Films and Videos
Video: Mawlana Hazar Imam honoured as a Champion for Global Change
21 October 2017
Mawlana Hazar Imam was presented with the Champion for Global Change Award on 18 October at the 2017 Global Leadership Dinner, hosted by the United Nations Foundation in New York City.
Video: Diamond Jubilee Time and Knowledge Nazrana
18 October 2017
In a speech at the Canadian Parliament in 2014, Mawlana Hazar Imam spoke of the contributions made by Time and Knowledge Nazrana (TKN) volunteers and said “The importance of contributing one’s individual energies on a voluntary basis to improving the lives of others is not a matter of philanthropy, but rather of self-fulfilment... their impact has been enormous in helping us to achieve best practice standards in our institutions and programmes”
Video: Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives in Tanzania
10 October 2017
Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives in Tanzania for his second Diamond Jubilee visit.
Video: Mawlana Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee visit to East Africa
10 October 2017
If you missed the showings in Jamatkhana, the film of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Diamond Jubilee visit to East Africa is now available online. This 33-minute film recounts the preparations by the East African Jamat, and the programme undertaken by Mawlana Hazar Imam during his visit.
Video: Mawlana Hazar Imam Presented With Uganda’s Highest Honour
9 October 2017
Mawlana Hazar Imam was conferred with the Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa by His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni, as part of Uganda’s 55th Independence Day celebration
Video: Mawlana Hazar Imam visits State House Entebbe
8 October 2017
Upon arriving in Uganda, Mawlana Hazar Imam called on His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe.
Video: Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives in Uganda
7 October 2017
8 October 2017 - Mawlana Hazar Imam arrived in Uganda this afternoon for his first Diamond Jubilee visit.
VIDEO: AKDN Values in Action
11 July 2017
Recalling 60 years of His Highness the Aga Khan's work in realising goals and values of the Ismaili Imamat through the work of the Aga Khan Development Network.
VIDEO: Who is Aga Khan IV?
11 July 2017
On 11 July, 2017, His Highness the Aga Khan will mark his Diamond Jubilee, or 60th year as the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the world’s Shia Ismaili Muslims.
VIDEO: The Historic Jubilees of Aga Khan III
10 July 2017
As the commencement of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Diamond Jubilee approaches, we take a look back at the commemoration of the Jubilees of our 48th Imam, Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah.
First musical tribute of the Diamond Jubilee released today
31 May 2017
With 40 days until the inauguration of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Diamond Jubilee, TheIsmaili is pleased to unveil a musical tribute composed by Salim – Sulaiman and performed by Ismaili artists from around the world. The video rendition of the song “honours 60 years of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s glorious Imamat,” says Sulaiman Merchant, “and offers an expression of deep gratitude through the musical voices of Ismaili artists from all corners of the world.” For the Merchant brothers, the song is also part of their personal commitment to nurture a living tradition of devotional music that appeals to a new generation of Ismaili youth.
Prince Amyn speaks at opening of calligraphy exhibition at UBC Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver
16 May 2017
Prince Amyn was in Vancouver on 11 and 12 May to participate in the opening of a new exhibition at the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology. Speaking to a crowd of approximately 1,800 guests at Thursday’s public exhibition kick off, Prince Amyn talked about the importance of the relationships that the Aga Khan Museum has with other museums, including the Louvre in France and the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia.
