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Geographies of Islam: Islamic Art Museum Aga Khan Posted: 29 Sep 2008 12:44 PM CDT An
exhibition entitled: Geografías del Islam: Obras de arte islámico del
Museo Aga Khan will be inaugurated on 9th October 2008 at the Real
Fundacion de Toledo, Spain. For more information, see: Original Spanish -
http://www.realfundaciontoledo.es/html/f_agenda.html
Google translation -
http://translate.google.ca/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realfundaciontoledo.es%2Fhtml%2Ff_agenda.html&sl=es&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
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Ramadan Nights: spiritual agony, soaring ecstasy | Telegraph Posted: 29 Sep 2008 12:38 PM CDT Ivan
Hewett reviews the Kronos Quartet with the Quasimov Ensemble at Ramadan
Nights at the Barbican The ecstatic, impassioned music of Central Asia
could be the next big thing in world music. But David Harrington, founder
and leader of the Kronos Quartet, was ahead of the game. He first
encountered the great Azerbaijani singer Alim Quasimov 20 [...]  |
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Week-in-Review — September 28, 2008 Posted: 29 Sep 2008 10:35 AM CDT This
week has been another busy one at Ismaili Mail, filled with many stories
and news, therefore, we decided to break the Week-in-Review into two parts
to facilitate easy reading. His Highness the Aga Khan, leader of the
Ismaili Muslims, praises Canada for its inclusive Government. “Canada has
an experience of governance of which much [...]  |
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World-wide Ismaili Cooking - from Chachi’s Kitchen Blog Posted: 29 Sep 2008 08:57 AM CDT I
always thought of Ismailis as from India, Pakistan and East Africa, I
never gave a thought to all the murids in Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Israel,
Saudi Arabia, Yemen, China, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan,
Nepal, Tibet and South Africa. Now of course we also live in Europe, North
America Australia and New Zealand. I am sure [...]  |
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September 2008 / Asia-PLUS Daily Blitz TREATMENT CONDITIONS OF HEALTH
RESORT IN GORNO BADAKHSHAN IMPROVE DUSHANBE, September 22, 2008, Asia-Plus
– Pamir Media – Living and treatment conditions at the health resort
Garmchashma in GBAO’s Ishkashim district have improved, the GBAO health
directorate head Shodi Jamshedov said in an interview with the Khorog news
agency Pamir [...]  |
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Tajikistan: One of the most beautiful country - Taco van Ieperen’s Travel Blog Posted: 29 Sep 2008 08:46 AM CDT Source:
http://shatterthefog.blogspot.com/2008/09/civil-war-in-tajikistan.html In
Tajikistan there was a horrible civil war when the Pamir area, which felt
little connection to the rest of the country, tried for independence. The
results were catastrophic. Apparently security forces went around Dushanbe
and executed anyone with a Pamir ID card on the spot. The war eventually
ended and foreign donors flooded in [...]  |
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Alim Qasimov and Kronos Quartet provide an Islamic adventure Posted: 29 Sep 2008 08:44 AM CDT Simon
Broughton / This is London It’s not your average string quartet that opens
with an Iraqi piece called Oh Mother, the Handsome Man Tortures Me. But
Kronos are probably the world’s most adventurous string quartet and their
opening set featured music that they have arranged or commissioned from
around the world. As this was the centre-piece of [...]  |
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Review of Alim Qasimov/Kronos Quartet show Posted: 29 Sep 2008 08:35 AM CDT The
Kronos’s most potent sorties came in a series of densely atmospheric
pieces in this Ramadan Nights performance Clive Davis / Timesonline Here
we were, bags packed, maps crumpled, waiting for another journey to an
unknown destination. The Kronos Quartet has always displayed an appetite
for the unorthodox, so it made perfect sense to mount the collaboration
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Partnership Day in Hoover Alabama Posted: 28 Sep 2008 09:13 AM CDT Aga
Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) announces Partnership Day in Birmingham.
