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Book: India In Transition - A Study In Political Evolution - By His Highness the Aga Khan III Posted: 08 Sep 2008 11:46 AM CDT Publication
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Shamir in the Parmirs - Story of Tajikistan screening Posted: 08 Sep 2008 10:35 AM CDT http://agakhanfilm.blogspot.com/
All related posts made for documentary Islamic Conscience: The Aga Khan
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DAILY NATION - Aga Khan university signs agreement with Syria Posted: 08 Sep 2008 10:22 AM CDT DAILY
NATION - Aga Khan university signs agreement with Syria. All related
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University of Central Asia (UCA) Newsletter - July Posted: 08 Sep 2008 10:19 AM CDT uca-news_16_july_engrus
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Poverty in America: How Public Health Practice Can Make a Difference - Health - redOrbit Posted: 08 Sep 2008 10:17 AM CDT Now,
some 15 years later, I try to imagine her life since then. I try to
imagine how the cycle of poverty, ill health, low educational attainment,
and social diminution has likely been perpetuated and reinforced,
producing another generation who will experience health inequities that
have become so familiar as to no longer be noticed. [...]  |
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Week-in-Review — September 7, 2008 Posted: 09 Sep 2008 05:12 PM CDT Major
news of the week were … Photographs and Video from AKF’s Partnership Walk
in Chicago. New book published by Institute of Ismaili Studies:
Anthology of Ismaili Literature. And, PBS e2 series featured
documentary A Garden in Cairo, video of which was made available
here. You can view film crew in Egypt [...]  |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2008 07:28 AM CDT Born
in Uganda, Shyrose was forced to leave her native country by Idi Amin.
After completing her education in England, she gave up her career and
stayed at home as a result of an illness. Inspired by her faith, she took
up poetry-writing. Read more about Shyrose Rashid at Spirit and Life Blog,
and her poem: [...]  |
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Rare Fatimid ewer expected to fetch over $5 million Posted: 10 Sep 2008 11:22 AM CDT LONDON
(Reuters Life!) - A 1,000-year-old carved rock crystal ewer, one of only
seven known surviving examples, will be offered for auction next month at
Christie’s Islamic art sale and is expected to fetch over 3 million pounds
($5.3 million). The auctioneer said the ewer was made for the court of the
Fatimid rulers of Cairo [...]  |
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Ambassador of Norway to Central Asia visits AKDN programs in south of Kyrgyzstan Posted: 10 Sep 2008 11:20 AM CDT 10
September 2008 - AKIpress Ambassador of Norway to Central Asia Mette
Kongshem accompanied by Nurjehan Mawani, Aga Khan Development Network
(AKDN) Representative for the Kyrgyz Republic, visited AKDN programs in
Osh oblast - Aga Khan School and Central Kindergarten #69 which has been
renovated and expanded by Aga Khan Foundation in partnership with the
Embassy [...]  |
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Bangladesh Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury held talks with His Highness the Aga Khan Posted: 10 Sep 2008 11:19 AM CDT Earlier,
Iftekhar held talks with the Aga Khan during a brief visit to Paris.
Speaking to media later, he said, “We discussed some follow-up action
regarding his recent visit to Bangladesh including the programmes and
initiatives that were begun there, and a permanent presence of the Aga
Khan Development Network in Bangladesh.” He added, “I also raised
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Young Canadian diplomats fight to defend Afghan mission Posted: 11 Sep 2008 05:03 PM CDT http://www.canada.com Excerpts: — PARIS -
Three young Canadian diplomats are on the front line of a fierce political
battle to defend the Afghanistan counter-insurgency and reconstruction
mission, which has been pummelled over the summer by a string of Taliban
military and propaganda coups. United Nations senior Afghanistan political
adviser Chris Alexander and North Atlantic Treaty Organization spokesman
James Appathurai [...]  |
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2008 Essay Competition by Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. Reaching the Millennium Development Goals Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:30 PM CDT Weblink:
http://www.partnershipsinaction.org/essay/ Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A.
invites students in grades 9-12 to participate in this year’s Essay
Contest Titled “Reaching the Millennium Development Goals” The eight
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) form a blueprint agreed to by all the
world’s countries and leading development institutions. The MDGs have
galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest
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Posted: 11 Sep 2008 11:10 AM CDT From
Easy Nash, a timely post. I have blogged on a few occasions about the
Large Hadron Collider that straddles two countries (France and
Switzerland) and which conducted its first successful test yesterday. This
mammoth scientific project, many years in the making, promises to have the
same or greater short and long term impact on the [...]  |
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Al-Watan News interview with His Highness the Aga Khan - In Arabic Posted: 13 Sep 2008 11:58 PM CDT We
do not have original link for the interview and it appears to be only
available in Arabic language. The referring source is the nonofficial
Ismaili Muslim forum. http://read.all-forum.net/montada-f1/topic-t2516.htm
Photograph is linked through the original source:
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Posted: 13 Sep 2008 12:54 PM CDT We
have recently made changes to the Spirit and Life blog. Hope you will like
the new design. Also, do not miss few of these interesting blog posts.
