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ShowCase: John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex

 

In 2004, she was Chair of Master Jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture: since 2005, she has been a member of the Award’s Steering Committee 
 
Foreign Office Architects (FOA) was founded in 1995 and has emerged as one of the most innovative practices of architecture and urban design in recent years, known for combining [...]

Aga Khan Development Network, Focus Humanitarian Assistance commit over 0.5mln KGS for earthquake survivors’ support

 

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and its affiliate agency Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) have committed over 500,000 soms to the Kyrgyz government in support to the devastating earthquake that rocked Osh oblast of Kyrgyzstan on 5 October, 2008. The decision was jointly made on Friday, October 17, 2008, AKDN communications officer informed the news [...]

2,500 Attend L.A. Partnership Walk to End Global Poverty

The Aga Khan Foundation has modeled programs are really showing that a lot can be done, not only by the Aga Khan Foundation, but by other organizations ( complete source )

A Great Ismaili volunteer

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 [...]

IIS Announces PhD Scholarship Awards

IIS Announces PhD Scholarship Awards
October 2008
Since 1997, the Institute of Ismaili Studies has awarded doctoral scholarships to suitable candidates whose work contributes to the academic mandate of the IIS. The three recipients of this year’s scholarships are Sultonbek Axsakolov, Shaftolu Gulamadov and Amier Saidulla.
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Warm welcome awaits Aga Khan in Chitral

 By by Our correspondent
10/13/2008

CHITRAL: The followers of Prince Karim Aga Khan donated 400 cattle (yaks, goats, sheep and cows) as well as precious carpets and handmade items to Darbar Fund to express joy at visit of their spiritual leader to Chitral that is expected in mid-November.
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Ali to Karim ends USA tour with final performance in Houston

After completing a whirlwind tour of seven US cities in seven weeks, the team behind ALI TO KARIM: A Tribute to the Ismaili Imams, has now packed-up their sets, costumes and props, and parted with a trunk full of memories.
The cast and crew staged 21 performances that drew an audience of more than 20 000, and captivated the [...]

Aga Khan University: skills learning centre to introduce modern methods

Aga Khan University: skills learning centre to introduce modern methods.

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 university’s undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, but [...]

Clinton Global Initiative Website Features Hashoo Foundation’s Economic Empowerment Project

Clinton Global Initiative Website Features Hashoo Foundation’s Economic Empowerment Project
Houston, TX (September  25) – The Women Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming project is featured on the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Website as a “Featured Commitment” during the 2008 Annual Meeting, announces the Hashoo Foundation.
 “The Hashoo Foundation is deeply appreciative of these opportunities provided by [...]

Ismaili-Net.Com – 21st Century Worlds Information Guide. by: Ibrahim Machiwala (Lodhi)

Ismaili-Net.Com – 21st Century Worlds Information Guide. by: Ibrahim Machiwala (Lodhi)
http://www.ismaili-net.com
 

First company in the world producing Fairtrade Certified dried fruits

After graduating in Food Technology from a renowned university in Pakistan, Mr. Sher Ghazi, the present CEO of the Mountain Fruits Company joined the Aga Khan Rural Support Program, AKRSP in year 1990. After ten years of association with community development work Mr. Sher well understood the fundamentals of rural development and realized that sustainable [...]

US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Awards Support Major Projects at Cultural Sites in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and GuatemalaA

The Center reviewed seven proposals based on program criteria, proposal quality and project merit, and recommended three for support in 2008, which are the following.
$725,000 to the Aga Khan Trust for Culture for the conservation of Qala Ikhtyaruddin, the 15th-century citadel of Herat, Afghanistan, a prominent public landmark of this ancient city and one of [...]

Rescuing Afghani Art And History

An object from the exhibit “Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures From The National Museum, Kabul,” at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. (CBS)

 
The destruction of a centuries-old Buddha carved into a cliff in Afghanistan was a baffling event to Americans. And for many of us, it was the first time we were aware of the group behind [...]

Aga Khan University Signs Agreement to Further Health and Education Development in Syria

Damascus, Syria, 25 August 2008 – The Ministries of Health and Higher Education of the Government of Syria and Aga Khan University (AKU) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance capacity in the health sector. The memorandum was signed at the Office of the Prime Minister in Damascus and witnessed by Syrian Prime Minister, His [...]

Ottri, Karim Aga Khan Discuss Joint Cooperation Agreements

Damascus, (SANA)- Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Ottri and His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, Head of Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), on Monday discussed fields and prospects of cooperation between the Syrian government and the Network in the economic, social, cultural, development and tourist areas in light of the cooperation agreement signed between the two [...]

In Remembrance of Dr. Bagher Ayatollahzadeh Shirazi: 1936-2007

Restoration architect and educator Dr. Bagher Ayatollahzadeh Shirazi, who conducted award-winning conservation work on some of the most important Safavid monuments in Isfahan during the 1970s, passed away Sunday, August 19th, 2007. As a lecturer in urban development and ranking member of various cultural organizations, he was a leading figure in the movement to preserve [...]

Aga Khan Foundation luncheon, walk focus on pluralism

REX C. CURRY/Special Contributor
‘Pluralism is in every culture,’ Dr. Eboo Patel told those gathered at the Dallas Partnership Walk kickoff luncheon.
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Dr. Eboo Patel, founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, touted the virtues of pluralism at a recent luncheon held by the Aga [...]

Microsoft, Aga Khan Foundation focus on underserved communities

Microsoft Corporation and Aga Khan Foundation USA signed memorandum of understanding to collaborate in development of innovative technology solutions, human resource capacity through education, health, civil society, financIt aims to expand social and economic opportunities of underserved communities, irrespective of race, religion, political persuasion or gender. Initially focus of program will be education with establishment [...]

NGOs pledge support to IDPs

Friday, August 22, 2008
Our correspondent
MARDAN: Various non-governmental organisations (NGOs) Thursday assured all-out support to the Mardan District Government in rehabilitating the internally displaced persons (IDPs). The pledge was committed in a ‘donors conference’ organised by the district government to raise money for rehabilitation of IDPs.
Representatives of National Rural Support Programme, Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, [...]