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Category: Art and Culture

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Romana Kassam’s Desire For Christmas Created ‘Khumas’

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  • Posted on December 19, 2018

“While I recognize the need to belong, I also know now the importance of honouring…

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  • Art and Culture

Romana Kassam: Salt. Wounds.

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  • Posted on December 18, 2018

Commuters and residents strolling by the Metro Toronto Convention Centre got a surprise last Monday by a face-lift…

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  • Art and Culture

Ismaili Saints and Hindu Shrines

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  • Posted on December 4, 2018

Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro delves into a less known period of Sindh’s history. The history of…

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  • Art and Culture

Bombay Black * Nimet Kanji as Padma

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  • Posted on December 4, 2018

Nimet Kanji stars in Anosh Irani’s Bombay Black, onstage Dec. 5 to 15 at Firehall…

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Masterpieces of the East and West

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  • Posted on October 7, 2018October 10, 2018

What happens when foreign influences come knocking on your door? Do you turn your back…

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The World of the Fatimids
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The World of the Fatimids

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  • Posted on October 7, 2018October 10, 2018

Between the tenth and twelfth centuries CE, the Fatimid Caliphate ruled part of present-day Algeria,…

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Aga Khan Museum Lapis Ball 2018- Video

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  • Posted on October 4, 2018October 4, 2018

On September 21, 2018, more than 350 enthusiastic supporters and sponsors from around the world…

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A view of the dome of the Shahi Hammam. (Image credit: WCLA via The Express Tribune)
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Walled City of Lahore (WCLA) holds ‘Meet the Experts’ session at Shahi Hammam

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  • Posted on October 3, 2018October 5, 2018

LAHORE: A session of “Meet the Experts” was organised by the Walled City of Lahore Authority…

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  • Art and Culture

Diverse Islamic Art Exhibition Opens at Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vermont, USA

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  • Posted on September 30, 2018September 30, 2018

An exhibit featuring over 100 exquisite works of Islamic art is now on display at…

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  • Art and Culture

A rare exhibition reveals how Medici Florence spurred an appreciation for the Islamic world

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on September 28, 2018September 29, 2018

A procession of majestically robed men and women make their way down from atop a…

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  • Aga Khan Museum Toronto

Song of Lahore- A Film by Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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  • Posted on September 25, 2018September 26, 2018

On Fri, 12 October 2018 The Citizens Foundation (TCF) Canada is pleased to host a spectacular evening…

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  • Aga Khan Museum Toronto

The CAFTCAD Awards: First Ever Canada-Wide Costume Arts And Design Awards To Be Held In Toronto In 2019

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  • Posted on September 22, 2018September 24, 2018

Alex Kavanagh, President of The Canadian Alliance of Film & Television Costume Arts & Design…

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  • Aga Khan Museum Toronto

Qajar paintings and visual culture between east and west with DR. Layla Diba

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  • Posted on September 21, 2018September 21, 2018

Aga Khan Museum presents: TRANSFORMING TRADITIONS: THE ARTS OF 19TH-CENTURY IRAN On September 23rd, 2018, Join…

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Aga Khan Museum's Performing Arts Season Explores The Other Side of Fear
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Aga Khan Museum’s Performing Arts Season Explores The Other Side of Fear

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  • Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018

Artists, Musician, Dancers Confront and Conquer Fear through their Art Toronto, September 17, 2018 —…

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  • Art and Culture

Imran Amed: meet fashion’s most influential man | The Guardian

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  • Posted on September 9, 2018

Imran Amed’s website, the Business of Fashion, is the oracle of the style world. As…

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Pakistan's Sound Diaries: Chapter One
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Pakistan’s Sound Diaries: Chapter One

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  • Posted on September 8, 2018September 9, 2018

First Chapter: Reverberations of Thar: The first chapter of Sound Diaries was based on capturing…

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A Star Is Born: Asfar Hussain takes his musical band to victory - makes community and the country proud
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A Star Is Born: Asfar Hussain takes his musical band to victory – makes community and the country proud

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  • Posted on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018

Pakistani musical scene is seeing a revival at world’s stage with quality performances and artistic…

