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Video: First Female East Asian Senator (Canada) Describes Her Uganda Expulsion Experience

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  • Posted on April 13, 2023April 13, 2023

Senator Mobina Jaffer, the first Muslim, African-born, and first senator of South Asian descent in…

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  • Uganda

Video | Ugandan Asian Expulsion at 50: Reflections on the Emergence of a New Ismaili Diaspora in North America and Europe

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  • Posted on November 25, 2022November 25, 2022

On 6th November, the Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Board (ITREB) U.K., as part of…

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  • South Africa

Ela Gandhi receives international mediation team in Durban, South Africa, to discuss post-conflict rehabilitation

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  • Posted on November 3, 2022March 24, 2023

On Monday, 17 October 2022, Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, received Dr Mohamed Keshavjee,…

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  • Aga Khan IV

South African Constitutional Court receives  a copy of the historic book “The Aga Khan and Africa”

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  • Posted on October 15, 2022October 17, 2022

Dr. Mohamed Keshavjee, presently in South Africa on a lecture tour, presented a book titled…

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  • UK

EVENT | Panel discussion to commemorate 50th anniversary of Uganda Asian expulsion

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  • Posted on October 5, 2022October 5, 2022

The Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Board (ITREB) U.K., as part of its Heritage Series,…

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  • Canada

Uganda at 50 – Time for Jubilation but also time for Serious Reflection – by Mohamed Keshavjee

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  • Posted on September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

Ugandan Asians throughout the world have been celebrating this year which sees the 50th anniversary…

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  • Books

Book Review | Mohamed Keshavjee Reviews Hélène Alexander’s “A Life of Ups and Downs”

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  • Posted on August 26, 2022

The Ugandan Expulsion at 50, and the 75th anniversary of the Partition of India: A…

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  • History

The Print (Johannesburg) | 50th anniversary of expulsion of all Asians from Uganda by Idi Amin a lesson in breakdown of democratic order @HassenFakir

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  • Posted on August 25, 2022

Fakir Hassen, Johannesburg, August 21, 2022 (PTI)The expulsion of tens of thousands of Asians from…

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  • Books

Book Launch and Talk I “Humanising Medicine – Making Health Care Tangible” by Dr. Azim Jiwani

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  • Posted on August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

A new publication by Dr. Azim Jiwani titled Humanizing Medicine: Making Health Tangible  – Memoirs of engagement…

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  • UK

A Post COVID World | Dr Mohamed M Keshavjee | #Ramadan Bites 2022

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  • Posted on April 7, 2022

Dr. Mohamed M Keshavjee reflects on life after the pandemic and some of the lessons…

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  • Interfaith

Mohamed Keshavjee in conversation with Sumayya Vally, architect of the Serpentine Pavilion 202

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  • Posted on January 30, 2022January 30, 2022

South-African born Sumayya Vally’s design, research, and pedagogical practice, Counterspace, is centred on finding form…

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  • Books

Book Review by Mohamed M Keshavjee | A Lawyer’s Odyssey: Apartheid, Mandela and Beyond by Henry Brown

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  • Posted on November 22, 2021November 22, 2021

A Lawyer’s Odyssey: Apartheid, Mandela and Beyond By Henry Brown (Otterley Press, Pietermaritzburg 2020) Review…

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  • Interfaith

Webinar October 15, 2020: Muslims and Mediation: Diversity, Practice and Contemporary Challenges #Conflictresolutionday

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  • Posted on October 14, 2020

Conflict Resolution Day is recognized annually on the third Thursday in October. It was initiated in…

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  • Interfaith

New Horizons in British Islam (@n_Horizons): “Family, Business and Community – Mediation Among Muslims: Diversity, Ethics and Contemporary Practice”

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  • Posted on September 11, 2020

Conflict Resolution Day is celebrated globally in the third week of October each year. This…

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  • UK

The Ismaili Centre, London Presents: Asians of Africa in the Twentieth Century – A remarkable story still to be told

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  • Posted on August 31, 2020

In an animated conversation, two East African scholars: an anthropologist and Swahili playwright, Dr Farouk…

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  • Video

Video: Mediation in the Present Moment, @Cov360com Live with Dr Mohamed Keshavjee and Prof. Albie Sachs

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  • Posted on June 19, 2020June 19, 2020

Conversation on Mediation in the Present Moment 18 June 2020. A conversation on the interdependence…

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Cov360 (@Cov360com) Virtual Event June 18, 2020: “Mediation in the present moment” Conversation with Dr Mohamed Keshavjee

