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Qatar Jamat celebrates the values premiated in award-winning Muslim architecture

Children parade into the hall waving the Qatari and Ismaili flags. Photo: Courtesy of the Ismaili Council for the UAE

As the “Cultural Capital of the Arab World in 2010”, Doha was a fitting venue for the Award Ceremony of the 11th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, which was held in November. The event was particularly special for members of the Qatar Jamat, who were jubilant over Mawlana Hazar Imam’s visit to their peninsular country.

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Mawlana Hazar Imam in Doha for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Mawlana Hazar Imam speaking at the Award Ceremony of the 11th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture held in Doha, Qatar on 24 November 2010. Photo: Gary Otte

Doha, Qatar, 24 November 2010 — Mawlana Hazar Imam, together with His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, presided over the Award Ceremony of the 11th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture today. Five projects were selected as winners of the 2010 Award, and Professor Oleg Grabar received the Chairman's Award.

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» AKDN: Recipients of the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
» AKDN: Full video of the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
» AKDN coverage of the Award Ceremony including the press release, video highlights, speech, and photographs
» Nineteen projects shortlisted for the 11th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture
» Aga Khan Award for Architecture to be featured in BBC documentary series
» AKDN: Aga Khan Award for Architecture

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Mawlana Hazar Imam in Qatar for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Mawlana Hazar Imam in conversation with Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Qatar’s Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage. 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, and Naushad Rashid, President of the Ismaili Council for the United Arab Emirates.

Also see:
» Nineteen projects shortlisted for the 11th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture
» Aga Khan Award for Architecture to be featured in BBC documentary series
» AKDN: Aga Khan Award for Architecture

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Aga Khan Award for Architecture to be featured in BBC documentary series

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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture will be featured in a three-part documentary series titled Architects on the Frontline, to be broadcast at various times on BBC World television starting on 20 November. The final part of the BBC documentary will feature the 2010 ceremony, which will take place in Doha, Qatar later this month.

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Nineteen projects shortlisted for the 11th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Nineteen projects were shortlisted for the 11th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The Awrad ceremony will take place in November, 2010 in Doha. Photo: Courtesy of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture

In May 2010, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced the shortlist for its 11th award cycle at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Selected from over 400 nominees, the 19 projects, spanning 16 countries, range from a small private residence in India to the conservation of an Ottoman town in Albania.

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Qatar’s quest to build a knowledge society

The Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha’s Education City. Photo: Vobios (Flickr.com)

Qatar is in a hurry to meet the challenges of a dynamically changing world by transforming itself into a knowledge society. Its leaders are propelling the nation on a quest for excellence in education.

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