Princess Zahra and Aga Khan University Delegation at University of Michigan to Strengthen Partnership – Barakah

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October 18, 2023: Prince Amyn Aga Khan at Aga Khan Master Musicians Performace in Paris

On October 18, 2023, L’Institut du Monde Arabe hosted the acclaimed Aga Khan Master Musicians in Paris, France, for his or her newest reside efficiency. Hailing from Syria, Uzbekistan, and Tunisia, the 5 Aga Khan Master Musicians carried out a mesmerising variety of compositions. The collective chords of the duclar, qanoun, and doira combined with vocals, the violin, and saxophone in a harmonious discussion, evoked the attractions and sounds of the ancient Silk Road.

The night was once a poignant reminder of the facility of track to go beyond barriers and foster unity and working out amongst numerous communities. Luis Monreal, General Manager of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, welcomed visitors and spoke of track’s function as a drive that unites other folks and brings hope within the face of depression.

“We are living in dramatic times,” he stated, referring to the violence marking many areas of the sector. “We think of the women, men and children caught in this cycle of violence, we think of their suffering and pain for the loss of their loved ones and their desperate efforts to survive.”

“Music is an essential element,” Mr Monreal defined, “in recognising the contribution that different cultures have made to universal civilisation. This pluralism enriches us, bringing us together into a global world that we hope will one day be a world at peace.”

L’Institut du Monde Arabe’s present President Jack Lang, who was once France’s former Minister of Culture and founder of the Fête de l. a. Musique, in his reamrks stated:

“I salute His Highness the Aga Khan, who does so much around the world to promote creativity and preserve our heritage. It’s always a great privilege for us to attend this concert, which brings together musicians of the very highest calibre.” 

“Each musician has mastered his or her instrument to perfection,” he added, “offering us an exceptional soundscape between tradition and modernity.”

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The tournament was once attended by way of Prince Amyn Aga Khan, more youthful brother of His Highness the Aga Khan. Guests at the live performance incorporated the Cultural Advisor to the President of France, representatives from the diplomatic corps, nationwide and native govt government, and leaders of French civil society in addition to the Ismaili Imamat’s Official Representative to France, Shamir Samdjee; President of the Ismaili Council for France, Aiaze Mitha; and different senior AKDN and Ismaili leaders.

“While the musical worlds of North Africa, the Middle East, Iran, and Central Asia represented in this evening’s concert certainly overlap in significant ways, they are also quite different,” famous Prince Amyn in his remarks at a post-concert reception. “Creating new music in which these different worlds meet harmoniously and without resorting to cliché is an admirable achievement.” 

The tournament coincided with the discharge of the Aga Khan Master Musicians’ debut album, titled Nowruz, at the prestigious Smithsonian Folkways label.

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October 12, 2023: His Royal Highness Prince William receives Prince Rahim Aga Khan at Windsor Castle

On Thursday, October 12, 2023, His Royal Highness Prince William, the Prince of Wales, in his capability as President of Earthshot Prize, won Prince Rahim Aga Khan at Windsor Castle. The brief announcement of the assembly seems within the Court Circular issued by way of Buckingham Palace. The Court Circular is the authentic file of previous royal engagements, and could also be printed in The Times of London.

Three years in the past, on October 12, 2020, Prince Rahim, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network’s Environment and Climate Committee, had introduced a thrilling partnership with Prince William to release the Earthshot Prize to trade the worldwide discourse about weather and the surroundings, from one of pessimism and gloom to one of optimism and hope.

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August 4, 2023: Pope Francis Has Private Audience with Prince Rahim Aga Khan

Updated, August 5, 2023: Barakah’s up to date file at the assembly between Prince Rahim and Pope Francis contains some new information received from The Ismaili website online.

