On Saturday, I delivered a brief talk, titled Sufi Poetry: A World of Patterns, for World Speech Day in the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center, for roughly 60 attendees.
Category: Countries and Regions
The World’s Best Architecture: Architizer announces the winners of the 2017 A+Awards.
As I continued traveling, exploring, and adding more countries to the list of places I have been to. I reflected on my life as a global citizen and how well I have been able to fulfill my role.
Dallas Museum of Art Mounts a New Installation of One of the World’s Leading Islamic Art Collections
Installation Comprises More than 150 Works of Art in New Dedicated Gallery
The compilation, containing 12 articles, was launched at a ceremony in New Delhi. Over 60 researchers, from South Asia and outside, including experts from the Aga Khan University, have contributed to the collection
“Opening of Bamyan Hospital by AKHC, the second most beautiful and well equipped hospital in Afghanistan..”
“Thank you, governor Zohair for your very warm welcome to Bamyan. Today is a momentous day as we open the new Bamyan Provincial Hospital.”
Construction of the Bamyan Provincial Hospital began in 2013, led by the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, which specializes in ecologically friendly and seismic-resistant construction.
Princess Zahra Aga Khan and His Excellency the Second Vice President of Afghanistan, Sarwar Danesh inaugurated a US $22.8 million hospital today that will serve the people of Bamyan.
Princess Zahra Aga Khan, the daughter of Prince Karim Aga Khan met with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in ARG Palace today and reaffirmed continued support to the Aga Khan Development Network to Afghanistan.
Andrew Kosorok writes on Sufi Comics and Rumi.
Born in 1207, Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi lived in Persia and Afghanistan, then settled in Turkey. Before his passing in 1273, Rumi had written 65,000 lines of poetry – a legacy which influences and inspires people around the world 8 centuries later.
For the last three months, I’ve had the opportunity to be on assignment, through Uber, in Cairo, Egypt.
“I started choreographing this piece back in June 2016 and finally brought it to life as part of Roots: A Journey Through India – my travelling stage show”
This lecture will focus on compassion in the context of caregiving, mental health, aging populations and compassionate communities.
The two officials discussed in detail the Financing Agreement signed recently between the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the French Co-operation Agency (AFD) for the expansion of hospitals in Kisumu and Mombasa worth USD28 Million.