Article: Mukhi Bandali Muhammad Ladha (Ladhani)

Bandali Muhammad Ladha (Ladhani) was a dedicated servant of the Imam of kutch. He migrated to Karachi with his family, and became the third Mukhi of Garden Jamatkhana in Karachi in 1905.
In those days, the Ismailis from Kutchh flocked in Karachi, making the population of Garden area over 1500. The existing premises of the Jamatkhana became [...]

Rebecca Haines…. Creating Changes….

A native of Lower Coverdale, Rebecca obtained her undergrad degree at Langley, B.C.’s Trinity Western University, and at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the UK, earned her masters degree in gender, development and globalization. That prepared her well for her current job in Afghanistan as program coordinator for governance and community [...]

BoOk:Revisiting Jinnah’s legacy

Book review: Revisiting Jinnah’s legacy by Ashfak Bokhari 

There has never been so great a need to revisit Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s legacy as now, under the changed circumstances, to renew our resolve to adhere to his ideals, his principles and his vision of Pakistan. Nor has there been so much urgency to disseminate and popularise the [...]

Spirit of the West – Alberta Jamat

Former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein and President Nizar Somji of the Ismaili Council for Edmonton.

It can be felt in the warmth of an Alberta welcome. It is visible in neighbours lending a hand to neighbours, and in the strength of friendships that forge community bonds. It exists in the pride of sharing one’s heritage and [...]

A lens into the legacy of Royal Photographer Noor Ali Rashid

“Look at this one… that is Sheikh Zayed and me… and that one that is Nelson Mandela and me…and here — this is when they discovered oil.” Without my asking, Noor Ali Rashid, dressed in a crisp white dishdasha with his gold thin framed glasses, had opened his wallet and began showing me the photographs.
Although [...]

Ismailies in Investment Sector..!!

Shariff familiy Invest in New Orleans east End

Zee’s Notes: In 2005, the City of New Orleans was hit by the forces of Hurricane Katrina which essentially flooded a major part of the city and forced many to leave the city altogether. The city has faced many challenges in trying to rebuild and as they say [...]

Port Moody boy will walk in memory of his grandfather

Eleven-year-old Zameer Devraj will be participating in the 5 km World Partnership Walk in Vancouver this weekend to raise funds for international development initiatives.
Since its inception in 1985, the walk has raised more than $45 million in support of the Aga Khan Foundation Canada.

From Toronto to CNN, he’s all business

‘I hated me on TV,’ Ali Velshi says of his early days on CFTO. No one shares his opinion now
NEW YORK – People are always popping out of nowhere wanting to talk to Ali Velshi.
On West 58th St., near CNN’s Manhattan studios, a man in a ball cap and jeans, his yellow shirt-tails hanging out, [...]

To the One …..who love us alot….

Mother’s Day is celebrated with lot of enthusiasm in over 46 countries across the globe. To understand this holiday and what it really means, you need to understand the person in your life called Mother. This is the day to stop, remember, and pray for that special person in our life.
From The Ismaili News, A [...]

AKDN: Working towards holistic community development

“Aga Khan Development Network project committed to enhancing quality of life “
-Madhur Tankha -
NEW DELHI: The Aga Khan Development Network project is working with the locals living around the Hazrat Nizamuddin basti- Humayun Tomb-Sundar Nursery area to enhance their quality of life.
The Network is a group of private, non-denominational, international development agencies created by the [...]

ChilD: Investing in Early Childhood Development

An Article
Worldwide 200 million children under five years of age are not achieving their development potential due to poverty, poor health and nutrition, and lack of stimulation and learning opportunities. The vast majority of these children are from disadvantaged households and communities in low-income countries.
Early childhood lays critical foundations for a person’s entire life [...]

A better tomorrow…

With the economic downturn taking its toll across the United States, professionals, businesspersons, and recent graduates focused on upgrading their knowledge and networking skills at this year’s Regional Ismaili Business Conference (RIBC) held in Dallas on 25 January.
“It’s great to be here with people who are in the same boat as me,” said Gas and [...]

A project for the little ones

In 2003, Jan Egeland, then UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and emergency relief coordinator, called the conflict in northern Uganda “the biggest forgotten, neglected humanitarian emergency in the world today.” The situation, laments Williamson, hasn’t changed much since then: “It shocks me that so many people — including within the country — have so [...]

