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Khosh Gulab: 57-year-old man passes Secondary School Certificate exam with distinction
  • Education

Khosh Gulab: 57-year-old man passes Secondary School Certificate exam with distinction

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on July 3, 2016July 3, 2016

Khosh Gulab works as a watchman at the Govt primary School Madak Lasht.

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Tackling Built Environment Challenges With Participatory Design #iOpenArchitecture
  • Architecture

Tackling Built Environment Challenges With Participatory Design

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on July 3, 2016July 3, 2016

While the purpose of design is to understand the challenges, architecture is supposed to solve those challenges and make a contribution to society.

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Leading Afghan Artists, Homayoun Sakhi and Salar Nader, in new Aga Khan Music Initiative performance at 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
  • Art and Culture

Leading Afghan Artists, Homayoun Sakhi and Salar Nader, in new Aga Khan Music Initiative performance at 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on July 3, 2016June 2, 2018

The 2016 Festival will be held Wednesday, June 29, through Monday, July 4, and Thursday, July 7, through Sunday, July 10, outdoors on the National Mall (Washington)

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Fanous - Pakistan - Dream
  • Pakistan

Road to Jubilee Games: Catch the spirit of “JOSH” as Fanous reaches more than 100,000 people in Pakistan

  • by AM
  • Posted on July 2, 2016April 22, 2017

From the steps of the Baltit Fort to foothills of the Rakaposhi Mountain

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  • Aga Khan IV

His Highness the Aga Khan: “It [Sura of Light] tells us that the oil of the blessed olive tree lights the lamp of understanding…”

  • by Nimira Dewji
  • Posted on July 1, 2016October 11, 2016

Kindle the candle of intellect in your heart and hasten with it to the world of brightness. –Nasir-i Khusraw

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Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell
  • Canada

Sultan Jessa: Two iconic international sporting figures are gone

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on June 28, 2016June 28, 2016

Two iconic international sporting figures are no longer with us.

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His learning of the knowledge of the higher world - Prophet Muḥammad's spiritual and mystical experience
  • Ramadan

His learning of the knowledge of the higher world – Prophet Muḥammad’s spiritual and mystical experience

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on June 27, 2016June 27, 2016

The Qur’ān was not merely dictated to the Prophet in the form of Arabic sounds and letters. Rather, it was infused and inspired into the Prophet’s heart and soul in the form of the Holy Spirit

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Ismaili journalist featured in the new book published in Kenya
  • Books

Ismaili journalist featured in the new book published in Kenya

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on June 27, 2016July 2, 2016

Among the journalists mentioned in the book is Sultan Jessa, a Canadian journalist, who initially worked as Tanzania’s chief correspondent for the Daily and Sunday Nation

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Kildare , Ireland - 25 June 2016; Jockey Pat Smullen with, from left, trainer Dermot Weld and owner H H Aga Khan after winning the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby on Harzand at the Curragh Racecourse in the Curragh, Co. Kildare. (Photo By Cody Glenn/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
  • Aga Khan IV

Harzand wins 6th Irish Derby for His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, scoring the 5th English-Irish dual Derby triumph

  • by AM
  • Posted on June 27, 2016May 15, 2025

Success Breeds Success – The continuing legacy of the Aga Khan in the Sport of Kings.

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Team Tanzania on their epic trip, taking Fanous to new heights - atop snowy slopes of Uhuru Peak on Mt. Kilimanjaro.
  • Sports

Team Tanzania takes Fanous to new heights, atop Africa’s highest summit, Mount Kilimanjaro

  • by AM
  • Posted on June 26, 2016August 14, 2017

Team Tanzania on their epic trip, taking Fanous to new heights

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  • Aga Khan III

His Highness the Aga Khan: “The Qur’an’s is an inclusive vision of society…”

  • by Nimira Dewji
  • Posted on June 25, 2016October 11, 2016

“It (the Qur’an) is concerned with the salvation of the soul, but commensurately also with…

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Zahir Dhalla's New Book: Learn Good SWAHILI: Step by Step
  • Books

Zahir Dhalla’s New Book: Learn Good SWAHILI: Step by Step

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on June 25, 2016

This book will be of interest to many who originated from Swahili-speaking countries but also the newer generations who travel to East Africa for a variety of reasons

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Harvard Islam Course (Day 7): Sufi & Ismaili Esoteric Interpretation of the Qur'an and Islamic Art
  • Islamic Art