OCTOBER 4 , 2008 Veterans Park 4700 Valleydale Road, Hoover, AL 35242
Registration: 12:00 noon Opening Ceremonies: 12:30 p.m Partnership Day is
an initiative of Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) and its volunteers
in communities across America to raise funds and awareness to help
communities in some of the poorest [...]  |
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Q&A : Tom Kessinger, general manager of the Aga Khan Foundation Posted: 28 Sep 2008 08:52 AM CDT Source:
Syria Today His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s
Ismaili community and director of the Aga Khan Development Network,
recently visited Syria. Syria Today takes a look at the network’s
activities throughout the country. What was the purpose of the Aga Khan’s
visit to Syria in August? The purpose was twofold. On the one [...]  |
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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 ‘What we do is high-risk’ 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 [...]  |
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Almas Jiwani honoured for dedication to humanitarian work Posted: 30 Sep 2008 04:47 PM CDT September
30, 2008 09:29 AM - It was in 1979 when Almas Dhrolia-Jiwani immigrated to
Canada from what was then Zaire and is now called the Democratic Republic
of Congo. Although in her teens, she soon became heavily involved in
volunteer service. Fast forward to today, and Dhrolia-Jiwani is being
honoured with a Governor General’s [...]  |
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Aga Khan Foundation donates scholastic materials Posted: 30 Sep 2008 04:39 PM CDT Agha
Khan Foundation has donated scholastic materials worth sh40m to UPE
schools and primary teacher training colleges. The foundation
representative, Hajat Amina Ssekibembe, said last week that the project
was being implemented in the districts of Wakiso, Kampala, Mityana and
Masaka. The aim, she said, was to improve the quality of education in UPE
schools [...]  |
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Stephen Graham of MusicalCriticism.com reviews Ramadan Nights Posted: 30 Sep 2008 08:34 AM CDT The
Kronos Quartet are of course the ideal ensemble to facilitate some sort of
interesting cross-cultural exchange whilst at the same time drawing in a
large audience for the festival. As such, the Aga Khan Music Initiative’s
commissioning of their collaboration with Alim Qasimov and his ensemble
for this concert was shrewd. The Kronos’ willingness to [...]  |
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Aga Khan Film will premiere at the Beirut International Film Festival Posted: 30 Sep 2008 07:55 AM CDT As
the divides between the Muslim and non-Muslim world, and within the Muslim
world itself, seem to be getting worse - not better - it is time to hear
the story of an Islamic spiritual leader who has persevered for fifty
years to bridge them. This is the story of His Highness the Aga Khan
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Trek across the Golden Gate Bridge and plant a seed of hope in someone’s life! Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:14 PM CDT Partnership
Trek will be held on Sunday, October 26 at Crissy Field in San Francisco,
beginning at 8:00 a.m. It is a PartnershipsInAction initiative that gives
individuals and corporations the opportunity to actively take part in
advancing human dignity and peace around the globe through volunteerism,
awareness-raising and contributions. Over 500 participants, including
teams from [...]  |
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Where Hope Takes Root becomes one of Embassy’s 20 Most Influential Books Posted: 01 Oct 2008 08:27 AM CDT Embassy
Mag is Canada’s most widely read foreign policy newsweekly magazine, and
they have selected ‘Where Hope Takes Root’ by Aga Khan as one of the most
influential book. http://www.embassymag.ca Embassy has looked back over
the foreign policy and political books published since September 2007 to
find out which ones have entered into the public consciousness and
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NPR: Eboo Patel On The Importance Of Religious Pluralism Posted: 02 Oct 2008 06:27 PM CDT Talk
of the Nation, October 2, 2008. In this installment of the This American
Moment series, Eboo Patel, director of the Interfaith Youth Core,
discusses his efforts to promote religious pluralism among young people.
Patel believes that this type of mutual respect and understanding is the
“big idea of our time.” Patel is the [...]  |
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Kenya: Hawkers Market Girls Centre Project - Initiated by Shariffa Keshavjee Posted: 02 Oct 2008 05:55 PM CDT Now
in its fourth year, World Challenge 08 is a global competition aimed at
finding projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown
enterprise and innovation at a grass roots level. World Challenge 08 is
brought to you by BBC World News and Newsweek, in association with Shell,
and is about championing [...]  |
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MAKING CHANGE NOW - A Message from Bilaal Rajan Posted: 02 Oct 2008 09:57 AM CDT My
book is dedicated to the man who is my inspiration, Hazar Imam, the
spiritual leader of the Ismaili Community, His Highness Prince Karim
Al-Husseini Aga Khan, a man who, for the last fifty years, has worked
tirelessly for the uplift and betterment of all the world’s citizens.
