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Atlanta: Muslim group feeding 1,000 homeless on Saturday Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:25 PM CDT Charity
during Ramadan: 200 volunteers from 36 mosques will help with downtown
event Over the last few days, Muslims from across metro Atlanta have
gathered in homes and mosques to prepare food and care packages for the
city’s hungry and homeless. It’s all in preparation for a giant feast
today in downtown Atlanta. Organizers are hoping to [...]  |
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FOCUS Challenge 2008: Bike4Life India Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:52 PM CDT From
FOCUS Humanitarian’s Bike4Life Challenge: We will be travelling to India
and cycling the Konkan Coast from Mumbai to Goa. Challenge yourself to
bike along a beautiful coastline for 6 days and cover a distance of 550km!
Our tentative departure from the UK is Friday 26th December 2008,
returning on Sunday 4th January 2009. http://www.focuschallenge.org/
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Aga Khan Academy Mombasa - Virtual Tour Posted: 19 Sep 2008 08:17 AM CDT |
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Two articles on Mariott Hotel Terrorist Bombing in Islamabad Posted: 21 Sep 2008 09:27 AM CDT Marriott:
secure, tough to get in - by Sankarshan Thakur - Telegraph India http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080921/jsp/foreign/story_9865275.jsp
Pain and agony - by By Hamid Mir - The News International http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=17403
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Posted: 21 Sep 2008 09:26 AM CDT The
27th annual Vancouver International Film Festival will be held September
25 - October 10, 2008 http://www.viff.org/home.html A Road to Mecca: The
Journey of Mohammad Asad Nonfiction Features of 2008 (Austria, 2008, 92
mins) Directed By: Georg Misch PROD: Ralph Wieser SCR: Georg Misch, Miriam
Ali de Unzaga Muhammad Asad began life as Leopold Weiss, a Ukrainian Jew.
After converting to the [...]  |
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Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, to present illustrated lecture on Fatimid and Andalusi Textiles Posted: 21 Sep 2008 09:26 AM CDT Friday,
October 3, 2008 6:00 pm Dr. Miriam Ali-de-Unzaga, D.Phil. from the
University of Oxford, England (Veronika Gervers Research Fellow 2008) This
illustrated lecture examines the inscriptions of Fatimid textiles and
intends to uncover links with Andalusi textiles. The focus on the
materiality of the inscriptions is not a mere exercise of style
description; it rather endeavors [...]  |
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Notes from a Walled City - The Hindu Magazine Posted: 21 Sep 2008 09:26 AM CDT An
oasis Years of neglect had made it woefully run down. Painstakingly
restored by the Agha Khan Trust for Culture, under the supervision of a
bright young conservation architect from India — Ratish Nanda — the
restored garden is a delightful oasis of serenity. Green young saplings
have been planted to replace the mighty chinar trees [...]  |
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Faruk Jessa - US Navy / US Air Force Posted: 21 Sep 2008 09:25 AM CDT On
board the USS Curtis Wilbur Guided Missile Destroyer en-route to the
Persian Gulf with the USS Kitty Hawk and Destroyer Squadron 15 Battle
Group tracking an Iranian Submarine while covering UN Sanctions against
Iraq. Pre-flight operations prior to rotating the blades on the desert
duck (helicopter). Stationed in the Western Pacific Ocean under the
Seventh Fleet [...]  |
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Open House London - ‘Architecture Up Close’ - The Ismaili Centre Posted: 20 Sep 2008 11:31 AM CDT Fact
Sheet Londonopenhouse.org Openhouse.org Guardian UK, review by Jonathan
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Institute of Ismaili Studies Publishes the First Volume of Encyclopaedia Islamica Posted: 20 Sep 2008 07:00 AM CDT 43
Page Preview (opens in PDF) September 2008 The IIS is pleased to announce
the publication of Encyclopaedia Islamica by Brill of Leiden. This
long-awaited publication is the first of a projected sixteen-volume edited
and abridged translation of Da’irat al-Ma‘arif-i Buzurg-i Islami (The
Great Islamic Encyclopaedia) by The Centre for Iranian and Islamic Studies
in Tehran. Volume [...]  |
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Stanford University Welcomes Dr. Azim Nanji Posted: 24 Sep 2008 09:10 PM CDT Dr.