Harvard Islam Course (Day 7): Sufi & Ismaili Esoteric Interpretation of the Qur’an and Islamic Art

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on June 24, 2016February 4, 2017

Register for this free Online Course here: https://www.edx.org/course/islam-through-its-scriptures-harvardx-hds-3221-4x

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A Unique South Asian Art: Qawwali and Devotional Singing
  • Islamic Art

A Unique South Asian Islamic Art: Qawwali and Devotional Singing

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on June 24, 2016February 4, 2017

While the music is the most recognizable part of a qawwali, the music only exists to emphasize and intensify the words. The text is what Sufis rely on to open their minds and bring them to an ecstatic state.

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  • Civilization

Fatimid artisans inspired artwork in Sicily and southern Italy

  • by Nimira Dewji
  • Posted on June 24, 2016February 7, 2017

‘has long been cited as an important example of Fatimid inspiration’

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The Interfaith Effort of Canada’s Ismaili Community: A 12,000-Pound Ramadan Food Drive

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A Legacy of Collaboration: His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV and James D. Wolfensohn’s Partnership for Religious Engagement in Development

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Aaye Reham Rahemaan by Imtiaz Fazalbhoy (Faiz)

Ginan: Ginan bolo re nit – Recite Ginans everyday!

Ginans by Nargis Balolia

Ginan: Jaag jaagre tun jaag – Wake up, wake up, o you, wake up

Ginan: Ye mitthaa Muhammad naam – The name Muhammad is sweet

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Ginan: Sakhee maree aatam naa odhaar – O my Friend! O Saviour of my soul

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Ginan: Haq to paak tu baadshaah – You are the Truth and the Pure Majestic King

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Ginan: Swaami-ne saachu(n) karine sreviye – By considering the Imam to be true, be devoted to him

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Ginan: Ginan bolo re nit – Recite Ginans everyday!

Qasida: Dur ze daryayi haqiqat – The pearl of the ocean of truth

Ginan: Jaag jaagre tun jaag – Wake up, wake up, o you, wake up

Ginan: Ye mitthaa Muhammad naam – The name Muhammad is sweet

Ginan: Sakhee maree aatam naa odhaar – O my Friend! O Saviour of my soul

Ginan: Shaamku aavan(n)taa jo kahe – Those who inform about the arrival of the Imam

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Ginan: Haq to paak tu baadshaah – You are the Truth and the Pure Majestic King

Ginan: Swaami-ne saachu(n) karine sreviye – By considering the Imam to be true, be devoted to him

Ginan: Ab teree mohabat lagee – Now I am in love with you

Ginan: Aanand aanand kariyo rikhisaro – Rejoice, rejoice o believers!

Ginan: Kheddo kheddo jemaani naavddi – Sail skillfully in the boat

Ginan: Til bhaar tulannaa – Sesame seed’s weight will be accounted for

Ginan: Unchaa re kot bahu vechana – Your abode is at an elevated fort far away

Ginan: Dhan dhan aajno daaddlo – It is an auspicious day today

Ginan: Aaj aanand paamiya man ke – Today this mind (heart) has attained joy

Ginan: Navroz naa din sohaamnnaa – On the glorious day of Navroz

Ginan: Pahelaa Kartaa Jug Maa(n)he Shaahnaa – In the first age of Karta Lord’s…

Qasida: Ta Surato Paiwande Jahan Bud Ali Bud – Ali the ever present

Ginan: Kalpat jalpat maayaa e mohee – Mirage-like and false is this illusory existence in which my soul is attached

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The spread of Sufism facilitated the cultivation of introspective religious poetry

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Qasida: Ta Surato Paiwande Jahan Bud Ali Bud – Ali the ever present

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Qasidas with Translation

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Tajik Ismaili Artists: Saqi-e Bawafa Manam

Shahid Akhtar Qalandar – Qasida: DUZ E DARYAE HAQIQATH

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Persian Qasida: Let go of this entire ruse, O lover! Go mad, go mad!

A Diamond Jubilee tribute to Mawlana Hazar Imam – By Shafiq Ahmad, Asif Baig, Fakhir Baig

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Qasida: Ya Imami Ya Imami – O my Imam, O my Imam

Persian Qasida: Amir Al Momenin, by Rukhsana Karmali

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