Happy Golden Jubilee! To read two [...]  |
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Africa’s Winds of Change - Memoirs of an International Tanzanian - Al Noor Kassum Posted: 02 Oct 2008 09:34 AM CDT Description
The 1960s were a tumultuous period in the history of Africa as one country
after another won independence from the colonial powers. This was
particularly true of Tanzania as it sought to carve out a role for itself
between conflicting European and inter-African interests. It was in these
extraordinary times that Al Noor Kassum rose to [...]  |
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IndiaPost: Aga Khan Partnership walk at LA Coliseum Posted: 02 Oct 2008 09:30 AM CDT India
Post News Service LOS ANGELES: With an impressive 250,000 people over 14
years raising nearly $30 million dollars in an attempt to end global
poverty the Aga Khan Partnership expects to draw an estimated 5,000 people
October 12 to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum at 3911 South Figueroa
Street next Sunday. Registration begins at 9 [...]  |
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Birmingham News: Aga Khan event raises money for hunger Posted: 05 Oct 2008 12:18 PM CDT Sunday,
October 05, 2008 WALTER BRYANT News staff writer Irish folk dancing, break
dancing, and Middle Eastern and African tattooing were among the
highlights of a Saturday event at Hoover’s Veterans Park to raise
awareness of hunger, disease and illiteracy in developing countries. The
event drew nearly 1,500 visitors and raised $95,000 to combat those
problems, said [...]  |
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Zarkava proves she is an Extra Terrestrial in the Arc Posted: 05 Oct 2008 11:46 AM CDT Zarkava
produced one of the greatest performances in racing history here at
Longchamp on Sunday as she became the first winner to come from stall one
since Prince Royale II in 1964 to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Zarkava was given a stunning ride by jockey Christophe Soumillon to come
from the back of [...]  |
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The struggle to save Afghan mothers | BBC News | Health Posted: 03 Oct 2008 10:39 AM CDT By
Martin Patience, BBC News, Badakshan, northern Afghanistan When the
heavily pregnant woman had complications during labour, the villagers of
Shattak faced a problem. The nearest hospital was 60km (37miles) away and
they had no car. “We got a ladder,” says Abdul-Majid, the head of the
village’s health shura (council) recalling the incident over four
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Islam as a mosaic - A look at the Aga Khan and the Ismaili people Posted: 03 Oct 2008 10:14 AM CDT Alice
Fordham, NOW Staff, October 3, 2008 In a world of fears about Islamic
fundamentalism, [Shamir Allibhai] wants to paint a picture of Islam as a
“mosaic rather than a monolith”, taking as his theme the Ismailis and the
life of their leader, the Aga Khan, beyond the glitz. This young director
believes that the Ismailis represent [...]  |
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Deserving Kenyans Receive ISP Award from Aga Khan Foundation Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:59 AM CDT Enabling
students to contribute to Kenya’s future development Coastweek - - The Aga
Khan Foundation (AKF) provides a limited number of scholarships each year
for postgraduate studies to out-standing students from developing
countries that have no other means of financing their studies.
Scholarships are awarded on a 50 per cent grant: 50 per cent loan basis
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Photos from Partnership Day in Hoover Alabama Posted: 04 Oct 2008 08:58 PM CDT Click
here for Slideshow Earlier related: Partnership Day in Hoover Alabama
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Posted: 04 Oct 2008 11:37 AM CDT by
Jamal, Zahra Nasiruddin, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 395 pages; AAT
3312399 Abstract (Summary) Voluntarism in the multi-ethnic, transnational
Shia Imami Nizari Ismaili Muslim community provides a window into the
complex interactions of religious ethics, the subject, and the state.
While most studies argue that voluntarism is a distinctly American
phenomenon linked to citizenship, most Ismailis do [...]  |
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Ismaili Mail blog now available in 33 languages Posted: 06 Oct 2008 12:20 PM CDT Dear
All, We just added an updated version of our language tool which helps you
translate Ismaili Mail blog into different languages. We’re using
Google Translate, and as it stands right now, the blog is available in 33
different languages. You can view the translation tool box at the
right hand side of the screen (scroll [...]  |
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Week-in-Review — October 5 2008 Posted: 06 Oct 2008 10:56 AM CDT An
exhibition entitled: Geographies of Islam: Islamic Art Museum Aga Khan
will be inaugurated on 9th October 2008 at the Real Fundacion de Toledo,
Spain. Embassy Mag, Canada’s most widely read foreign policy newsweekly
magazine, has selected ‘Where Hope Takes Root’ by Aga Khan as one of its
20 most influential books. This week’s Ismaili Muslims [...]  |
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Posted: 06 Oct 2008 09:47 AM CDT For
a quarter century, AKF USA has been investing in people, extending a
helping hand to communities and individuals so they may live with dignity
and hope. Here are some lives that have been touched by that work: Poultry
Farms: Hatching New Horizons for Women in Afghanistan Khadija’s [...]  |
