Understanding AKDN
Alwaez Dr. Karim Gulamali speaks on the Power of New Beginnings, explaining the Fresh Start Effect and, using stories and anecdotes from history, drawing lessons and directions for a happier and more fulfilling New Year.
This 28-minute documentary film introduces audiences to the transformative world of the #AgaKhan Foundation-led #Schools2030 programme and its mission to help give teachers and #school communities the tools they need to become education innovators. “Schools should be the centre of social change, not the target of change," says Dr. Andrew Cunningham, the Global Lead for Education at the #AgaKhanFoundation.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates hosted a live 24-hour online cultural marathon #symposium which saw #UAE Ambassadors from countries around the world engaging with museum directors, artists, design specialists, and heads of cultural institutions on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and sharing insights in relation to future trends. The conversation took place between His Excellency Fahad Al Raqbani, UAE Ambassador to Canada, and Dr Mahmoud Eboo, Diplomatic Representative of the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat and the AgaKhan Development Network in Canada.
After many years of anticipation, designs of the Ismaili Center in Houston were presented at a special event hosted in Houston, Texas. Design architect Farshid Moussavi and landscape architect Thomas Woltz shared plans for the site's building and gardens. Also present at the event were civic officials, leaders from civil society, and the media.
Focus on the importance of Islamic architecture and how it has evolved over the years. Additionally, discuss how Islamic architecture interacts with culture and society and stress the role of human agency in shaping that interplay on 12 November 2020.
Documentaire exceptionnel avec interviews de AKHS, AKF, du Forum de Paris sur la Paix et de l'Agence Française de Développement à l'occasion de l'édition 2020 du Forum, dont AKDN est un membre fondateur et auquel Mawlana Hazar Imam a participé l'année dernière An exceptional documentary with interviews from AKHS, AKF, Paris Peace Forum and the French Development Agency on the occasion of the 2020 edition of the Forum, of which AKDN is a founding member and to which Mawlana Hazar Imam participated last year.
Photographer Gary Otte has taken many thousands of photos of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s visits to his Jamats, his meetings with world leaders, and AKDN projects across the world. In this exclusive interview, Mr. Otte describes his motivation to compile a visual record of Hazar Imam’s life and work, centered around photos taken by him and other photographers over the course of eight decades. The book, entitled Depth of Field, is available from The Ismaili Shop.
We look back on the opening of the Ismaili Centre, Lisbon in 1998, and then at the highlights of Mawlana Hazar Imam's Golden Jubilee visit to Portugal.
In an engaging conversation on climate change and how we preserve life on earth, award-winning television host and environmental journalist, Aliya Jasmine Sovani is joined by Dr. Stanford Blade, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta, and Onno Ruhl, General Manager of Aga Khan Agency for Habitat. The experts discuss some of the collective actions we can take as a society to help bring about a more sustainable world for all. AKD-014
Watch the complete ceremony of the Aga Khan University receiving its Charter from President Uhuru Kenyatta and inaugurating its new state-of-the-art University Centre in the President’s presence at a ceremony featuring an address by His Highness the Aga Khan. Located opposite the Aga Khan University Hospital in Parklands, Nairobi, the University Centre will be AKU’s main campus in Kenya, housing its Graduate School of Media and Communications, Medical College, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute for Human Development, Brain and Mind Institute and other programs.
Watch the complete ceremony of the Aga Khan University receiving its Charter from President Uhuru Kenyatta and inaugurating its new state-of-the-art University Centre in the President’s presence at a ceremony featuring an address by His Highness the Aga Khan. Located opposite the Aga Khan University Hospital in Parklands, Nairobi, the University Centre will be AKU’s main campus in Kenya, housing its Graduate School of Media and Communications, Medical College, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute for Human Development, Brain and Mind Institute and other programs.
The first-ever global convocation ceremony of the Aga Khan University (AKU) live-streamed to a worldwide audience on Saturday, May 22, 2021, as 667 students on three continents received their degrees.
How the institutions have been working to bring the Imam's vision to life and what is our role as his ambassadors to create a more pluralistic society.
The Global Centre for Pluralism in collaboration with the University of British Columbia presents a lecture by Ethiopian novelist and 2020 Booker Prize finalist, Maaza Mengiste, followed by a conversation with Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC Radio's Ideas. Opening remarks by Princess Zahra Aga Khan. Ms. Mengiste talks about her journey into historical research while writing her critically acclaimed novel, The Shadow King. She discusses the surprising and revelatory discoveries she made about collective memory and official archives, and what history can teach us about the future.
In this episode of Visionary Voices, Khalil Shariff, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation, Canada explores the topic of resilience in the face of crisis.
La version francaise du film Al-Khimyah qui retrace les actions de l'Aga Khan Trust for Culture au Caire. A film by Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan.
On February 26th, 2020, the University of Central Asia (UCA) and Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust (Cambridge Trust), and extended their partnership agreement to develop faculty across Central Asia for a further three years.
On February 26th, 2020, the University of Central Asia (UCA) and Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust (Cambridge Trust), and extended their partnership agreement to develop faculty across Central Asia for a further three years.
Farrokh Derakhshani, Director of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, discusses the origin and evolution of the Award, and Mawlana Hazar Imam's ongoing work to encourage excellence in architecture as a means of improving quality of life. AKD-008
Inauguration of the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad, India.
This week, we take a closer look at how music fosters the development of our living Muslim heritage in societies across the world, serving as a spark for human creativity and connection to the divine.
President Ameerally Kassim-Lakha joins to share the final installment of 'From the Heart', discussing the importance of resilience as a critical soft skill for success in one's career and in life.
Host Zulekha Nathoo then sits down with Fairouz Nishanova, Director of the Aga Khan Music Programme to explore how the Aga Khan Trust for Culture collaborates with exceptionally creative musicians, artists, educators, and arts presenters from around the world.
We then join the musicians who represented Canada at the Diamond Jubilee Homage Ceremony to reflect on their experiences from that epical occasion.