Five diet do's and don'ts for seniors
People today are living longer, but it’s not much fun if you suffer from conditions that hamper your quality of life. Nutrition plays an important role in preventing diet-related diseases. Here are five dietary tips geared specifically to seniors and those approaching their elder years.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture app is now available
The AKDN has launched a mobile app featuring the winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture over the past three decades. The app is available for free in the iTunes App Store and is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, and includes video, photographs, drawings and descriptions of each of the winning projects.
Opportunities abound at Africa conference hosted at the Ismaili Centre, London
A weekend-long Opportunity Africa conference held at the Ismaili Centre, London hinted at what is already spreading across the continent. With a growing middle class, an impending housing market boom, an infrastructure deficit waiting to be filled, and a common East African financial market on the horizon, Africa is a focal point for new expansion and entrepreneurship.
A square without corners: Innovators in media
A handful of Ismaili innovators in the digital media space are applying their creativity to promote change. Using emerging technologies such as smartphone cameras and interactive social media, they are producing compelling visual stories, harnessing new market segments and carefully studying the impact on audiences.
Around the world
Africa
- TKN volunteer aims to plant a forest while nurturing “mother plants” for Tanzania •
- Mawlana Hazar Imam departs Kenya; visits Arusha at the end of his East Africa visit •
- Prime Minister of Kenya performs ground breaking of AKU School of Media and Communications in the presence of Mawlana Hazar Imam
Asia
- Mawlana Hazar Imam attends presidential inauguration in Kyrgyzstan •
- For students in IIS Graduate Programme, the whole world is a field for study •
- Mawlana Hazar Imam departs Tajikistan
Middle East
- Musical conversation across cultures enthrals audience at the Ismaili Centre, Dubai •
- Three years on, the Ismaili Centre, Dubai can look back with pride •
- Qatar Jamat celebrates the values premiated in award-winning Muslim architecture
Europe
- In the face of a bleak economy, Jamati institutions in France provide a boost to job hunters and budding entrepreneurs •
- UK Ismaili volunteers help marathon runners get to the finish line •
- Finding peace amidst a legacy of conflict and resolution
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