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Producer Shamir Allibhai reporting from Beirut International Film Festival Posted: 07 Oct 2008 01:40 PM CDT AN
ISLAMIC CONSCIENCE premiered in the Middle East October 5th in Lebanon at
the Beirut International Film Festival! And in my opinion formed through
the discussions and responses, the audience seemed to be very pleased
often times raising “Why have we never heard of the story of the Aga Khan
and the Ismailis before? This [...]  |
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Germany promotes private initiative to build girls’ school in Northern Afghanistan Posted: 07 Oct 2008 01:06 PM CDT In
memory of Mario Keller, a German police officer killed last year, a girls’
school is under construction in Northern Afghanistan. Along with two
colleagues, Mr Keller lost his life in a bomb attack in Kabul on 15 August
2007. Shortly before his tragic death, during a visit to Badakhshan
Province, he had been deeply impressed [...]  |
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IFC to assist the First Microfinance Bank to pioneer access to Housing Finance in Afghanistan Posted: 07 Oct 2008 09:40 AM CDT Kabul,
Afghanistan, October 7, 2008—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today
signed an agreement with the First MicroFinanceBank, Afghanistan (FMFB) to
strengthen the bank’s capacity to introduce a product line that will
address the housing needs of low- and middle-income Afghans. Most
microfinance institutions and banks in Afghanistan do not offer housing
loans, and [...]  |
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Charles Correa, Fumihiko Maki Tapped to Design Aga Khan Center Posted: 07 Oct 2008 07:03 AM CDT By
Alex Bozikovic, Architectural Record One of the world’s great architecture
patrons has hired two distinguished architects—the Indian Modernist
Charles Correa and Pritzker Prize winner Fumihiko Maki—to design a
$200-million cultural and religious complex in Toronto. Development
agencies for the Aga Khan recently announced details of the scheme, which
will include a pair of buildings on a [...]  |
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Volunteers (Shia Ismaili Muslim Community) invade Bridge City Texas to show kindness Posted: 07 Oct 2008 07:02 AM CDT For
three weeks, Sharon Jarvis’ front yard looked nothing like the rest of Lee
Street in Bridge City. At the street’s end, the rustic wooden home
surrounded by tall pines had no carpet, furniture or sheetrock piled in
the grass. Jarvis, a 58-year-old widow, had no family nearby, and she
never believed she could tear out the [...]  |
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Microfinance in Aswan: A little goes a long way Posted: 07 Oct 2008 07:01 AM CDT ASWAN:
In the dusty sundrenched roads of Seil, Ikhlas, a middle-aged mother of
three, everyday performs a minor miracle of capitalism. In this poor
section of Aswan, where the smell of manure hangs thickly in streets lined
with mud and brick houses, an entrepreneurial spirit thrives. Ikhlas, a
name which means loyalty, stands as proof that initiative [...]  |
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AKF USA News: Dallas Partnership Walk Highlights Posted: 08 Oct 2008 03:38 PM CDT Over
4,800 participated in the Dallas Partnership Walk held on October 4, 2008,
at Dallas City Hall Plaza. The Walk raised over $250,000. In a heartfelt
address to the crowds, Jody Dean, radio anchor, 98.7 KLUV Morning Show
said “everything around us is not really our own, if you believe that
anything really belongs to you [...]  |
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Ice cream experience with a 60s flavour Posted: 08 Oct 2008 03:38 PM CDT –excerpt–
What many may not know is that this ice cream parlour has a rich history
spanning 54 years making it the oldest ice cream parlour in Nairobi. Even
with the surging competition Sno-Cream has refused to be obliterated into
oblivion. –snip– But even if prominent people are forgotten as soon as
they step out of [...]  |
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Upanga Jamatkhana Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posted: 08 Oct 2008 09:27 AM CDT Upanga
Ismaili Jamaatkhana, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at ArchNet
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Golden Jubilee Stamps issued by Uganda Postal Authorities Posted: 08 Oct 2008 09:26 AM CDT Pictures
of a set of 8 Souvenir Sheets (in US English) issued by the Uganda Postal
Authorities to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Mawlana Hazar Imam.
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A session on ‘Building Innovative Higher Education Partnerships’ in Bangladesh Posted: 08 Oct 2008 07:02 AM CDT –excerpt–
Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof SMA Faiz, who moderated a session on
‘Building Innovative Higher Education Partnerships’, said the summit
discussed elaborately the ways the universities in Asia and the US can
strengthen partnerships. These partnerships can surely be with the private
sectors, including the national and multinational corporations, he said,
adding that representatives of Microsoft, [...]  |
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Rare Fatimid ewer sells for $5.6 mln at auction Posted: 08 Oct 2008 07:01 AM CDT A
1,000-year-old carved rock crystal ewer, one of only seven known surviving
examples, fetched 3.2 million pounds ($5.6 million) at auction on Tuesday,
Christie’s said. In fact experts now believe it is an extremely rare ewer
from the Fatimid dynasty which ruled parts of northern Africa and the
Middle East in the 10th-12th centuries. GuardianUK: Leading Islamic
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