The beginning was not a smooth ride! My family of 5 arrived in Edmonton, Canada from Tanzania in the early 1970s. Jobs in Tanzania were being Africanised and so I travelled overseas to find a suitable place to settle in. My sister received us at the airport in Edmonton and we went to Bonnyville (a small town) away from Edmonton. After a week, we moved out of Bonnyville and back to Edmonton. My sister told us that there were no Ismaili Muslims except Akbar Remtulla, a professor at the University of Alberta and another Ismaili teacher in Rimley. She stressed the fact that it’s not like East Africa!
However, we decided to try our luck in Edmonton.
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Ismailimail 
This was so heartbreaking!
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congratulation to Amir Suliman for your settlement in Edmonton. My son Syed Muzamil Shah have also been selected by Albarta University Edmonton for his PhD in Mathematics. He wants to build relationship with ismailis settled in Edmonton. He will be there in 1st week of September 2011. We would be grateful for building networking with Ismaili families in Edmonton Canada.
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