Talking the talk early in life

Born in Kenya and raised in Canada, I speak Kutchi and English fluently. Still, I struggle to strengthen my French and Spanish –– languages I acquired much later in life. Research suggests that had I only been instructed in those languages from birth, I would have mastered them by now.
While surfing television programmes one day, [...]

PerWorks: Salima Padamsey – An Anthropologist & Development Practitioner

Salima Padamsey is a social anthropologist and development practitioner specialising in civil society. The main focus of her work is with non governmental agencies working in the public health sector that seek assistance in organisational development. She assists NGOs to link with their target groups and to some extent link with governments to help NGOs [...]

World Partnership Walk – 25th years in Canada

 
In 1985, a small group of Ismaili women in Vancouver wanted to make a difference in the fight against global poverty. Repeating simple words of encouragement, “rain or shine, walk with your family — bring your lunch,” they persuaded 1 000 people to don their sneakers and join them in a walk to raise CAD $50 000.
The [...]

“Zain Verjee — a practicing Ismaili Muslim”

Zain Verjee is a news anchor for The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer based in the network’s Washington, D.C., bureau. Previously, Verjee spent two years as CNN’s State Department correspondent, a role in which she traveled with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to more than a dozen countries, including Israel, Libya, Russia and South Korea.
In [...]

Canada: The Research Week

Building a better society through CIVIC participation

The commemoration of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Golden Jubilee was an opportunity for Ismaili Muslims to come together in the spirit of voluntary service and contribute to the wellbeing of the communities where they reside. This was one of the underlying objectives of the CIVIC programme in Canada.
CIVIC — Challenging Ismaili Volunteers in Communities — was an initiative [...]

Eboo Patel on CNN ( FACES OF FAITH )

Source: YouTube

Canada: Immigration Points System for Skilled Workers

Canada Skilled Worker Visa
The Skilled Worker Visa for Canada is the most popular way of applying for migration to Canada
The Canada Skilled Worker Visa point’s selection system requires a pass mark of 67 out of 100 points and is assessed on six main factors including age, education, work experience, language ability and adaptability.
 Advantages of the [...]

Chronic diseases attract global attention

Kampala Ms Aidah Nabwire of Busumba village in Busia District is in agony. The 36-year-old housewife keeps crying out for mercy from God to relieve her of the severe pain she is going through. With the help of her left hand, Ms Nabwire keeps suspending her right arm carefully to avoid hurting her armpit, arm [...]

A Profile in Muslim Social Consciousness: The Aga Khan Development Network

A Profile in Muslim Social Consciousness: The Aga Khan Development Network
by TAUFIQ RAHIM & QAHIR DHANANI
If you visited the Darb al-Ahmar district in Old Cairo a few years ago, you would have found a neglected neighborhood replete with economic and social difficulties, dilapidated houses and large-scale unemployment. Adjacent to it, you would have seen a [...]

S.A. to sparkle in Golden Jubilee of the Aga Khan

Aisha Dharani was only 5 years old and remembers little about the visit by the spiritual leader of her faith to Los Angeles, where she was growing up in the 1980s.
Dharani, now 30 and a San Antonio businesswoman, never imagined being in an audience again with the imam, Prince Karim Khan. Especially not in the [...]

Orchestra in Dubai expresses the harmony of the international Jamat through a unique musical compilation

In celebration of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Golden Jubilee, a Jamati orchestra in Dubai together with the Ismaili Council for the United Arab Emitrates has produced a unique musical synthesis titled Frontierless Brotherhood — A Fusion of Diversity. The two-disc set reflects the cultures and heritage of Ismailis from around the world.
The effort was inspired by Mawlana Hazar Imam’s remarks [...]

Aga Khan inspires gathering at Vancouver’s BC Place

VANCOUVER – She was only nine, but Almira Bardai remembers the day the Aga Khan came to dinner at her mother’s family home. She didn’t get to join the 200 or so guests, but she knew the importance of seeing the spiritual Ismaili Muslim leader.

Almira Bardal was nine when the Aga Khan visited her mother’s [...]