Selected Quotes for the Month of Ramadan Research/Artwork by Moez and
Zaitoon Murji The Story of a Sign 4-minute short film that won the Cannes
2008 online short film competition. Ramadan cannons [...]  |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2008 10:25 AM CDT At
Pamir Times A distant valley of Hunza that rises from 3000 to 4925 meters
high above sea level and 72 kilometers in length along a narrow jeep road
from the Karakorum Highway to Baba Ghundi (Shrine) in Pakistan Northern
Areas. It starts from Sost and ends on the Irshad Pass which links
Pakistan to Afghanistan [...]  |
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AKU News and Events - September Posted: 13 Sep 2008 10:15 AM CDT September
12 Community Action Can Save Mothers and Babies “Community participation
in health care can be key to saving the lives of mothers, newborn babies
and children under the age of five,” said Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta… [read]
September 5 Lost Thumb Can be Reconstructed “If you lose a thumb, it can
reduce hand function by 40 per [...]  |
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Interesting National ISTAR Account Posted: 13 Sep 2008 10:14 AM CDT In
early July, I made my way to Calgary for a trip I will remember for the
rest of my life. Not only did I meet some wonderful youth in my community,
I made some very good friends, albeit much younger ones ;) Though that
shouldn’t come as a surprise to those who know me [...]  |
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AFP Interview with His Highness the Aga Khan Posted: 14 Sep 2008 09:13 AM CDT By
Annick Benoist Sun Sep 14, 2:54 AM ET “We don’t do enough to illustrate to
the peoples of our world the greatness of Islamic civilisations,” the
71-year-old billionaire spiritual leader of the world’s 15 million Shia
Ismaili Muslims told AFP in an interview. The Aga Khan, who last year
celebrated 50 years as head of his [...]  |
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Gulnar Carlisle - NV resident realizes we’re all Olympians Posted: 14 Sep 2008 08:48 AM CDT Kenya’s
Golden Jubilee Games impacted the lives of all they touched Gulnar
Carlisle / North Shore News / Sunday, September 14, 2008 Watching the
Olympics got my heart racing again. “Come on, come on, you can do it!” my
fists tight, perched at the edge of the sofa, I urged the Canadian
athletes on. As we reached the [...]  |
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Calgary Inc’s 2008 Top 40 Under 40 Posted: 12 Sep 2008 03:11 PM CDT |
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Muslim Spaces of Worship and Gathering Posted: 12 Sep 2008 10:37 AM CDT While
the mosque is the site most often associated with Muslim expressions of
piety, there are a range of spaces used by Muslim communities – Shi‘a and
Sunni – for their worship and gathering. These range from the ashurkhana
and zawiya to the khanqah and tekke. While some of these spaces are
specific to particular [...]  |
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“Strong NGO - Strong Kyrgyzstan” Conference held in Bishkek Posted: 12 Sep 2008 09:47 AM CDT 12
September 2008 AKIpress The Association of Civil Society Support Centers
with support of Aga Khan Development Network today held a national
conference “Strong NGO - Strong Kyrgyzstan” dedicated to the results of
organization audit conducted among non-governmental organizations in
Kyrgyzstan. Summarization of process of organizational audit of NGOs on
increasing the capacity of and recognition of [...]  |
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Foreign Minister Karabaev meets with Aga Khan Development Network Resident Representative Posted: 12 Sep 2008 09:46 AM CDT 12
September 2008 - AKIpress Foreign Minister Ednan Karabaev on Thursday met
with Aga Khan Development Network Resident Representative, Nurjehan Mawani
to discuss projects run by AKDN in Kyrgyzstan, reported press service of
the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Minister Karabaev
underlined that Kyrgyzstan highly values activities of the Aga Khan
Development Network and attributes a [...]  |
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Islamic Conscience: Pictures from the Second Screening in Tajikistan - Buni Village Posted: 12 Sep 2008 09:19 AM CDT |
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5 million US Muslims seek voice in OIC - Interview with Sada Cumber, US special envoy to OIC Posted: 18 Sep 2008 11:12 AM CDT Interview
with Malaysian Newspaper. America’s first ever US special envoy to the
Organisation of Islamic Conference, Sada Cumber, was in Kuala Lumpur
recently. He talked to NISHA SABANAYAGAM about how the Muslim world has
moved from an open society to a closed one. Q: You have visited many
countries in recent times. What have you discovered about [...]  |
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Sunel Merchant: Auburn Business Owner Thanks Public Service Personnel on 9/11 Posted: 18 Sep 2008 09:24 AM CDT Story
Created: Sep 11, 2008 at 4:03 PM CDT One Auburn restaurant is using 9/11
to thank firefighters, police officers, and military personnel for their
service. Philly Connection is giving them free food all day long. For
Sunel Merchant the nightmare began with an interrupted joke… “We were
sharing a joke and I finished the joke, I turned [...]  |
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York University Professor co-authors illustrated book about the Ismaili Muslims Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:31 AM CDT As
an anthropologist and social historian I am interested in how human
societies articulate, represent and perform understandings of self,
community and other. My research focuses on Muslim societies in a range of
historical and contemporary contexts. I am particularly concerned with the
diverse ways in which Muslims express and articulate issues of deep human
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Over 6,000 Expected to participate in Dallas Partnership Walk Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:26 AM CDT The
Dallas Partnership Walk will be held on Saturday, October 4 at Dallas City
Hall Plaza. It is a PartnershipsInAction event held annually in five major
cities across the U.S. to raise awareness and funds to alleviate global
poverty and promote partnerships between America and the developing world.
