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Khalil Rawji (@KhalilRawji) awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Government of Canada

  • by ismailimail
  • Posted on December 10, 2021

Khalil Rawji, a neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge and Wellcome – Medical Research Council…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

University of Central Asia Signs Partnership Agreement with University of Cambridge

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  • Posted on February 26, 2020

The University of Central Asia (UCA) and the University of Cambridge signed a Memorandum of…

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Harvard University & Aga Khan University Collaborate to Transform Leadership for 21st Century Africa
  • Kenya

Aga Khan University & Harvard University Partner to Transform Leadership for 21st Century Africa

  • by AM
  • Posted on July 27, 2017September 2, 2017

“We live in an era of accelerating change and unprecedented complexity. Organisational strategies today will…

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A Darfur refugee camp in Chad, circa 2005. (Image credit: Camden Herald )
  • Trust for Culture

Event Jan 15: MIT Aga Khan Documentation Center visiting scholars to present talk on Refugee Architecture and Urbanism

  • by AM
  • Posted on January 5, 2017August 6, 2017

Expelled from home by war, persecution, failed governance or natural disaster, refugees flee toward safety…

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  • Aga Khan IV

Retrospective: This day in 1967 & 1993 – His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan conferred with an honorary degree from Peshawar University & University of Wales

  • by AM
  • Posted on November 30, 2016June 22, 2018

On this day in 1967 and 1993, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan was conferred…

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Impact & Relevance: Spiritual Leadership implies responsibility in world affairs
  • Aga Khan Development Network

Impact & Relevance: Spiritual Leadership implies responsibility in world affairs

  • by AM
  • Posted on March 21, 2016August 6, 2017

Leadership in the spiritual realm — for all Imams, whether they are Sunni or Shia — implies responsibility in worldly affairs; a calling to improve the quality of human life.

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  • Aga Khan IV

Harvard’s Jodidi Lecture features His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan speaking on “The Cosmopolitan Ethic in a Fragmented World” on Nov. 12, 4 PM ET

  • by AM
  • Posted on November 10, 2015August 6, 2017

Cambridge, MA, 9 November 2015 — His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan will deliver the…

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  • Canada

Reflection: Justin Trudeau’s victory, Uganda Asians, the Aga Khans & UNHCR

  • by AM
  • Posted on October 27, 2015August 6, 2017

The election of Justin Trudeau as the prime minster of Canada has resonated with Uganda…

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Highlights from 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Ceremony
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Steering Committee for Aga Khan Award for Architecture’s 13th Cycle Announced

  • by AM
  • Posted on October 20, 2015August 6, 2017

Geneva, 16 October, 2015 – The Aga Khan Award for Architecture today announced the members of…

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University President LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS joins HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN ’59 and MIT President CHARLES VEST at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning Friday to launch ArchNet, a site devoted to Islamic architecture. (Image credit: Seth Bechis, The Harvard Crimson)
  • Aga Khan IV

Archnet turns 13: His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan & Presidents of MIT and Harvard Lay Foundations for an Architecture of Understanding

  • by AM
  • Posted on September 27, 2015August 6, 2017

“As trustees of God’s creation, we are instructed to seek to leave the world a…

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From Ismailimail Archives: 2006-03-20: His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan welcomes His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall to Al-Azhar Park on the 1st anniversary of the park’s inauguration. (Photo: AKDN/Gary Ott)
  • Cairo

Impact & Relevance: Legacy of the Fatimids

  • by AM
  • Posted on July 8, 2015June 22, 2018

“In our excavations and our historical investigations, I constantly have been reminded that we were…

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A Companion of Muslim Cultures - Amyn Sajoo
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SFU & IIS’s Dr Amyn Sajoo inspires Aga Khan Museum audience at the special book launch and signing of A Companion of Muslim Cultures

  • by AM
  • Posted on April 27, 2015August 6, 2017

On Wednesday evening (April 22, 2015)  Aga Khan Museum, Toronto in collaboration with the Institute of…

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  • Aga Khan Museum Toronto

Event – April 29 | Aga Khan Museum, Toronto | Lecture: William Dalrymple presents Return of a King

  • by AM
  • Posted on April 27, 2015August 6, 2017

The Canadian Community Arts Initiative (CCAI) in collaboration with the Aga Khan Museum and The…

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  • Ismaili Muslims in the News

The Sunday Times | Dr. Azim Surani: Stem Cell breakthrough to bring two-dad babies

  • by AM
  • Posted on March 11, 2015August 6, 2017

SCIENTISTS have shown for the first time that it is possible to make human egg…

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  • Aga Khan Development Network

The WorldFolio | The AKDN: Tajikistan’s biggest development implementing agency

  • by AM
  • Posted on February 19, 2015August 6, 2017

Since beginning operations in Tajikistan in 1992, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has grown…