Vatican News has reported that Pope Francis held a non-public target audience with Prince Rahim Aga Khan in Lisbon. The Pope is lately on a discuss with to Lisbon for the World Youth Day (WYD) which is essentially aimed at younger other folks. WYD was once initiated by way of Pope John Paul II in 1985. It has since been hosted each and every 3 years in several towns world wide. During his present discuss with to Lisbon, the Pope has engaged in a chain of interreligious and ecumenical encounters during which he has referred to as on everybody to advertise fraternity and handle the religious well-being of younger other folks.

The Ismaili, the authentic website online of the Ismaili group, reviews that Prince Rahim conveyed heat greetings to Pope Francis on behalf of Mawlana Hazar Imam, and on behalf of the global Ismaili group. The Pope thanked Prince Rahim for the nice and cozy gesture and requested that his excellent needs be transmitted to Hazar Imam and participants of his circle of relatives, and to the worldwide Ismaili group. The Pope and Prince Rahim mentioned spaces of mutual hobby and the possibility of long term collaboration. Prince Rahim was once accompanied by way of Nazim Ahmad, the Diplomatic Representative of the Ismaili Imamat to Portugal.

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July 27, 2023: Princess Zahra Aga Khan Welcomes Zanzibar’s Minister for Tourism to the Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat

The Daily News Tanzania has reported that Zanzibar’s Minister for Tourism and Heritage Simai Mohamed Said is in Lisbon and will fly into Zanzibar with 288 Portuguese vacationers subsequent Monday, July 31, 2023 with a view to start tapping into Portuguese marketplace for tourism into Tanzania. Seven direct flights are anticipated to fly from Lisbon to Zanzibar all over the vacationer season. Among the vacationers flying into Zanzibar subsequent week will likely be Nazim Ahmed, the Diplomatic Representative of the Ismaili Imamat to Portugal.

Another Tanzanian day-to-day, The Citizen, reviews that Princess Zahra Aga Khan met Minister Simai Mohamed on Thursday, July 27, at the Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat in Lisbon. The discuss with comes at the heels of Princess Zahra’s discuss with to Zanzibar in May 2023 to inaugurate a Polyclinic. Minister Said was once accompanied by way of Mr. Rahim Bhaloo, Chairman of Zanzibar Commission of Tourism. Present additionally at the assembly was once Mr. Nazim Ahmad. During the assembly Princess Zahra and her visitors mentioned a variety of problems which incorporated the actions and presence of the businesses of the Aga Khan Development Network in Zanzibar. They additionally explored spaces of cooperation in fields corresponding to training, tradition and different programmes which they described because the core basis of growth of the standard of existence of populations.

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July 13, 2023: Aga Khan members of the family grace tournament celebrating twenty fifth anniversary of the Ismaili Centre Lisbon; President Marcelo awards iconic development Portugal’s Order of Merit

Members of His Highness the Aga Khan’s circle of relatives — his brother Prince Amyn and two sons Prince Rahim and Prince Aly Muhammad — and Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa have been in attendance at The Ismaili Centre Lisbon because it marked its twenty fifth anniversary celebrations on July 13, 2023. At the development, the Portuguese President stunned the target audience by way of awarding the enduring development the Portuguese Order of Merit. Established in 1927, the Merit Award acknowledges electorate or establishments for products and services that get advantages Portuguese society. 

The Lisbon Ismaili Centre is the the 3rd in a community of six high-profile Centres in quite a lot of portions of the sector. It was once inaugurated on July 11, 1998 by way of the then Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio within the presence of Mawlana Hazar Imam. The different 5 Ismaili Centres are in London (1985), Vancouver (1985), Dubai (2008), Dushanbe (2009), and Toronto (2014). The 7th Ismaili Centre is below development in Houston, Texas.

The Lisbon Ismaili Centre’s chic mix of conventional Islamic architectural motifs and Iberian components, designed by way of the famend architect Raj Rewal, has made it a prominent function inside Lisbon’s city panorama. The Ismaili Centre and its gardens have served as a logo of cultural heritage, and a catalyst for bridge development and cross-cultural working out.

