H.H Prince Karim Aga Khan and The Governor Rick Perry sign an agreement between the Ismaili Imamat and the State of Texas – Photo Gallery

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Aga Khan University: World Diabetes Day

November 14, 2009
Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi is commemorating World Diabetes Day on November 14, 2009 to discuss the prevention, complications, best diet and treatment for diabetes.
Time and Venue
2:00 - 5:00 pm
AKU Auditorium, Karachi, Pakistan
 

Topics

Speakers

Prevention of diabetes and its complications
Dr Najmul Islam, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist

What is the best diet for diabetics?
Ms Faiza Shoaib, [...]

IIS Scholar Investigates Perceptions of Youth in Northern Pakistan

Dr Najam Abbas recently investigated Pakistani youth’s contribution to social transformation in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. During his month long fieldwork, Dr Abbas used questionnaires and focus groups to ask young people a series of questions, including whether they perceive themselves and those around them as happy, successful, optimistic or content. He contextualised these [...]

Cookery classes inspire new interest in cooking traditional foods

Recognising that a younger generation of Ismailis in the United Kingdom are less likely to know how to cook traditional foods, members of the Youth Cultural and Social Network — a committee of the Ismaili Council for the United Kingdom’s Youth and Sports Portfolio — recently organised a series of cookery classes. The classes were [...]

One day free test workshop in Hyderabad organised by Aga Khan University

Source: E Jung

Aga Khan Trust for Culture: 14th century Cairo mosque restored to glory

Developers unveiled the restoration of a 650-year-old mosque in Cairo’s old city, part of an effort to revitalize the impoverished district and boost tourism to the country’s treasure trove of Islamic sites. The three-year, $1.4 million project restored the Aslam al-Silahdar Mosque, built in
who rose to the position of “silahdar,” or “swordbearer” for Sultan al-Nasir [...]

A special series of articles on the 48th Ismaili Imam, Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III (1877 – 1957)

A special series of articles on the 48th Ismaili Imam, Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III (1877 – 1957) will be published throughout the month of November 2009 at www.simerg.com. The series will include his biography, excerpts from his speeches and writings, anecdotes as well as  rare photographs from photographic and portrait libraries from [...]