Azim Nanji has joined the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies as Senior
Associate Director in September 2008. In this capacity he is involved in
plans to extend the reach of Stanford’s studies in Islam and Muslim
societies, giving attention both to on-campus events and also to
initiatives for national and international scholarly and student [...]  |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2008 01:16 PM CDT In
the autumn of 1998, Professor Nanji became the Director of the Institute
of Ismaili Studies. After leading the Institute for ten years, he is now
leaving to join the Abbasi Programme in Islamic Studies at Stanford
University as a Senior Associate Director. Under his leadership, the IIS
expanded its programmes and activities and has [...]  |
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Interview with CEO of Roshan: Poor security dents Afghan mobile phone profits Posted: 24 Sep 2008 10:55 AM CDT Via
Reuters. By Jonathon Burch KABUL, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Afghanistan’s mobile
telephone industry is booming, but with power cuts and militant attacks on
telecom masts, running the business is fraught with problems, the head of
Afghanistan’s leading mobile provider said on Wednesday. Afghanistan’s
economy is emerging from decades of war and, despite millions of dollars
pumped [...]  |
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U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation - $725K to AKTC Posted: 24 Sep 2008 10:33 AM CDT US
Department of State: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/sept/110149.htm
U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Awards Support Major
Projects at Cultural Sites in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Guatemala The
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce
awards of more than $2.2 million for major cultural preservation projects
in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Guatemala through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund
for [...]  |
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Alim Qasimov: the living legend you’ve never heard of | Timesonline Posted: 23 Sep 2008 06:45 PM CDT http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk
Our correspondent travels to Azerbaijan to meet and hear Alim Qasimov,
soon to be performing with the Kronos Quartet in London, and revered as
‘one of the five best singers of all time’ The slight man with silver hair
looks up at the arched roof of the museum and begins to sing. His voice
soars and, [...]  |
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Sheniz Janmohamed - Spoken Word Artist Posted: 23 Sep 2008 02:14 PM CDT Sheniz
Janmohamed is a poet, spoken word artist and freelance writer. She holds
an Honours BA (with Distinction) in Religion and English Literature from
the University of Toronto. She is currently in the second year of her MFA
in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph. She is also the founder
and president of Ignite Poets, [...]  |
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The sights of Bamiyan - a set on Flickr Posted: 23 Sep 2008 12:31 PM CDT The
sights of Bamiyan - a set on Flickr by Public Radio International - The
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Article: How Syria’s Assad Is Steering His Country out of Isolation Posted: 23 Sep 2008 12:27 PM CDT By
Erich Follath Washington still counts him as part of its axis of evil, but
Europe and Russia — and, more recently, even archenemy Israel — are
courting him as a negotiating partner. The ruler of Damascus, Syrian
President Bashar Assad, wants to lead his country back to the
international community. Bashar Assad will never be a [...]  |
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Ancient Kabul garden in bloom again after years of ruin Posted: 23 Sep 2008 10:42 AM CDT KABUL
(AFP) — Babur’s Garden, on the slope of an arid mountain, is in flower
again after years of desolation brought on by drought and war, an island
of green in an Afghan capital oppressed by heat and dust. Rehabilitated
since 2002 by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, the Persian-style garden now
offers more than [...]  |
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Week-in-Review — September 21, 2008 Posted: 22 Sep 2008 08:46 PM CDT We
began the week with an excellent interview of His Highness the Aga Khan
that was broadcast on Syrian TV on Sunday 7th September 2008. From USA, we
bring you pictures of the 2008 Partnership Walk in Chicago, courtesy of
Shah Hasan’s flickr collection set. In Los Angeles, this month for
16 days, the 2008 World [...]  |
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Facebook Page of 2008 ISM Photography Competition Posted: 22 Sep 2008 01:49 PM CDT ISM
Photography Competition now has Facebook page. If you’re on Facebook