Yasmin Bhudarally, the newly appointed President of His Highness the Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Portugal, joyfully welcomed visitors to the Centre, and expressed her gratitude to govt representatives for his or her long-standing fortify for, and enduring friendship with the Jamat. In her cope with, she additionally highlighted the ratings of occasions and programmes hosted throughout greater than 20 years, together with multilateral meetings, diplomatic receptions, interfaith congregations, healthcare congresses, artwork exhibitions, and musical live shows.

The Diplomatic Representative of the Ismaili Imamat to Portugal, Nazim Ahmad, thanked the ones concerned within the development’s making plans and development — particularly former Mayors of Lisbon Dr Nuno Abecasis and Dr João Soares, who secured the land and awarded the development licence — and said the fortify of the rustic’s President at the time, the past due Dr Jorge Sampaio.

In his cope with, President Marcelo spoke in sparkling phrases concerning the presence and dedication of the Ismaili group within the nation, and famous the essential function of the Ismaili Centre as a gathering level of cultures, faiths, and ideals.

“Here in this Centre,” he stated, “the Ismaili community has worked for Portuguese society in education, science, technology, taking care of children, and of the older generations — helping almost everywhere. You made a difference, with a very hard working and open minded community. A community that accepted and helped to build inclusion.”

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July 12, 2023: King Charles III receives Prince Rahim Aga Khan

On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, King Charles III won Prince Rahim Aga Khan at Buckingham Palace.

This announcement seems in The Court Circular segment of the July 13, 2023 version of The Times. (If you subscribe to The Times you’ll learn the temporary understand HERE.)

The Court Circular is issued by way of Buckingham Palace and is the official record of previous royal engagements.

Previously, in a news merchandise dated May 6, 2023, Prince Rahim Aga Khan attended the coronation of King Charles III on behalf of his father, Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan.

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July 11, 2023: Report and Video — Prince Amyn, Prince Rahim and Prince Aly Muhammad Welcome the Portuguese Leadership to have fun Mawlana Hazar Imam’s 66th Imamat Day at the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat

On June 3, 2015, a landmark settlement was once reached between Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, and the Portuguese Government to determine the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat within the nation. Palacete Mendonça in Lisbon, Portugal’s capital, was once got and selected because the web page for the Seat. On July 11, 2018, at the instance of his 61st Imamat Day, bringing his ancient Diamond Jubilee to an in depth in Lisbon, Mawlana Hazar formally designated the development because the “Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat”.

Five years later, on July 11, 2023, the 66th anniversary of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s Imamat, The Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat hosted a reception that was once attended on his behalf by way of his more youthful brother Prince Amyn and two kids Prince Rahim and Prince Aly Muhammad. They welcomed President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and the rustic’s maximum senior leaders, together with present and former Portuguese presidents, top ministers, international ministers, and mayors who have been presented a primary glance at the restored web page of the Palacete Mendonça in Portugal’s capital.

In his welcome cope with, Prince Amyn stated:

“While this is not an opening of the Diwan, it is very special for us at last to be able to host you in this beautiful building and welcome you to the Seat of the Ismaili Imamat which has been designated by my brother, His Highness the Aga Khan, as the Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat.”

Prince Amyn remarked that Mawlana Hazar Imam and the Jamat will ceaselessly be thankful to the Portuguese management and the rustic for his or her sort acceptance and welcome, relationship again to the Seventies. This generosity, he stated, has enabled the group to effectively combine into Portuguese society.

“In keeping with the ethics of Islam,” Prince Amyn defined, “wherever we reside we ensure we are active in civil society, working in many fields of endeavour to offer our time, knowledge, expertise, and material resources to help better the cohesiveness of the communities and societies in which we live.”

“And in so doing,” he added, “our purpose is to uphold human dignity, to help improve the lives of the vulnerable, and to support the pluralism that exists here in Portugal, and which is crucial to the maintenance of a peaceful, compassionate and harmonious society.”