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Ya Mowla Mere Mowla - Ismaili Community Ensemble (UK) Diamond Jubilee Tribute
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Ya Mowla Mere Mowla – Ismaili Community Ensemble (UK) Diamond Jubilee Tribute

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  • Posted on September 2, 2018September 2, 2018

The Ismaili Community Ensemble, a golden jubilee initiative, have come together to create a tribute…

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Pakistan's Sound Diaries: Brainchild of Karim Barolia & Aamish Hussain
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Pakistan’s Sound Diaries: Brainchild of Karim Barolia & Aamish Hussain

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  • Posted on September 2, 2018September 2, 2018

Pakistan is blessed with rich culture and beautiful landscapes which needs to be portrayed positively…

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Nai Canada Day Concert Finale at the Aga Khan Museum
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Nai Canada Day Concert Finale at the Aga Khan Museum

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  • Posted on September 2, 2018September 2, 2018

Nai Choir’s first independently held formal concert at the beautiful Aga Khan Museum auditorium.  …

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Jashne Karim-DIAMOND JUBILEE Geet by Shay Ramji feat. Shiv Singh
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Jashne Karim-DIAMOND JUBILEE Geet by Shay Ramji feat. Shiv Singh

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  • Posted on September 2, 2018September 2, 2018

When Ismailis all around the world celebrated Hazar Imam’s Silver Jubilee, Shay was just a…

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Hussein Janmohamed, Youth Inside Opera Music Facilitator - Tapestry Opera
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Hussein Janmohamed, Youth Inside Opera Music Facilitator | Tapestry Opera

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  • Posted on August 27, 2018August 27, 2018

Hussein particularly enjoys working with children, saying that it is a “priceless gift” as it…

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These musicians and thinkers want to spotlight the mystical dimension of Islam
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These musicians and thinkers want to spotlight the mystical dimension of Islam

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  • Posted on August 26, 2018August 26, 2018

In the world premiere of their Misaq-E-Ishq show at Aga Khan Museum, Ali Sethi, Noah…

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'Sound Diaries’ explores authentic, natural sounds of Pakistan
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Karim Barolia: ‘Sound Diaries’ explores authentic, natural sounds of Pakistan

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  • Posted on August 23, 2018August 24, 2018

‘Sound Diaries’ explores authentic, natural sounds of Pakistan KARACHI: Many musical projects have tried to…

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Digitally Remastered and Restored: Abida Parveen: Ali Mowla Mowla
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Digitally Remastered and Restored: Abida Parveen: ‘Ali Mowla, Mowla’

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  • Posted on August 21, 2018August 21, 2018

Abida Parveen submits her performance to His Highness the Aga Khan, affectionately called Imam Saheb.…

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Dr Shela Hirani Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal

The Institute of Ismaili Studies Establishes Farhad Daftary PhD Scholarships

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Ismaili Muslim Achievements

Dr Shela Hirani receives the 2022 Saskatchewan, Canada Multicultural Leadership Award

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Khaliah Mitha – 2022 Miss Queen Teen Calgary (Canada)

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Dr. Shafik Dharamsi appointed Dean of the School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Centre at Forth Worth

First Pakistani nurse, Dr. Rozina Karmaliani (@RKarmaliani), inducted into the American Academy of Nursing (@AmericanAcademyNursing)

Farhan Bhanji appointed Vice-Dean, Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University (Montreal, Canada)

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Dr. Karima Velji (@KarimaVelji) appointed Chief of Nursing and Professional Practice and Assistant Deputy Minister for Ontario [Canada]

Professor Shenila Khoja-Moolji (@SKhojaMoolji ) appointed as the Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani Associate Professor of Muslim Societies at Georgetown University (USA) (@ACMCU)

Dr Naheed Dosani (@NaheedD) awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, by Ontario Tech University (Canada) (@ontariotech_u)

Dr Shela Hirani (@ShelaHirani) Received the 2022 YWCA Regina Nutrien Women of Distinction Award for Research, The Sciences, & Technology (Canada)

Alnoor Bhimani Received the 2021 British Accounting and Finance Lifetime Achievement Award

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Professor Ruba Kana’an @DVSUtm considers how art and architecture tell stories about societies @AgaKhanMuseum

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The Noble Month of Ramadan Kareem – 1443 Hijri – 1st April 2022

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