "Photo(s) of the Day" -- it could have been an action packed photo with the individual, Shamshu Alidina, a great cricketer in his youth days, punching a cricket ball with his Gray Nicolls bat to the cover ...
Pakistan -- Ismaili CIVIC is a global programme under which the Jamat throughout the world has united around a mission to serve humanity by rendering services to improve the quality of life of the communities in which they live. This international endeavour reflects the community's ethic of civic engagement and good citizenship, exemplifying Islam's core values of service, peace, compassion and ...
Dr. Khalil Andani (Assistant Professor of Religion, Augustana College) recently appeared on the podcast Talk Gnosis by the Gnostic Wisdom Network to have a conversation with Rev. Jonathan Stewart-a Deacon of ...
News story -- Nazia Sajid Karmali is a first-year student on the IIS's Secondary Teacher Education Programme (STEP). Living your dream in the midst of a lockdown sounds daunting, doesn't it? That's because it is! My experience flying to London from Mumbai for the first time to pursue my long-nurtured dream of studying at the IIS has been nothing short of a ...
The Ismaili is pleased to present "Nur Se Roshan" featuring 11 music artists from 6 countries. The song conveys a message of hope and love, and celebrates the infinite bounties of Allah's mercy. ...
Abu Bakr ibn Tufayl (d. ca.1186), a philosopher, astronomer, court official, and physician to the Almohad ruler, was the author of the philosophical tale Hayy ibn Yaqzan (Living, Son of Awake). This tale, translated into Latin in 1671, is thought to be the model for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Hayy ibn Yaqzan is set in twelfth-century Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) - a ...
In the first instalment of our new Peer Perspective series, Dr. Sheila Canby, the MET's curator emerita of Islamic Art, explores how an artist behind the extraordinary Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp captured a dynamic scene featuring the hero Rustam. Discover how Muzaffar 'Ali's clever depiction of animals in motion foreshadows Rustam's capture of Akvan, a demon disguised as an onager or wild ...
The first time veteran energy-sector leader Helen Platis visited the Aga Khan Museum, she was "taken with entire experience" -- the architecture, the landscaping, and of course, the masterworks in the permanent Collection. But as she shares in her The Public Curates video for the #MuseumWithoutWalls, it was one object in particular that inspired a "personal memory" for Platis and revealed for ...
Photos by MUSLIM HARJI As hundreds of millions of Christians around the world celebrate Easter Sunday on April 4, 2021, in unusual circumstances again this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, we present these images captured by Muslim Harji during his travels around the world. The photographs shown on this page are part of a broader presentation of Harji's highly acclaimed ...
The Project on Shi'ism and Global Affairs at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs is proud to host a landmark international symposium entitled "Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi'ism" over ...
WATCH NOW: Learn how to prepare for a tornado. Know what a tornado watch and warning are. Learn how to identify a safe place. To learn more, visit focus-usa.org. ...
Portugal -- It is with great joy and happiness that we announce the reopening of the Jamatkhanas in Portugal from April 7th, subject to compliance with all the measures recommended by the Directorate-General of Health (DGS). Portuguese All Jamatkhanas in Portugal (Darkhana - Lisbon and the Jamatkhanas of Seixal, Oeiras, Setúbal, Porto, Faro and Portimão) will now be open at their ...
Portugal -- Regras para a Utilização e Permanência no Jamatkhana e espaços envolventes ...
In their latest Pocket Performance for the #MuseumWithoutWalls, renowned Toronto-based instrumentalists Padideh Ahrarnejad and Ali Massoudi brilliantly tackle well-loved works by celebrated Iranian composers. Be amazed by the passion and precision of their artistry. Production note: This video was filmed in Fall 2020 before the introduction of new provincial COVID-19 orders requiring museums in Toronto to close their doors temporarily. Enhanced health and ...
Portugal -- É com imensa alegria e felicidade que comunicamos a reabertura dos Jamatkhanas de Portugal a partir do próximo dia 7 de abril, condicionada ao cumprimento de todas as medidas recomendadas pela Direção-Geral da Saúde (DGS). Todos os Jamatkhanas de Portugal (Darkhana - Lisboa e os Jamatkhanas de Seixal, Oeiras, Setúbal, Porto, Faro e Portimão) passarão a estar abertos nos ...
Shiraz Bandali (1959-2016) Introduced by MALIK MERCHANT Publisher/Editor Simergphotos, Barakahand Simerg Sometime before his untimely death at the age of 56, my friend Shiraz Bandali of Edmonton, Canada, sent me a collection of several beautiful photos of "DOORS" that he had taken during his 2010 family trip to Morocco, Spain and Portugal. Alas, the task of identifying the exact location of each ...
Imam Aqa Ali Shah Aga Khan II, the forty-seventh Imam of the Nizari Ismailis, succeeded his father to the Imamat in April 1881. Born in 1830 in Mahallat, Persia (modern day Iran) where he spent his early years, he went to Najaf, Iraq, with his mother to study Arabic, Persian, and Ismaili doctrines while his father was residing in Bombay (now ...
Sea The Stars, Siyouni, Frankel and Dubawi among 2021 coverings. The Aga Khan Studs have reserved Europe's leading sires to meet their best broodmares in 2021, with Gilltown and Bonneval residents SEA THE STARS, SIYOUNI and ZARAK strongly represented as well as Frankel, Dubawi, Kingman, etc. Dam of three Stakes winners including Group 1 scorer and sire ZARAK, champion racehorse ZARKAVA ...
News story -- The Silk Road: A Living History, an open-air photography exhibition documenting Christopher Wilton-Steer's journey along the historic trade route, opens in King's Cross on April 8th. Over a period of four months in 2019, photographer Wilton-Steer travelled 40,000 km overland from London to Beijing, traversing 16 countries. The Silk Road: A Living History, which comprises over 160 photographs arranged ...
UK -- Employment Support from the Aga Khan Economic Planning Board. AKEPB is pleased to inform the Jamat of the launch of the new JobSpot web portal on IIUK. The new JobSpot site can be found on the homepage listing of , after you log in. JobSpot provides a simple tool to search for new jobs and to easily post and ...
