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Qaeeza Ramji: Equality a daunting struggle that must be won

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  • Posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020

When a human life is taken, so often, we hear the words “I feared for…

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Narmeen Lakhani: What to do with empty boxes

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  • Posted on February 15, 2019February 15, 2019

I think life is a constant process of receiving pieces of yourself to get closer…

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  • Interfaith

The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi

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  • Posted on January 21, 2019January 21, 2019

By Rozina Ali Rumi used the Koran, Hadiths, and religion in an explorative way, often…

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  • Art and Culture

Zainub Verjee’s essay in Canadian Art Magazine answers who is an Artist

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  • Posted on January 11, 2019January 17, 2019

Zainub Verjee’s new essay “For Love or Money” in the 2019 Winter issue of Canadian…

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Our Community, Our Textbooks: Developing a Locally Relevant Primary School Curriculum

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  • Posted on December 5, 2018December 5, 2018

By  Daniel Soucy, AIF Clinton Fellow On the Ground in India: Perspectives from American India Foundation’s…

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  • Aga Khan Foundation

A day in the life: Sarah Dixon

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  • Posted on November 9, 2018

Sarah Dixon, financial controller of the Aga Khan Foundation, tells Raymond Doherty about making the…

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  • Education

Club Corner: Muslim Students and Allies

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  • Posted on October 6, 2018October 6, 2018

ST. BONAVENTURE University, New York- Student run Newspaper Cultural club spreads message of interreligious dialogue…

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Rabiah Damji: From University to Corporate | Women in Tech
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Her mission: to make Twitter accessible to all

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  • Posted on October 5, 2018October 4, 2018

“Don’t let how you identify [yourself] make you feel like you don’t [belong to certain…

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Sectarian monster – DAWN.COM

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  • Posted on April 28, 2014April 29, 2014

A RECENT report from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reiterates what we already know:…

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Aisha Malik's Urdu Article on His Highness the Aga Khan in Weekly Akhbar-e-Jehan Karachi
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Aisha Malik’s Urdu Article on His Highness the Aga Khan in Weekly Akhbar-e-Jehan Karachi

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  • Posted on December 5, 2013November 5, 2016

Source: http://www.akhbar-e-jehan.com/December2013/02-12-2013/sitare_2.asp – SITARE KIYA KHETE HAIN | WEEKLY AKHBAR-E-JEHAN, KARACHI | WEEKLY URDU MAGAZINE.

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Asians in Tanzania – Article by Shamlal Puri

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  • Posted on October 14, 2013October 14, 2013

Excerpt: The Shia Ismaili community led by their spiritual leader, the Aga Khan, has played a major…

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  • India

Ruchika Talwar: After six years of painstaking restoration, Humayun’s Tomb opens to public

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  • Posted on September 20, 2013September 20, 2013

via http://www.indianexpress.com/ – After toiling for over a period of six years, the workers entrusted…

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  • Award for Architecture

Sustainability over spectacle: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture – Part two: Impact

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  • Posted on September 6, 2013September 6, 2013

This is the conclusion of a two-part story written by journalist Ayesha Daya for AKDN…

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  • Award for Architecture

Sustainability over spectacle: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture Part one: Purpose

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  • Posted on September 4, 2013September 6, 2013

via TheIsmaili.org This is the first of a two-part story written by journalist Ayesha Daya…

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  • Health

Recognising and combatting the threat of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)

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  • Posted on July 15, 2013January 16, 2018

Via TheIsmaili.org’s Nutrition Centre: According to the United Nations, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were the cause…

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  • Cairo

Al-Azhar and The Demise of Islamic Centres of Moderation

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  • Posted on July 2, 2013July 2, 2013

Excerpt: Since it was established by the Fatimids in 972 to promote Ismaili doctrine, and…

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  • Ismaili Muslim Authors

“What Really Went Wrong? – A Shi’i Response to Bernard Lewis” By Jalaledin Ebrahim

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  • Posted on June 21, 2013June 22, 2013

By Dr. Jalaledin Ebrahim, LMFT, PhD – Integral Psychotherapy It was July 11, 1957 when…

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  • Health

Erum Bana: Maintaining mental wellbeing in times of economic difficulty

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  • Posted on June 12, 2013

Economies in Europe and many other parts of the world have been suffering for some…

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  • Interfaith

Professor Ali Asani writes for Harvard Crimson: Learning From Difference

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  • Posted on May 30, 2013April 27, 2014

I first left my native Kenya in 1973, when I came to the United States…

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  • Aga Khan Foundation

Why should Canadians care about International Development?

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  • Posted on May 11, 2013

As Canadians, we are fortunate to be living in one of the best countries in…

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  • Institute of Ismaili Studies

Husayn B. ‘Ali: Life and Significance in Shi‘ism – Article by Professor Wilferd Madelung

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  • Posted on May 5, 2013May 4, 2013

Hasan and Husayn in the Prophet’s household According to most reports Husayn b. ‘Ali was…

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  • India

Restoration plan for the Qutb Shahi tombs has a stay order – The Hindu

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  • Posted on April 22, 2013April 22, 2013

The much talked about restoration plan for the Qutb Shahi tombs seems to hang in…

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  • India

The art of restoration: After two years of conservation efforts, a 16th century tomb opened its doors to visitors in New Delhi

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  • Posted on April 22, 2013June 2, 2018

When Ratish Nanda, projects director of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, India, threw open…

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  • India

Bonnie Burnham: Heritage Is an Educational Legacy

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  • Posted on April 22, 2013April 22, 2013

April 18 was World Heritage Day. It was an appropriate moment to unveil the restoration…

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  • History

Isma’ilis: Comparative Essay of Hodgson’s The Order of the Assassins and Daftary’s The Ismai’lis

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  • Posted on March 31, 2013March 30, 2013

After the death of the Prophet, Muhammad, the religion of Islam split over whom his…

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