Nazim Ahmad, Diplomatic Representative of the Ismaili Imamat to Portugal, in his cope with stated:

“Today, the worldwide Ismaili community celebrates Imamat Day, in honour of His Highness the Aga Khan’s leadership and guidance over the past six and a half decades. It is a day of joy, of happiness – a day which we are immensely pleased to share with all who have gathered here today.”

In paying tribute to the Portuguese Jamat, President Marcelo in his cope with stated:

“The Ismaili community in Portugal has about 10,000 citizens, fully integrated and imbued with the values of courage, innovation, persistence, and an openness to the world. It is this spirit of communion that keeps us firm and united at all times, good and bad, without hesitation.”

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June 21, 2023: Prince Rahim Aga Khan meets France’s Minister of the Interior and out of the country territories, as Ismaili Council President, Shamir Samdjee, is embellished with Legion d’honneur

His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan has stated that pluralism way no longer simply accepting variations between other folks however embracing them totally. These deeply profound phrases discuss first and important of the human and religious qualities of a character who has given such a lot to our nation, to France, and whose paintings continues to shine via his kids and the entire trustworthy Ismailis, whom he guides — Gérald Darmanin, June 21, 2023, at rite honouring President of the Ismaili Council for France

France’s Minister of the Interior and out of the country territories, Gérald Darmanin, presided over a rite on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at the Hôtel de Beauvau, authentic house of France’s Interior Ministry, to bestow the Legion d’honneur, upon Shamir Samdjee, President of His Highness Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for France. Prince Rahim Aga Khan, oldest son of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, attended the rite. Prince Rahim was once won by way of Gérald Darmanin, with whom he held discussions at the collaboration between France and the Ismaili Imamat, earlier than the graduation of the rite. The Prince is attending the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, hosted by way of President Macron this week in Paris.

In accepting one of the country’s maximum prestigious honours, President Samdjee stated, “I receive it with great humility and it obliges me, it obliges all of us here, to continue to do more.”

The Ismaili Council President spoke of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s dedication to France, and defined some of the initiatives that the Aga Khan Development Network has undertaken with the fortify of French establishments. He additionally spoke of the historical past of the Jamat in France, who’ve migrated and settled from quite a lot of portions of the creating global in contemporary a long time. “Our history is diverse, coming from Madagascar, Africa, Syria and Asia. It shows that integration can be successful when it is based on the values of education, knowledge, intellect and hard work,” he stated.

President Samdjee added: “As we contemplate this journey, we must realise that we are privileged today. We are here, at this very moment, strengthened by our heritage, which guides our actions. We owe this singular journey to the advice and ongoing guidance of His Highness the Aga Khan for almost seven decades.” 

In his cope with to visitors, Mr Darmanin paid tribute to Mawlana Hazar Imam, and counseled the contributions by way of the Ismaili group to civil society in France and world wide.

“His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan has said that pluralism means not just accepting differences between people but embracing them completely.” stated Mr Darmanin. “These deeply profound words speak first and foremost of the human and spiritual qualities of a personality who has given so much to our country, to France, and whose work continues to shine through his children and all the faithful Ismailis, whom he guides.”

“The Ismaili faith advocates dialogue with all,” Mr Darmanin persisted, “promoting diversity as a virtue, encouraging everyone to participate fully in the life of the country in which they live. It is a commitment to which the Aga Khan continually invites you, because there can be no dichotomy between the spiritual and the material, between faith and social life.”

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News protection of Princess Zahra Aga Khan’s June 2023 discuss with to Kyrgyzstan

(1) June 16, 2023: Princess Zahra Aga Khan shareS a message from Mawlana Hazar Imam at UCA’S 2023 Convocation

The following file of the commencement rite hung on Friday, June 16, 2023, has been compiled from the website online of The.Ismaili; please click on at the link for your complete file and further pictures. This segment of the news web page will proceed to be up to date whilst Princess Zahra attends occasions in Kyrgyzstan all over her present discuss with. To learn textual content of the entire speeches made at the convocation rite, please click on Speeches at AKDN.