Over 6,000 walkers are expected to participate in [...]  |
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Aga Khan University: skills learning centre to introduce modern methods of learning Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:23 AM CDT Aga
Khan University: skills learning centre to introduce modern methods of
learning 18 September 2008 - Business Recorder Aga Khan University will be
setting up Skills Learning Centre that will pioneer the use of virtual
reality tools, simulation, teleconferencing and telelearning to enhance
learning capacity in the healthcare sector. This will improve the
education not only of the [...]  |
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Stamps: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture - Agra Fort Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:22 AM CDT |
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FOCUS Implements Fifth Community-based Disaster Preparedness Project Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:21 AM CDT FOCUS
IMPLEMENTS FIFTH COMMUNITY-BASED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PROJECT UNDER
AGREEMENT BETWEEN ECHO AND AKF 15 September 2008 Asia-PLUS Daily Blitz
DUSHANBE, September 15, 2008, Asia-Plus /Firdavs Murtazoyev/ — The
European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) and Aga Khan
Foundation UK (AKF UK) on September 12 signed an agreement to implement
the fifth disaster preparedness project under the disaster [...]  |
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Firoz Rasul will be the panel speaker at RSA event Posted: 17 Sep 2008 09:23 AM CDT Wealth
creation in the developing world: Is Africa a lost cause? 2nd Oct 2008;
18:00 Event Venue:RSA 8 John Adam Street London WC2N 6EZ Why has Africa
failed to enjoy the fruits of the globalisation of the past quarter
century, whilst regions such as South East Asia and India have enjoyed a
rapid growth in prosperity? Is aid [...]  |
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AKDN News: Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance Expands Operations in Madagascar Posted: 17 Sep 2008 09:11 AM CDT Antananarivo,
September 15, 2008 - The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance has expanded its
operations in Madagascar to a new district with the opening of a branch in
Analavory. The Première Agence de MicroFinance (PAMF) – the Madagascar arm
of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance — began its operations in the
Sofia district of Madagascar [...]  |
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IndiaPost.com - Sacred Music Festival at UCLA Posted: 17 Sep 2008 08:50 AM CDT LOS
ANGELES: This month for 16 days, the 2008 World Festival of Sacred
Music-Los Angeles will present nearly a thousand artists performing in 41
sacred events of music and movement throughout LA UCLA’s Royce Hall
initiated the city’s program with an impressive lineup of five diverse
groups of artists that literally covered the world. the opening [...]  |
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Posted: 17 Sep 2008 08:48 AM CDT This
appears to be a long running and interesting blog by Shazmah. Please visit
the source for complete reading. Visiting one Aga Khan institution to
another and citadel hoping, I am beginning to understand the scope of
Mowla’s work. His years of hard work and commitment to the betterment of
the world is not just [...]  |
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Photos from 2008 Partnership Walk - Shahrukh Hasan’s Flickr set Posted: 17 Sep 2008 08:43 AM CDT Earlier
related: Photographs, Video. Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A  |
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ISM: Inspiring and sharing Moments - Photography Competition Posted: 16 Sep 2008 09:30 AM CDT http://www.ismglobalphotos.com/
We’re pleased to introduce this excellent and unique photography
competition for Ismailis around the world. This project is created out of
Ashifa Asaria’s passion for photography and giving back to the community.
What is special about photography is that anyone at any age can take
pictures and that each individual has their unique way of [...]  |
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Hanif Mawji - Bocce player will stand out Posted: 16 Sep 2008 09:08 AM CDT To
the big show with a new ‘do’ Kent Gilchrist, The Province, Published:
Friday, September 05, 2008 After hosting a successful Summer Olympic
Games, the sporting spotlight is moving back to China. This is the final
installment of a Province Sports series on B.C. athletes who will be
competing at the Beijing Paralympics, which run Sept. 6-17. A [...]  |
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Week-in-Review — September 14, 2008 Posted: 16 Sep 2008 08:00 AM CDT Our
major story for this week is the AFP Interview with His Highness the Aga
Khan during His Golden Jubilee visit to Syria, where His Highness talks
about doing more to illustrate to the peoples of our world the greatness
of Islamic civilisation. His Highness said, “Because they don’t know
our history, they don’t know [...]  |