Ismaili Centres Archive
Events celebrating the Bangladeshi winners of the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture are being held at the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre, Dhaka on 8 and 9 March 2017. The event recognising the Friendship Centre is taking place on 9 March at 6:30 PM Dhaka time (GMT+6), and will be webcast at TheIsmaili.org/live.
Aga Khan Health Board developed the program “Choices for Health, Act Now” where Lifestyle Coaches motivated Jamati members to make better lifestyle choices related to diet and physical activity. Shamim Abdullah was one of them.
Her Planet. Her Home, an event commemorating International Women's Day at the Ismaili Centre, Toronto is taking place on Sunday, 5 March 2017. It is expected to begin at 2:00 PM Toronto time (EST) and will be webcast at TheIsmaili.org/live.
The Aga Khan Foundation will conduct an onstage discussion on Empowering India’s Women that will take place at the Ismaili Centre, London on Thursday, 23 February. The event will be webcast at TheIsmaili.org/live and is expected to start at 8:15 PM GMT (London time).
Leading historian of Islamic art and culture, Professor Bernard O’Kane offers a peek at the architectural accomplishments of the Fatimids in Egypt. On 21 February, he will speak on the same topic at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto.
To mark World Cancer Day on 4 February, Munira Premji shares what she has learned from her relationship with food while battling the ravages of three cancers over the past five years.
The large contemporary photographs that greet visitors at the entrance to Syria: A Living History, contrast sharply with the devastation wreaked by the country’s six-year civil war. Instead, the exhibition at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, which spans 5 000 years, celebrates the land and people of Syria — and offers hope.
Burnaby, 30 January 2017 — Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ali Velshi presented the 2017 Ismaili Centre International Lecture on the topic of Mixed Messages: Navigating between Fact, Fiction and Judgement at the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby.
Ali Velshi, anchor and correspondent with MSNBC, delivered an Ismaili Centre International Lecture at the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby on 30 January 2017.
Toronto, 26 January 2017 — Mixed Messages: Fact, Fiction, and Judgement was the title of a very timely Ismaili Centre International Lecture and discussion featuring celebrated author and journalist Ali Velshi.
On January 14, Calgary’s Ismailis celebrated the 20th anniversary of their Headquarters Jamatkhana. Over 1200 Jamati members and leaders enjoyed entertainment, food and dancing throughout the evening.
Ali Velshi, anchor and correspondent with MSNBC, delivered an Ismaili Centre International Lecture at the Ismaili Centre, Toronto on 26 January 2017.
Burnaby, 10 January 2017 — Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, Executive Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the University of Central Asia, spoke about the role of the university as an international institution with campuses in the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.
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Diamond Lalani was engaged as a Consultant and Advisor by AKTC, AKUHN and UCA to contribute his extensive expertise and global experience in capacity building and best practices. He served on these TKN assignments over a span of more than 7 years as a full time volunteer.
The inaugural games were held in June 2008 in Nairobi Kenya, as a Golden Jubilee initiative to drive unity, as well as to promote a healthy body and mind, and to promote fitness and camaraderie through sports across the global Ismaili Jamat.
Dubai, 22 December 2016 — In collaboration with the Ismaili Centre Dubai, the Embassy and Consulate General of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Arab Emirates celebrated the diversity of Tajik art and culture.
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture dedicated itself to heritage restoration to stimulate socio-economic growth in impoverished communities.
