Mawlana Hazar Imam in Qatar for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Mawlana Hazar Imam, Prince Hussain and Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Qatar’s Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage engaged in conversation. Hazar Imam and Prince Hussain are in Doha for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony, to be held later this week. Photo: Gary Otte
Doha, Qatar, 22 November 2010 —Mawlana Hazar Imam, accompanied by Prince Hussain, arrived in Doha today, where the Award Ceremony for the 11th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture will take place later this week. Hazar Imam and Prince Hussain were received by Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Qatar’s Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage. Naushad Rashid, President of the Ismaili Council for the United Arab Emirates, welcomed them on behalf of the Jamat in Qatar and the gulf region.
Established by Mawlana Hazar Imam in 1977, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of communities in which Muslims have a significant presence. The Award recognises examples of architectural excellence in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community improvement and development, historic preservation, reuse and area conservation, as well as landscape design and improvement of the environment.
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