The University of Central Asia’s Class of 2023 have been honoured for his or her achievements as of late, June 16, 2023, at a different convocation rite held at campuses in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan, and in Khorog, the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.

Princess Zahra Aga Khan attended the development in Naryn and in her cope with shared a message from her father, Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, the University’s Founder and Chancellor.

Princess Zahra said the scholars’ achievements all over a rigorous few years, and inspired graduates to glance forward to the long run. She stated:

“In your time at UCA, you forged friendships that will last a lifetime….You acquired a new sense of who you are and what you are capable of. You tried and failed, tried again and succeeded, and felt the wind of confidence fill your sails and propel you toward new tests and trials.”

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Princess Zahra additionally shared a message from Mawlana Hazar Imam who underlined the demanding situations that Central Asia and the broader global faces as of late, together with new paperwork of synthetic intelligence, weather trade, and globalisation. UCA has helped to get ready graduates to take on those demanding situations, he stated.

“In my eyes, you embody promise,” Hazar Imam’s message learn. “The promise of a new generation, alive to new ways of collaborating, communicating, and thinking; and the promise of a new university, alert to emerging problems and eager to identify new opportunities to serve its countries. Born as the University of Central Asia was first taking shape, you are as young as the University itself. Equally bright futures lie ahead of you and your alma mater.” 

“My wish,” Hazar Imam’s message concluded, “is that you’re going to each proceed to draw energy and inspiration from one any other for plenty of, many a long time to come.

Video of Graduation Ceremony, with cope with delivered by way of Princess Zahra Aga Khan

Please click on at the white arrow at the centre of display screen — purple block — to get started looking at the video and no longer at the YouTube button proven at backside left. Princess Zahra’s speech in above video commences at roughly the 28:30 minute mark. Her studying of the message from Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, who’s the Founder and Chancellor of the University, starts at the 34:10 minute mark.

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(2) June 15, 2023: Princess Zahra Aga Khan arrives in Naryn and meets with scholars and the UCA Board of Trustees

The following file of Princess Zahra’s discuss with to Naryn for UCA’s commencement rite has been compiled from the website online of The.Ismaili; please click on at the link for your complete file and further pictures.

After assembly with Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeenbek Kulubae in Bishek, as reported below, Princess Zahra Aga Khan, at the side of her kids, Sara and Iliyan, travelled to the mountainous the town of Naryn the place they conversed with scholars, college participants, and Time and Knowledge (TKN) volunteers at the University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Naryn campus. She additionally visited Naryn the town, the place she explored the School of Professional and Continuing Education and the Aga Khan Medical Centre.

Princess Zahra and her kids additionally attended a luncheon hosted by way of the Board of Trustees, the place they’d a possibility to discuss with graduating scholars about their time at UCA and their aspirations for the long run. Sara and Iliyan have been additionally taken on a excursion of the campus by way of Associate Dean Sohail Ashrafi and participants of the graduating category. They had the chance to engage with scholars and pay attention tales of their stories at UCA.

To have fun the phenomenal achievements of its scholars, the University hosted a pupil awards night time, attended by way of Princess Zahra. The environment was once stuffed with pleasure and emotion, no longer least for the recipients who have been honoured with richly deserved accolades.

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JUNE 15, 2023: VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING PRINCESS ZAHRA AGA KHAN’S VISIT TO KYRGYZSTAN

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FLASHBACK JUNE 19, 2021: His Highness the Aga Khan delivers digital convocation cope with to UCA’s bachelor graduates (please learn 2021 POST)

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(3) June 15, 2023: Princess Zahra Aga Khan meets Kyrgyz Foreign Minister as she arrives in Kyrgyzstan to attend University of Central Asia’s commencement rite

AKIPRESS News Agency reports — please click on for whole file and pictures and additionally see tweet from international ministry beneath — that on June 15, 2023, the international minister of Kyrgyzstan, Jeenbek Kulubaev, met with Princess Zahra Aga Khan, daughter of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, as section of her discuss with to take part at the University of Central Asia’s commencement rite which is able to happen at the Naryn campus on June 16. The assembly came about in Bishkek, the rustic’s capital.

