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SALMA JADAVJI

Salma was born and raised in Pakistan.  She was always interested in arts and crafts but ended up in medical school and became a doctor in 1975.  She met her soul mate Dr. Taj Jadavji at medical school and got married and moved to Canada in 1976.  She has three children:  Aalia, Ali and [...]

The Paramount Need for Higher Spiritual Education

Mi’raj means a ladder or a series of steps or stairs, or the occasion of Holy Prophet’s vision of the Divine light in the higher world. Let us study upon the higher dimensions of Mi’raj by studying the following questions:
 

What is the meaning of the word “Sûr”?
“Let us first analyse the word “Sûr” literally. The [...]

Aga Khan Academies

 
In 2000, His Highness the Aga Khan initiated a programme for the establishment of an integrated network of schools, called Aga Khan Academies, dedicated to expanding access to education of an international standard of excellence. The Academies, which will educate young men and women from pre-primary through higher secondary education, are planned for key locations [...]

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Master Plan at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan

SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Planning for a New Campus, Honor Award
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Master Plan at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan
and Payette in Boston, MA

Duke University Medical Center – Durham, NC

Duke University Medical Center – Durham, NC
Medical Sciences Research Building
Duke University’s goal was to develop a multi-building campus of researchers sharing resources and interacting with cross-disciplinary colleagues. At the completion of the Science Campus Master Plan, both the University and the Medical Center initiated research building projects. The first of these projects is the Levine [...]

Newsletter – A Quarterly Publication

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Hamid Al-Din Al-Kirmani: Ismaili Muslim Thought in the Age of Al-Hakim

Hamid Al-Din Al-Kirmani: Ismaili Muslim Thought in
the Age of Al-Hakim

 

Dr Farhad Daftary

Biography
Educated in Iran, Europe and the United States, Dr Farhad Daftary received his doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley in 1971. He has held different academic positions, and since 1988 he has been affiliated with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, where he is Associate Director and Head of Department of Academic Research and [...]

Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Gilgit

 
Can this school be the Aligarh Muslim University of Gilgit – Baltistan?

National I-STAR at Calgary

The first ever National Canadian I-STAR gala [Ismaili Students Total Achievement and Recognition], held at the Imperial Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Calgary Alberta. 700 people gathered, including 150 participants from across the country and numerous dignitaries.

Guest of honour was the Alberta Minister of Education. Raheem Jaffer, MP and national caucus chair [...]

The Academic Regalia of the AKU

The academic regalia of the AKU worn during convocation and other formal ceremonies is called Jamiapoash. Jamia is from the Arabic meaning ‘institution of higher learning’ and poash is from Persian meaning ‘apparel.’ The Jamiapoash comprises a Khila’at (Arabic: robe of honour) and a Sirpoash (Persian: headwear) with a tassel on the right.

The Khila’ats for [...]

The Seal (Logo) of the Aga Khan University (AKU) reflects the internationality of the University

The circular form of the Seal, with its different levels of imagery contained in concentric circles, has its visual roots in the rosettes of early Islamic periods. The circle also symbolizes the world and reflects the internationality of the AKU. At the centre of the Seal is a star, or sun. Light is a universal [...]