then you may join and support. Facebook link. Earlier related at Ismaili
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Yasmin Jetha: GG2 Woman of the Year Posted: 22 Sep 2008 10:08 AM CDT GG2
Leadership & Diversity Awards 2008 DRAGONS’ Den entrepreneur James
Caan and the Financial Times’ chief operating officer, Yasmin Jetha,
walked away with top honours at the GG2 Leadership and Diversity Awards,
which recognise high achievers among ethnic minorities in the UK. Caan and
Jetha won the GG2 Man of the Year and Woman of the Year [...]  |
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Shabin Mohamed: Board Member Royal Ontario Museum Institute for Contemporary Culture Posted: 22 Sep 2008 10:02 AM CDT Shabin
Mohamed is a chartered accountant by training. She sits on the board of
Sheena’s Place, an organization for people affected by eating disorders,
the board of the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery and the advisory
board for the Breakfast Clubs of Canada. Shabin organized a travelling art
exhibition in Vancouver from the Pamir region [...]  |
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Favourite Essays, Stories and Songs of Shellyza Moledina Posted: 22 Sep 2008 09:58 AM CDT Shellyza
Moledina was born in Canada and is currently studying Pharmacy in the
United Kingdom. Along with possessing a great interest for science and
pharmacology as well as a passion for international development, this 20
year old is also a singer/songwriter. Shellyza has currently recorded one
album titled ‘Your Light Inside’. The album consists of eleven [...]  |
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Miscellaneous and Interesting Articles Posted: 22 Sep 2008 09:42 AM CDT Article
# 1 The secret life of a doomed hotel: remembering Islamabad’s Marriott By
Mark Corcoran of ABC’s Foreign Correspondent It’s hard not to get
emotional and very difficult to play the dispassionate journalist as I sit
here, watching the Marriott Hotel burn on my computer screen courtesy of
online news. Initial reports say rescuers still can’t [...]  |
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Governor General to Present the Caring Canadian Award to Almas Dhrolia-Jiwani Posted: 25 Sep 2008 04:18 PM CDT Governor
General to Present the Caring Canadian Award to 14 Volunteers in Toronto
Thursday September 25, 11:19 am ET OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(MARKET WIRE)–Sep 25,
2008 — Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor
General of Canada, will present the Governor General’s Caring Canadian
Award to 14 volunteers at a ceremony in Toronto on Wednesday, October 1,
2008, [...]  |
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A Garden in Cairo - PBS e2 Design Season Three Posted: 25 Sep 2008 12:14 PM CDT Our
earlier post on this series was only an excerpt. The complete video is
available at PBS e2 website: http://www.e2-series.com/, you have to click
on Webcast and then play the video at the source. Play time 25
min. The video may not be available for long, so avail this
opportunity. Here’s the resource for teachers:
http://www.pbs.org/e2/teachers/teacher_301.html. [...]  |
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Babur’s garden blooms again | Saudi Gazette Posted: 25 Sep 2008 10:05 AM CDT BABUR’s
Garden, on the slope of an arid mountain, is in flower again after years
of desolation brought on by drought and war, an island of green in an
Afghan capital oppressed by heat and dust. Rehabilitated since 2002 by the
Aga Khan Trust for Culture, the Persian-style garden now offers more than
11 hectares (27 [...]  |
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Over 1,500 get free treatment in Busia Posted: 25 Sep 2008 09:56 AM CDT *Kampala
Pharmaceutical Industries is part of the Aga Khan Development Network OVER
1,500 people in Majanji village, Lumino sub-county in Busia district,
received free treatment from several ailments on Sunday. Among the
diseases treated were malaria, eye infections, headache, back pains and
skin diseases. The mobile clinic exercise, which cost sh20m, was organised
by Kampala Pharmaceutical and [...]  |
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Delegation of the Ministry of Culture and the Aga Khan visit Silves Posted: 25 Sep 2008 09:35 AM CDT In
Portuguese, translated via Google. A delegation from the Ministry of
Culture (MC) and the Network / Aga Khan Fund for Development and the
Culture (AKDN / AKTC) visit the town of Silves in the next day on
September 25, between 10:00 and 16:00 hours. The delegation will be led by
the MC’s Deputy Minister, Joel Antonio, [...]  |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2008 09:26 AM CDT Hashoo
Foundation’s Women Empowerment Through Honey Bee Farming Project will be
distinguished for its successful implementation as a “Feature Commitment”
on the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Website during the 2008 CGI Annual