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  • Aga Khan Museum Toronto

Event – December 10 | Aga Khan Museum, Toronto: Saints and Superheroes: The Visual Culture of Pakistan with Dr. Jamal J. Elias

  • by AM
  • Posted on December 8, 2014August 6, 2017

Jamal J. Elias, Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies and South…

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  • Aga Khan Museum Toronto

Event – December 3 | Aga Khan Museum: The Canticle of the Birds with Dr. Michael Barry

  • by AM
  • Posted on December 2, 2014August 6, 2017

Scholar, author, and professor in Princeton University’s Near Eastern Studies Department, Dr. Michael Barry re-imagines…

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Event - November 13 | Institute of Ismaili Studies: Live Webcast - Pandora’s Sectarian Box: Myth and Reality by Dr. Amyn B. Sajoo
  • Institute of Ismaili Studies

Event – November 13 | Institute of Ismaili Studies: Live Webcast – Dr. Amyn B. Sajoo: Pandora’s Sectarian Box: Myth and Reality

  • by AM
  • Posted on November 11, 2014August 6, 2017

Dr. Amyn Sajoo, Scholar-in-Residence at the Centre for Study of Muslim Societies & Cultures at…

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  • Program in Islamic Architecture

Event – November 3-4 | AKPIA – MIT, Boston, USA: Eric Broug – Lecture & Workshop on Islamic Geometric Design

  • by AM
  • Posted on October 29, 2014March 22, 2018

“Geometry enlightens the intellect and sets one’s mind right. All its proofs are very clear…

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  • Aga Khan Museum Toronto

Event – November 2 | Aga Khan Museum: Conferences & Symposia – The Artist’s Signature in Western and Islamic Art

  • by AM
  • Posted on October 29, 2014August 6, 2017

What does the artist’s signature mean? This one-day international symposium featuring art historians Sheila Canby…

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"The enthronement of Hurmuzd,” folio from an early 14th century “CAMA” Shahnama manuscript. On temporary loan to the Shahnama Centre from the collection of the late Dr. Mehdi Gharavi. Image courtesy Ameneh Gharavi and Dean Entekabi
  • Iran

Connections: Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies – Pembroke College (University of Cambridge), Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Sir Isaac Newton Trust, Iran Heritage Foundation, British Academy.

  • by AM
  • Posted on June 6, 2014August 6, 2017

Shahnama or The Book of Kings by Abu’l-Qasim Hasan Firdausi and its crucial role in the formation of the Iranian…

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Arif Lalani, Canada’s ambassador to the UAE and special envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, in 2008. (Image Credit: Embassy File Photo)
  • Canada

Arif Lalani: A key player in Canada’s Middle East policy

  • by AM
  • Posted on July 3, 2013August 6, 2017

Recently named as Canada’s first-ever special envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, colleagues describe…

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  • Aga Khan IV

Pictures: His Highness the Aga Khan receives Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws

  • by AM
  • Posted on June 5, 2008August 6, 2017

Related video posted earlier Prince Karim Aga Khan (L) and British author J.K. Rowling hold…

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  • Institute of Ismaili Studies

Contemporary Islam(s) & Muslims series lecture on ‘The Umma in the City’

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  • Posted on February 25, 2008March 6, 2008

From Institute of Ismaili Studies February 2008 Dr Amira Bennison of the Faculty of Oriental…

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

Sujjawal Ahmad Among 2021 Global Health Award Recipients @KeystoneSymp

Pakistan’s Professor Bhutta ranked among top 100 medicine scientists

Ambassador Sada Cumber interviews Dr. Suleman Lalani (@DoctorLalani), Candidate for Texas House of Commons

Afraaz Adam Mulji (@AfraazMulji) Nominated for CBC Music’s Toyota Searchlight Competition

Shahzadi Devje (@DesiliciousRD): The South Asian Food Pantry: Essential Spices, Dry Goods, and More

TEDxEustis | Shereen Kassam (@funnybrowngirl): Chicken wings made me unstoppable

New Book: Memories of a Ugandan Refugee by Jalal Jaffer

Salimah Mussani @smussani Promoted to Women’s Head Coach of Team Canada @GolfCanada

Video: Lullaby for Guli – A Tribute to Mothers Composed by Mohamed Assani @assanisitar

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

“Ud Chala”- Natasha Baig (by Maqam Station)

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

Publication| Aga Khan IV and Contemporary Isma‘ili Identity: Pluralist Vision and Rooted Cosmopolitanism by Sahir Dewji

Shahzadi Devje (@DesiliciousRD): Kale and Quinoa Salad

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

Ismaili Muslim Achievements

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

Sujjawal Ahmad Among 2021 Global Health Award Recipients @KeystoneSymp

Salimah Mussani @smussani Promoted to Women’s Head Coach of Team Canada @GolfCanada

