Aga Khan Planning and Building Services holds art competition

In an attempt to create a deeper understanding of the crucial importance of the environment, the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan, held an art competition titled, ‘Friends of the Environment’ at a hotel in the city. The event was being held as part of Golden Jubilee celebrations commemorating 50 years of the Imamate [...]

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 [...]

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.

WPW: Tykes take the walk

 World Partnership Walk 2009 – A   Story
Farzana Kherani remembers the first time she made a difference in world poverty.
She was 11 years old, and after taking part in the World Partnership Walk fundraiser, she got a thank-you card filled with information about the poverty-fighting programs funded by the walk.
“My dad asked me if I knew [...]

Students of Aga Khan Lyceum presented creative works

CA-NEWS (TJ) – Students of the Aga Khan Lyceum presented created works at the administrative center of Gorno Badakhshan, Khorog city.
120 students of 2-8 grades prepared 60 works on such subjects as chemistry, physics and biology.
“The event was conducted to attract children’s interest to research and subjects of natural cycle, as well as to increase [...]

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 [...]

Exhibition by UAE Royal Photographer inaugurated at the Ismaili Centre Dubai

One year after its inauguration, the Ismaili Centre Dubai is hosting the first in a series of important cultural events. Reminiscing Heritage is a photographic exhibition that provides a rare glimpse through the lens of Noor Ali Rashid, the acclaimed Royal Photographer of the United Arab Emirates.
The exhibition was inaugurated on 22 April 2009 by [...]

Bridges that Unite: Exploring Canada’s Global Leadership Role

WHAT IS CANADA’S ROLE IN A WORLD WHERE POVERTY AND HOPELESSNESS THRIVE?
 
With this provocative question, BRIDGESTHATUNITE, a bilingual traveling exhibition, invites visitors to consider Canada’s global leadership role through the lens of a remarkable 25-year partnership with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Built on a set of common values, such as pluralism, [...]

ISMAILI PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Source: YouTube (Mr. Kanji)

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 [...]

“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 [...]

Calgary Interfaith Initiatives: That We May Know Each Other

Multifaith Network Lunch
On February 26 2009

Calgary Bahá’í Community

The Canadian Council of Christians and Jews (CCCJ)

Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan

Citizens Advocating Using Sustainable Energy (CAUSE)

Deer Park United Church

Faith and Common Good

F.O.C.U.S. on Seniors

InterFaith Network of Calgary

KAIROS Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives

Muslim-Christian Dialogue Group of Calgary

The Pembina Institute

Project Ploughshares

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Scarboro United Church

Temple B’Nai Tikvah

Ten [...]

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 )

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Ismailis today – An Aritcle

The Ismaili community continues to espouse the view of Islam as a thinking, spiritual faith, one that teaches compassion, tolerance and upholds the dignity of man.
 Education, in its broadest sense, is an integral part of the ethics of the Ismaili interpretation of Islam.
In The Fatimids and their Traditions of Learning (London, 1997) Heinz Halm cites [...]

Beginning a journey: The Certificate in Lifelong Learning

In its Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, the European Union notes that “the advent of a knowledge-based society requires improved means of communicating and using knowledge and opportunities for lifelong learning.” In response, regional and local programmes have arisen to help Europeans take advantage of these opportunities.
The Ismaili Council for the European [...]

Muslim Calender 1430

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Education: Notes and Books

Notes and Books
In this section I cover all the information, Notes, Handouts, Books and material regarding University courses and their different subjects.
 STRATEGIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Partnerships
Modern Management Theories
Introduction to Cost Term
More detail in the Education Page

Tajikistan: Badakhshan Media in Dire State

Residents say they’re forced to rely on word of mouth to get the latest news.
By Aslibegim Manzarshoeva and Lola Olimova in Tajikistan (RCA No. 562, 16-Jan-09)
In the remote Tajik region of Badakhshan, people don’t turn to the radio, television or internet to find out what’s happening in other parts of the province or beyond.
Instead, they [...]

BoOK: The Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims: A Short Introduction

 
An introduction to the ideas and practices of this little known Shia religious community.

Kronos Quartet and Qasimov Ensemble come together at London’s Barbican Hall

In commemoration of the precious nights of Ramadan and the advent of Eid ul-Fitr, mystical harmonies from Central Asia and classical melodies of the Occident were performed before a distinguished audience. London’s prestigious Barbican Hall — the city’s hub of arts and culture — hosted the Kronos Quartet and the Alim Qasimov Ensemble as part [...]

VideO: Narish Batada Inspired by Aga Khan

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BoOk: Aga Khan Museum Toronto

Synopsis
Nearly twenty acres in suburban Toronto are beingtransformed to create a showplace for Islamic art and culturethat will be unlike anything in the Western Hemisphere. Thisvolume includes the plans for and explores the concept behindthis important project. It explains why the Aga Khan choseToronto as the location to exhibit his family’s substantialcollection of Islamic art [...]

Around the World with the Aga Khan: Journal Entries from Kuala Lumpur

By Robert Ivy, FAIA
Day one
Arrive in KL for the Aga Khan Awards for Architecture, a triennial event, after 20-hour flight via Stockholm. Bleary-eyed, check into the business-chic Traveler’s Hotel, so new the furnishings still have scraps of wrapping tacked on. Run into old publishing and architectural friends on elevators, in the restaurant, at every turn—French [...]

BoOk: Children of Time

From highland peasant farmers in Central Asia to Canadian industrialists, South Asian buisinessmen and Europe-based scholars, the Nizari Ismailis are one of the Muslim world’s most diverse Shi’a communities. With adherents living in more than twenty-five countries in Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America, they embrace peoples of widely different [...]

Gilgit-Baltistan to get rid of loadshedding by 2011

GILGIT, Jan 1: The Northern Areas’ water and power department has claimed that it will overcome power shortage in the region within the next three years, and building on the success, it will be in a position to sell out electricity by 2015.
The department’s executive engineer, Naz Akbar, told Dawn that at present 93 power [...]

ISM – Ismaili Photography Competition!

2008 ISM Photography Competition

A unique & historic opportunity to visually unite Ismailis around the world.
Images will be chosen to accompany the winning pictures to create a memorable Coffee Table Book that will celebrate the diversity of the Ismaili community.
$1,500 in Camera Prizes.
Net proceeds from sale of books will be donated to Aga Khan Foundation Canada [...]