Minister Kulubaev thanked Princess Zahra for the lively paintings of AKDN in Kyrgyzstan in spaces important for the rustic and for her private fortify of the actions of the University of Central Asia, that have a multiplier impact and definitely affect socio-economic building of Naryn area. In flip, Princess Zahra extremely liked the bilateral interplay throughout the framework of AKDN venture actions within the Kyrgyz Republic and expressed AKDN  readiness to enhance its fortify to Kyrgyzstan in selling ongoing socio-economic reforms.

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June 14, 2023: Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Bangladesh Prime Minister meet in Geneva to speak about training and weather priorities

The following file of Prince Rahim Aga Khan’s assembly with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh has been compiled from a news unlock issued by way of the Aga Khan Development Network. The news additionally seems at the The.Ismaili, the authentic website online of the global Ismaili Muslim group.

Prince Rahim Aga Khan, eldest son of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, and Her Excellency Ms Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, met on Wednesday June 14, 2023, in Geneva, Switzerland to speak about training and weather priorities in Bangladesh. Prime Minister Hasina is visiting Geneva partially to take part within the World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All, organised by way of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Prince Rahim conveyed the ongoing dedication of His Highness the Aga Khan, and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) to the commercial and social building of Bangladesh. Building on just about seven a long time of cooperation, bilateral family members have been enhanced via a Protocol of Co-Operation signed in 2013.

Prince Rahim said the nice development made by way of Bangladesh since independence over 50 years in the past in bettering many social and financial signs, lowering poverty, and improving the standard of existence of Bangladeshis.

Discussing the have an effect on of weather trade in Bangladesh and globally, Prince Rahim shared AKDN’s stories and programmes to cut back its carbon footprint and defined the weather adaptation and mitigation measures undertaken by way of the AKDN to permit inexperienced and sustainable building.

Her Excellency the Prime Minister conveyed her appreciation to Mawlana Hazar Imam and the AKDN for the contributions made within the nation over many a long time. The Prime Minister particularly recognised the established order of the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka, which seeks to create long term Bangladeshi leaders who will give a contribution to the improvement of the rustic. The Academy gives an enhanced International Baccalaureate curriculum and management building alternatives to empower graduates to give a contribution to their societies within the nation and world wide.

FLASHBACK 2013: His Highness the Aga Khan calls on Bangladesh Prime Minister

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June 6, 2023: Prince Amyn Aga Khan visits Porto for opening rite of the “Schools2030 Global Forum” and signing of AKFP – City of Porto settlement to advertise high quality of existence

The following file of Prince Amyn Aga Khan’s contemporary discuss with to Porto, Portugal, has been compiled from town of Porto’s internet portal http://www.porto.pt. Click Portuguese report and English report to learn whole reviews in addition to to view a gallery of pictures similar to Prince Amyn’s discuss with.

Porto.pt, a internet portal containing information concerning the town of Porto, reviews that Prince Amyn Aga Khan, more youthful brother of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, signed a cooperation settlement between the Aga Khan Foundation Portugal (AKFP) and The Municipality of Porto on Monday June 6, 2023, at the Alfândega do Porto (Alfandega Congress Center). Readers are invited to discuss with the internet portal for highlights of the settlement in Portuguese and English.

After the signing of the settlement, the Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, and Prince Amyn attended the outlet rite of the “Schools2030 Global Forum”, which came about for the primary time in Portugal. It was once held at the Congress Centre for 3 days.