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  • Posted on June 17, 2020

Recipient of the Gandhi, King, Ikeda Peace Award, Dr Mohamed Keshavjee will be in conversation…

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  • Education

In Memoriam: Raficq Abdulla (1940-2019) A Man of His Time

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  • Posted on January 24, 2020January 24, 2020

By Mohamed M Keshavjee Raficq Abdulla’s passing away in London on 19 December 2019 after…

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  • UK

Live Webcast- Mahatma Gandhi: The Precocious Universalist

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  • Posted on October 2, 2019

Ismaili Centre London will be hosting a moderated panel discussion to celebrate 150 years of…

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  • Books

Book Review: Understanding Sharia, Islamic Law in a Globalised World

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  • Posted on September 26, 2019

Source: Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal (A Publication of the ADR Institute of Canada, Inc)…

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  • Books

Book Review: Understanding Sharia (Islamic law) in a Globalised World

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  • Posted on June 19, 2019June 18, 2019

Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World (2018) Raficq S. Abdullah and Mohamed M.…

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  • Africa

Historic Book Collection Finds A New Home in Sandton, South Africa

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  • Posted on December 24, 2018December 24, 2018

December 21, 2018 by Fakir Hassen A collection of over 3 000 books by leading writers…

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  • Books

Understanding Sharia: Islamic law in a Globalised World

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  • Posted on November 27, 2018

Sharia has been a source of misunderstanding and misconception in both the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.…

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Celebrating the launch of a new Centre for the Study of Compassion in the UK
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Celebrating the launch of a new Centre for the Study of Compassion in the UK

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  • Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018

First cohort of Darwin Scholars to be chosen to produce the compassionate leaders of tomorrow…

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  • Books

Dr. Mohamed M. Keshavjee interviews Top Oxford Humanities Student Adam Abdulla

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  • Posted on July 26, 2018July 27, 2018

Top Oxford Humanities Student shows the way forward through coaching in a knowledge society. Dr.…

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Chand Raat of Dhu al-Qa’dah 1444 – 20th May 2023: The Calling to Allah and the Quest

New Book | ‘A New Hope’ by Farhan Devji: A Biography of Canadian Soccer Player Alphonso Davies

Aga Khan University Starts Construction of its Kampala Campus

Dr Karim Jamal Receives CPA Alberta Lifetime Achievement Award

Government of France and Aga Khan Health Service, Tanzania, Partner to Launch Ultra-Modern Polyclinic

Calgary Surge [Canada] Announces CLS Suites As Preferred Accommodations Provider for the 2023 season(@CalgarySurge)

Video: First Female East Asian Senator (Canada) Describes Her Uganda Expulsion Experience

New website helps students with course registration at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

University of Central Asia Publishes “The Philosophy of Nature of Abu Ali ibn Sina: Analysis of the Concepts of Space, Movement and Time” by Dr Sunatullo Jonboboev

Opinion | A Letter From Three Ismaili Muslims to the Portuguese Society

JollyGul.com: A Special Tribute to Our Heroes Farana Sadrudin and Mariana Jadaugy

Chand Raat of Ramadan Kareem 1444 Hijri – 22nd March 2023: Experiencing The Quran / Qur’anic Calligraphy

Aga Khan University honoured Class of 2022, celebrated the University’s fortieth anniversary, and inaugurated Founder’s Day

In esoteric traditions, Nawruz is a reminder to sow for the Hereafter

JollyGul.com: “Navroz Mubarak” – Mishal Damji & Zayn Damji

Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Lauded by Rumina Velshi, President & CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Ismaili Muslim Achievements

Dr Karim Jamal Receives CPA Alberta Lifetime Achievement Award

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

Alisha Wissanji received the 2022 Iris Unger Award in Montreal (Canada)

Khaliah Mitha – 2022 Miss Queen Teen Calgary (Canada)

Salman Bhojani and Suleman Lalani: Texas voters elect first-ever Muslim state lawmakers

Arif Keshani Appointed High Commissioner of Canada in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Indigo pilot Aafrin Hirani’s inspiring journey from grocery store to cockpit

Radiation oncologist helps modernize cancer treatments in multiple continental regions

Dr. Hakique N. Virani (@hakique) to receive the University of Calgary’s Highest Alumni Honor

Dr. Zohra Lassi received the 2022 Young Tall Poppy Science Award from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science

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)

Ismaili Women from Pakistan Mark Historical Achievements | @imnatashabaig @Samina_Baig

Zahra Mawani, a BEd Student at York University (Canada), Received the 2021-2022 Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award