Zainab Verjee (@zainubverjee) bestowed honorary degree by NSCAD University, Halifax, Canada

Salimah Janmohamed honoured with Queen’s Counsel designation @courtdoc @andrew_leach

Dr. Zubaida Sirang (@ZSirang) honored with the Pride of Pakistan Award

Imtiaz Popat Received British Columbia (Canada) Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Intercultural Trust Award @PopatImtiaz

Farhan Shah: Winner of South Australia Governor’s Multicultural Award

Farhan Mohamed @farhanmohamed and Andrew Wilkinson @awilkinson named to Vancouver Magazine’s 2022 Power List

Dr. Gulshan Harjee’s latest achievement – DeKalb County Atlanta’s Nathaniel Mosby Humanitarian Award

Aisha Visram makes history as first female to work behind an National Hockey League (NHL) bench

Omar Murji: 2021 Prime Minister’s Award Recipient in Teaching Excellence

Asma Ladak Receives Excellence in Research Award

Zen Tharani – 2021 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award

Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta awarded 2021 Roux Prize | (@AKUGLOBAL)

Naheed Nenshi (@nenshi): An exemplary statesman, a humble sevadari, and a dedicated community-builder

Noorjean Hassam, University of British Columbia’s new chief student health officer

Long Distance: Documentary by Kiana Rawji Wins Devon Bolton Memorial Award for Best Alberta Short Film @CIFFcalgary

Zainub Verjee elected a Senior Fellow of Massey College

Dr. Shaf Keshavjee: Recipient of F.N.G. Starr Award- 2021 and American Surgical Association Flance -Karl Award- 2021

Interfaith

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

A heartwarming rendition of the nasheed “Tala Al Badru” by singer H Ahmed

Building bridges – religions’ role in our societies | Eboo Patel (@EbooPatel)| TEDxChicago #Interfaithharmonyweek

His Highness the Aga Khan: “We must explore every opportunity to have different faiths come together in addressing the problems of our respective societies” #Interfaithharmonyweek

Chand Raat of Rajab 1443 – 1st February 2022: The Concept of Ikhlas

Sandy Kurt: An artist specializing in Islamic geometric patterns

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

Chai, Love, and Prayer – An Online Gathering of Mystical Teachings And Sacred Music @Ostadjaan

Welcoming 2022 With Snow Sparks and KISS

Hazrat Bibi Fatimah (alayhas-salaam)’s Tasbih – A beautiful gift from Allah [swt]

Diversity of Interpretations & Practices within Islamic Ummah

The Virgin Mary: A Muslim Role Model By Dr Zahra Jamal (@znjamal)

Sadruddin Noorani: Chand Raat of Rabi’ al-Thani, Hijri 1443 (5th November 2021)

Welcome.US: “Let’s Welcome Our New Neighbors”

The Aga Khan’s Perspectives: Pluralism and Acquisition of Knowledge

The.Ismaili Presentation: “United In Our Song”

Eid al-Adha 10th Dhul Hijjah 1442 – 20th July, 2021

Islamic Art

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

Events: Islamic Geometric Designs

Emperors & Jewels: A guy’s guide to wearing jewellery

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

Art & Culture

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

Ekphrastic poetry by Afraaz Mulji

Zainub Verjee: For Love or Money

Zainub Verjee invited to speak on the Massey Commission Report

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

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: 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

New Book| Conservation Agriculture in Africa: Edited by Saidi Mkomwa and Amir Kassam

New Book| The Crops Round Up: Edited by Professor Amir Kassam

New Book| Humanizing Medicine: Making Health Tangible by Dr Azim Jiwani

Book Review by Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi |Faith and Ethics by Ali Lakhani

New Book of Poems by Seemi Asad @SeemiGilgitlo

New Book: “Eating Plant-Based” by Dr Shireen Kassam and Dr Zahra Kassam

Children’s books – on composting and overcoming fear of going to the doctor – by Sareena Jivraj and Samria Valliani

Children’s activity book “I Stand Up For Me” by Tahira Karim

Ibn Tufayl’s “Hayy ibn Yaqzan” had an enormous impact on the Age of Reason

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

New publication: Futureproof Your Career – How to Lead and Succeed in a Changing World

Journey Towards Love and Liberation: Ismaili-Sufi Collection of Devotional Expression | Ayso Milikbekov

Mindful Meatball: Bringing Mindfulness to Life!

“Reminders on the Path”: New Collection by Ismaili Author, Sheniz Janmohamed (@shenizj)

Student Empowerment in Higher Education: Reflecting on Teaching Practice and Learner Engagement

Book Review: “Artefacts of Devotion: A Sufi Repertoire of the Qalandariyya in Sehwan Sharif, Sindh, Pakistan” | By Alijan Damani

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