In his cope with the Mayor stated that Porto “has a long tradition of humanism and solidarity, of openness and intercultural dialogue, of tolerance and political pluralism, of promoting education, science and innovation”, and added: “Therefore, [the city of Porto] shares the goals of equity, inclusion, and quality that the ‘Schools2030’ program and the Aga Khan Foundation are promoting in education systems, in the so-called global south”.

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The Aga Khan Foundation Portugal’s program is targeted at the sustained growth of training from early early life to secondary training, delivered by way of instructional brokers from ten nations (Afghanistan, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Portugal, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, and Uganda) and runs from 2020 to 2030.

Porto Mayor Rui Moreira and Portugal’s Minister of Education, João Miguel Marques da Costa, made insightful remarks at the Schools2020 program. They each spoke in English. The following YouTube video carries their remarks in addition to contains clips from the signing of the AKFP settlement by way of Prince Amyn with the Mayor of the Municipality of Porto.

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MAY 21, 2023: PRINCE RAHIM AGA KHAN hosts UAE Minister of cULTURE AND early life

[The following report is compiled from the LinkedIn page of the Aga Khan Development Network and the Twitter page of the UAE Minister of Culture and Youth (see Tweet below – Ed.]

Prince Rahim Aga Khan hosted a luncheon on May 21, 2023, for His Excellency Sheikh Salem bin Khalid Al Qassimi, Minister of Culture and Youth for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), at the Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat in Lisbon, Portugal. The assembly presented a possibility to additional speak about issues of mutual hobby and cooperation between the Ismaili Imamat and the UAE significantly within the spaces of tradition and sustainability.

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Prince Rahim and His Excellency mentioned the tactics to strengthen cooperation to struggle weather trade and its have an effect on on historic websites forward of COP28 which will likely be happen from November 30 till December 12, 2023 in Dubai. The Minister applauded Aga Khan Development Network’s considerable function in holding cultural and city heritage locally and globally.

Shortly afterwards, His Excellency the Minister and his delegation have been won at the Ismaili Centre, Lisbon, the place they took section in a guided excursion of the development and its gardens.

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Tweet: UAE Minister of Culture and Youth meets prince Rahim Aga Khan

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May 6, 2023: Prince Rahim Aga Khan at Westminster Abbey for Crowning of King Charles III

Prince Rahim Aga Khan, representing Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, was once amongst 90 heads of state, together with kings and queens from world wide, to witness the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III in a rite at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, May 6, 2023. According to Buckingham Palace, some 203 nations have been represented within the congregation of 2,200 other folks that still incorporated participants of the general public invited by way of the king for his or her charity paintings. The rite, complete of of pageantry and custom and deeply imbued with Christian religion, was once watched by way of tens of millions world wide on tv and on-line, at the side of masses of 1000’s of individuals who had covered the streets of London below occasional heavy rain. Some of the coronation rituals remained unchanged for greater than 1,000 years. But for the primary time, feminine bishops took section within the carrier, along leaders of different faiths.

Placing his hand at the Bible, Charles proclaimed his allegiance to God: “In His name, and after His example, I come not to be served, but to serve,” he stated. Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, led the carrier. He requested of King Charles: “The coronation oath has stood for centuries and is enshrined in law. Are you willing to take the oath?” The king spoke back, “I am willing.”

For Ismailis in the United Kingdom, the Coronation weekend gives a possibility to sign up for the festivities, and prolong their lively involvement in charitable and social projects within the nation. For many a long time, participants of the group have labored intently with Royal organisations to advertise peace, pluralism, and social development in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. 

Khatoon Noonan took section within the “Cook for the King” pageant to have fun the coronation, and was once named the winner along with her dish Pickling Masala Mutton Curry (see exclusive article on our sister website Simerg.) Shafina Jaffer’s piece of painted art work that includes the Union Jack’s colors and floral motifs will likely be projected onto Windsor Castle and the performer’s degree all over a live performance on Sunday, May 7. Alnaz Gulamhussein has been recognised as an outstanding volunteer who is going the additional mile to serve her group. She was once invited to attend the authentic Coronation Garden Party, which came about at Buckingham Palace a couple of days forward of the king’s coronation.