Meeting in New York, September 24 - 26. New York, NY, September 25, 2008
–(PR.com)– A Successful Model For Economic Sustainability. The Women
Empowerment through [...]  |
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Gardening connects us - By Judy Lowe at Christian Science Monitor Blog Posted: 25 Sep 2008 09:22 AM CDT –snip–
And thanks to the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, the German government, and
others, the people of Afghanistan now have more beauty in their lives. The
27-acre Babur’s Garden in Kabul, dating to the 16th century, has been
restored. The project was a hard sell: Invest $5 million in Afghanistan on
something not war-related? (Or [...]  |
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Owner vows Pakistan’s Marriott will rise from ashes Posted: 25 Sep 2008 09:16 AM CDT ISLAMABAD
(AFP) — Sitting next to a half-empty swimming pool dotted with chunks of
burnt debris, the owner of the Islamabad Marriott pledges that the
devastated hotel will reopen by the end of the year. Tycoon Sadruddin
Hashwani, 68, one of Pakistan’s richest men, is overseeing a team of
engineers and hotel officials who have spread [...]  |
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Community Health Department (CHD) of the Aga Khan Health Service in Mombasa Posted: 25 Sep 2008 09:13 AM CDT Nikhil
Agarwal writes about his experience working at CHD in Mombasa. So, I’m
working at the Community Health Department (CHD) of the Aga Khan Health
Service on the campus of the Aga Khan Hospital in Mombasa. CHD is a small
organization, just under 20 staff and..well..no budget! Quite a drastic
change when you come from an [...]  |
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Coffee with His Highness the Aga Khan - Financial Times Rachel Morarjee interviews Posted: 26 Sep 2008 02:33 PM CDT Coffee
with the FT: His Highness the Aga Khan By Rachel Morarjee Published:
September 26 2008 18:57 | Last updated: September 26 2008 18:57 In a
deeply undignified start to my interview with one of the world’s most
famous spiritual leaders, I am pressing my face against the glass of the
Ismaili Centre in South Kensington, gesticulating wildly [...]  |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2008 11:17 AM CDT The
Iranian Studies Program of Concordia University is pleased to present:
Richard N. Frye, Agha Khan Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies, Harvard
University Iranian Civilisation Through the Ages When: Saturday, Oct. 4,
7:30 p.m. Where: De Seve Cinema, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd., West. Free and
open to the public. Professor Richard Frye, Agha Khan Professor Iranian
Studies at Harvard University and [...]  |
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Marriott Hotel Rescue: Ghulam Punjwani of FOCUS Interviewed by CNN Posted: 26 Sep 2008 11:11 AM CDT Earlier
reporting by Pamir Times  |
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Religious scholars urged to help curb smoking Posted: 26 Sep 2008 08:27 AM CDT KARACHI,
Sept 25: Speakers at a seminar on tobacco control have said that religious
scholars could play a pivotal role in eliminating the use of tobacco from
society by educating people. The seminar was organised by the pulmonary
and critical care medicine section of the medicine department of the Aga
Khan University in collaboration with the [...]  |
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Japan to provide grant worth $ 132,826 to AKTC for water supply schemes in Northern Areas Posted: 26 Sep 2008 08:08 AM CDT Japan
Friday signed an agreement with Aga Khan Cultural Service to extend grant
of $ 132,826 under Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects
to provide drinking water to the residents of Northern Areas of Pakistan.
Under this grant, Aga Khan Cultural Service will start two projects in
Doqsa, Skardu, and Giram Altit in the Northern [...]  |
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Leader of Ismaili Muslims praises Canada for its inclusive government Posted: 27 Sep 2008 08:26 AM CDT The
Aga Khan says he knows his work will never end because humans are not
natural pluralists, and the value of pluralism must be inculcated anew in
each generation. But its rewards of peace, material progress, and social
unity are worth the ongoing effort. “Building and sustaining a pluralist
society is always going to be a work [...]  |
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Algonquin College Ottawa participates in 2008 World Partnership Golf Posted: 27 Sep 2008 08:08 AM CDT http://www.algonquincollege.com
Faculty in the School of Hospitality and Tourism took a swing at global
poverty on Wednesday, August 13, at the Chateau Cartier Resort and Golf
Club in Aylmer, Quebec. More than $85,000 was raised locally to support
the work of Aga Khan Foundation Canada in Asia and Africa. Tournaments in
six cities raised a total [...]  |