The ninth annual International Summer Program: Expressions of Muslim Diversity is scheduled for the week of July 11-15, 2016
Aga Khan Documentation Center Program Head Sharon C. Smith worked with the Municipality of Baghdad to choose images of works designed by Iraqi architect Mohamed Saleh Makiya (1914-2015)
Inspired by the MIT Grand Hack, AKU’s first ever Hackathon invites nurses, doctors, businessmen, engineers, designers
Since 2001, World Refugee Day is observed each year on 20 June to commemorate the…
“This gift of musical knowledge has remained with me throughout many journeys, during which it has soothed wounds, inspired creativity, and provided a platform of stability.”
This article is a spontaneous response on the topic of fasting. A pragmatic view necessitates the esoteric inclusion
of the Shai Imami Nizari Ismaili Muslim understanding of fasting.
Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon inaugurates AKDN projects in Bartang Valley of Gorno-Badakhshan
Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon on June 25 inaugurated a drinking water supply project
Team Tanzania on their epic trip, taking Fanous to new heights
“It (the Qur’an) is concerned with the salvation of the soul, but commensurately also with…
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
The camp is intended to provide children with an opportunity to explore and discover music and art of the Muslim world
Conciliation and Arbitration Board: A modern, worldwide dispute resolution system inspired by Islam
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.
‘has long been cited as an important example of Fatimid inspiration’
