The Hangu Helpers innovative proposal combining community self-reliance with improved access to health care professionals, earned them first place in the Knowledge Discovery Challenge. Left to right: Rahim Shivji, Anisa Shivji, Anisa Daudji, Zeeshan Hemraj. Photo: Courtesy of Anisa Shivji
The business card exchange facilitated a form of speed networking among participants. Photo: Samir Bharwani
ATHAR participants browse a selection of Aga Khan Trust for Culture publications at the Ismaili Centre, Dubai. Photo: Rafiq Ally
Leaders from British Columbia’s Muslim communities, including Ismaili Council President Samira Alibhai, gather at Vancouver City Hall with Mayor Gregor Robertson to commemorate Eid al-Adha. Photo: Sultan Bhalo
Hussain Rajwani (right) of Sydney, Australia was awarded second prize in a Toastmasters divisional competition. Photo: Courtesy of Hussain Rajwani

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From the archive

November 2008

UCA-NUS partnership to develop a cadre of Central Asian scholars

A partnership between the University of Central Asia and the National University of Singapore aims to ensure that Central Asian scholars with top international academic credentials are strongly represented in the UCA’s faculty. The first students selected for the programme have high aspirations for their native countries.

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Ismaili Council for USA sponsors 2009 Women’s Conference in California

California First Lady Maria Shriver converses with Dr Mahmoud Eboo, President of the Ismaili Council for the USA and Dr Shaheen Kassim-Lakha, President of the Ismaili Council for the Western United States, at the Sponsors’ Reception for the Women’s Conference. Photo: Peter Grigsby/Office of Governor Schwarzenegger

The lsmaili Council for the USA was one of the sponsors at the 2009 Women’s Conference held in Los Angeles. The annual event, organised by California First Lady Maria Shriver, seeks to inspire, empower and educate women.

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Fatal landslide in Hunza Valley threatens to flood villages

Camps have been set up in Altit and Karimabad for displaced families. Over 1 500 people have been registered. Photo: Courtesy of FOCUS

A massive landslide in the Hunza Valley damaged and buried three villages in the northern Pakistan territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, killing at least 19 people and rendering over 250 families homeless. Residents were quickly evacuated, but the aftermath of the landslide is also threatening populations outside of the immediately affected area.

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Novel approach to Early Childhood Education in Africa is creating a valuable legacy

Children prepare for snack time at an AKF Madrasa Programme preschool in Uganda. Photo: Courtesy of Shamim Murji

Canadian kindergarten educator Shamim Murji recently returned to her country of birth, Uganda, where she volunteered with the AKF Madrasa Resource Centre. She shares her impressions of their preschool programme and the impact it is having on children, teachers and their communities.

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Photographs

A local Tajik boy overlooking the splendid view from the statue of Nasir Khusraw situated on the grounds of the Nasir Khusraw Museum near Khorog, Tajikistan

A local Tajik boy overlooking the splendid view from the statue of Nasir Khusraw situated on the grounds of the Nasir Khusraw Museum near Khorog, Tajikistan

Galleries

Upon arriving in Mumbai, Mawlana Hazar Imam is welcomed by leaders of the Jamat.

Upon arriving in Mumbai, Mawlana Hazar Imam is welcomed by leaders of the Jamat.

Videos

On Thursday, 17 December 2009, Ismaili Council for Canada President Mohamed Manji proudly carried the Olympic Torch along York Mills Road in the Don Mills neighbourhood of Toronto. It represented to him a spirit of hope, peace and pluralism, as Olympic athletes from around the world came together for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.

 
 
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