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

Interfaith

Online Event: Khalil Andani speaking on Ismaili Eschatology on Intra-Muslim Panel at Simon Fraser University

Chand Raat of Dhu al-Qa’dah 1444 – 20th May 2023: The Calling to Allah and the Quest

Imtiaz Popat’s Documentary to be Featured at the South Asian Film Festival Online

Chand Raat of Shawwal 1444 – 20th April 2023: Rites of Passage, Devotional Poetry, and Esoteric Search

Was Jesus Crucified? Christian vs. Muslim Debate by Scholars

Chand Raat of Ramadan Kareem 1444 Hijri – 22nd March 2023: Experiencing The Quran / Qur’anic Calligraphy

Nava Ensemble- Instrumental Music – SPETACOLLO – Adelaide Fringe 2023

Chand Raat of Shaban 1444 – 21st February 2023: The Esoteric Path and The Polish of the Heart

Chand Raat of Jamad al-Awwal 1444, 24 November 2022: Philosophy and Importance of DU’A (ritual prayer)

Allahu Akbar | Adhan | Muslim’s Call to Prayer

Chand Raat of Rabi al-Awwal 1444, 26th September 2022: The Meaning of Worship

Chand Raat of Safar 1444, 27th August 2022: The Ummah (Brotherhood- One Nation)

Three generations of Pakistani photographers in the Emirates, Digitally Studio, capture significant events locally and globally | @asmaalizain

Muharram 1444 – 29th July 2022: Faith and Practice in Islamic Traditions

Chand Raat of Dhu al-Hajj 1443 – 29th June 2022: Ahl al-Kitab “People of the Book”

Chand Raat of Dhu al-Qa’dah, 1443 – 30th May 2022: Rites of Birth – Bay’ah

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

Chand Raat of Shawwal 1443 Hijri – 1st May 2022: Eid al-Fitr

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

PBS Documentary: The Great American Muslim Road Trip @PBS

Islamic Art

The paisley motif is a Persian symbol of life and eternity

Fables taught universal ideals of leadership

The Rose and the Nightingale: A story representing the central theme of mysticism and esoteric traditions

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

The Globe and Mail: The Aga Khan museum’s latest exhibit takes on a key misconception about Islamic art @thatkatetaylor @AgaKhanMuseum

Aga Khan Museum Exhibition: The Power of the Visual

Mi’raj is a soul’s journey towards spiritual knowledge

Sandy Kurt: An artist specializing in Islamic geometric patterns

The Persian chahar-bagh gardens reflected the unity and harmony of the cosmos

His Highness the Aga Khan: Qualities of rock crystal are symbolic of the beauty and ever-unfolding mystery of the Creator

His Highness the Aga Khan: “Civilisations manifest and express themselves through their art” #internationaldayofislamicart

Nimira’s Blog: Fatimid art incorporated the doctrine of Imamat

The Museum Celebrating Greece’s link to the Islamic World

The Art of Islam: Foreign Yet Familiar

Illuminated Tours: Educational Tour to Turkey 2019 @ostadjaan

Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia: Qajar Ceramics – Bridging Tradition and Modernity

Honoring a legacy centuries in the making – Eric Broug’s new work, Best Practice in Islamic Geometric Design @99NamesProject @EricAuthor

Dubai Opens ‘Al Quran Park’ Featuring Miracles of Islam

Hafeez Jamal: “Literally creating Heaven on Earth” TEDxUTSC

British Museum’s new gallery shows the influence of Islam in the Middle East and beyond

Art & Culture

Playwright Zahida Rahemtulla relies on humour in “The Wrong Bashir” to portray Canada’s evolving Ismaili community

Interview | Zainab Verjee shares her thoughts on systemic racism, diversity management, and Canada’s place in the arts

“A For Allah” – Nursery Rhyme With Animation

Artany Art Gallery – an international digital gallery of rising Ismaili artists

Rozina Kanchwala (@RoziKanch) – Making Environmental Education More Accessible

Farhan Shah: “Yeh sirf rooh ka kaam hai (It’s only soul’s work)”

Artistic portraits and wood carvings by Khalil Najmi

Searching for the Blues: Episode Two – Indian Blues | @AgaKhanMuseum| @amarrass

Leaves Flying in Autumn (2000) | @wumanpipa | (@agakhanmusic)

Irfan Sheen (@irfansheenmusic)| Vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist

Nimira’s Blog: Fatimid art incorporated the doctrine of Imamat

Canadian Ismaili Iman Vellani set to play title role in Marvel’s “Ms. Marvel” series for Disney Plus

Nasir Khusraw’s “Guzinam” ft. Shahid Akhtar Qalandar (@A_Qalandar) With Music, Lyrics, Urdu & English Translations

Amin Mawani Salutes “Imam-e-Zaman” in New Geet (With Lyrics & Translations)

Ameera Nimjee: Kathak: Stories in Motion- @KBTCtv Profile @KazmLaila

Walid Ehssan-HEARTist: The Return – توبه (repentance)

Moving Still: Performative Photography in India

Javid a.k.a. JAH: Toronto Just Got a New Kawhi Leonard Mural

Jibran Sharif: Thoughts of a Drop

“Dream and Trauma: Reopening of the Carpet Rooms in the Museum of Islamic Art” at Pergamonmuseum, Berlin

Devotion

Ali Goyam Ali Joyam || Kids Version || NsN Production

Ginans with Harvard Professor Dr. Ali Asani featuring melodies by Jamil Assani

JollyGul.com: Happy Mother’s Day – Ginan By Nasim Bhimji #Mothersday

Dedicated to Ismaili Women: Ginan with music, recited by Shemina Bhojani – Sayyeda Imaam Begum prays for mercy

Pir Sadardin’s Ginan: Hanif Gulamani’s rendition: Aasamaanee tambal

Pir Shams Urges Spiritual Awareness 24/7 – Ginan Garbi With Music.

Ginans: The Transformative Knowledge – Story of Vazir Ismail Ganji

Watch Harvard Professor explain Ismaili History & Imamat in 5 minutes

Nasim Bhimji: Ginans with Music – From My Soul To Yours | CD 3

Qasida: Ali Goyam Ali Joyam | NsN Production

Mushkil Kusha Mawla Ali | Saakin

Nasim Bhimji: Ginans with Music – From My Soul To Yours | CD 2

Beware of fakeness, cautions Pir Kabiruddin

Nasim Bhimji: Ginans with Music – From My Soul To Yours | CD 1

With Love From Pir Shams – Ginan With Music

A Ginan in a dream at the Ismaili Centre: By Pir Hassan Kabiruddin – Recited By Alijah Gulamhusein Gulamani

Saheb Ji – Ginan Instrumental | Mehboob Thawer

14-year-old Liam Jadavji recites Ginan “Navrozna Din Sohaamña”

Saba Rawjani: Navroz Na Din Sohammana

Rukhsana Karmali: Farsi Qasida – Bismillahey Mutlaq Tui

Books & Authors

New Book | ‘A New Hope’ by Farhan Devji: A Biography of Canadian Soccer Player Alphonso Davies

University of Central Asia Publishes “The Philosophy of Nature of Abu Ali ibn Sina: Analysis of the Concepts of Space, Movement and Time” by Dr Sunatullo Jonboboev

New Book | “Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the Making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim Sociality” by Shenila Khoja-Moolji

New Book | “Off the Cuff” by Mansoor Ladha

The Institute of Ismaili Studies has three publications as Open Access, free to download or read online.

New Book | The Heat is On: How To Overcome The Climate Emergency

Ya Ali Madad Everyone – An Ismaili Children’s Book

Makerere University, Kampala (Uganda) Alumni Group History Book

South African Constitutional Court receives  a copy of the historic book “The Aga Khan and Africa”

Book Launch: Plant-based Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Book Review | Mohamed Keshavjee Reviews Hélène Alexander’s “A Life of Ups and Downs”

Book Launch and Talk I “Humanising Medicine – Making Health Care Tangible” by Dr. Azim Jiwani

New Book | Spice Baby! by Zahra N. Habib

New Book | What is Islamic Studies? European and North American Approaches to a Contested Field (@AKU_ISMC)

Book Reviews | The Globe and Mail Arts staff writers recommend three new books including Ayaz Pirani’s “How Beautiful People Are”

Book Review by Theo Richardson-Gool (@theo_gool) | A Memoir To Humanizing Medicine by Azim H. Jiwani

New Book: Memories of a Ugandan Refugee by Jalal Jaffer

First Pakistani Author to Write Book on Enhancing Leadership Using Quantum Physics

Book Discussion with Dagikhudo Dagiev, Author of Central Asian Ismailis: An Annotated Bibliography of Russian, Tajik and Other Sources

New Book| Central Asian Ismailis: An Annotated Bibliography of Russian, Tajik and Other Sources by Dagikhudo Dagiev @nkholmat2021 @EditorSophie

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