And in Canada, the place the University of Alberta’s Botanical Garden in Edmonton opens for the season on Monday May eighth, the Aga Khan Garden will likely be webhosting particular occasions all through the day on Saturday, May 13, compliments of Alberta’s Lieutenant Governor Salma Lakhani, in birthday celebration of the coronation of King Charles III. There will likely be no admission price to the Botanical Garden on May 13. The coronation occasions at the Aga Khan and Japanese Gardens promise to be richly entertaining for young and old alike.

The file has been compiled from subject material on the internet sites of The Ismaili, the Voice of America and the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.

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April 27, 2023: Princess Zahra Aga Khan in Kampala

Princess Zahra Aga Khan, daughter of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, and Uganda’s First Lady Janet Museveni introduced the development of the Aga Khan University’s Kampala campus on Thursday, April 27, 2023, marking the beginning of a thrilling new bankruptcy in its historical past, because the University establishes a long-term long term in Uganda.

The new campus, with its world-class amenities and highly-trained workforce, will equip the following day’s well being pros with the competence and self belief to successfully lead and develop into healthcare methods within the creating global. It will function a seven-storey University Centre, a nine-storey pupil housing development, and the Aga Khan University Hospital, Kampala.

“We aim for these facilities — in collaboration with partner governments and educational institutions — to be staffed by highly-trained clinicians, equipped with the latest technologies, and prepared to address the region’s changing burden of disease,” stated Princess Zahra.

“Offering care in two dozen specialties, the hospital will, Insha’Allah, provide families with the peace of mind that comes from knowing that specialist care is available here, close to home.”

The spotlight of the chic rite was once the plaque unveiling rite, carried out by way of Princess Zahra and The Honourable First Lady, to mark the graduation of development, adopted by way of the Ugandan nationwide anthem, the East African anthem, and the Nashid al-Imamah. In attendance have been a bunch of representatives from the Government of Uganda; and leaders of the Ismaili group and AKDN.

The Honourable First Lady expressed her want that the venture would have an important certain have an effect on at the inhabitants: “It is my prayer and hope,” she stated, “that in the coming years through the Aga Khan Teaching Hospital Kampala, thousands of our people will receive life-saving care, making it a beacon of hope; thousands of our babies will be born in delivery rooms, making it a scene of joy; and that thousands of our young generation will receive quality education, making it a hub for personal growth and transformation.”

“It is with great pleasure,” Princess Zahra concluded, “that we all come together on this absolutely wonderful site to launch this project, which, with your help and with your support, we know will make a huge difference for Uganda, for the region, and for medical care around the world.”

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April 25, 2023: Princess Zahra Aga khan in Zanzibar

To stand the place we’re as of late, and to see the Old Dispensary re-opened as a polyclinic makes me immensely proud. This isn’t with regards to the usage of and bettering an iconic development, but it surely’s about bringing twenty first century state-of-the-art well being products and services to this well being dispensary development and reflecting the evolution of the Aga Khan Health Services and healthcare in Tanzania — Princess Zahra Aga Khan

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Would you, Princess, kindly put across to him [His Highness the Aga Khan] this message: Karibu Sana Zanzibar…His Excellency Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, the President of Zanzibar additionally extends his heat greetings to His Highness the Aga Khan. We can be deeply honoured to have you ever discuss with our island once more — First Lady of Zanzibar

At a different tournament on April 25, 2023, attended by way of Princess Zahra, daughter of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, doorways opened to the Aga Khan Polyclinic, Zanzibar, a large step ahead for healthcare provision at the island.

The new health center’s house is the ornate ‘Old Dispensary’ at the waterfront in Zanzibar’s ancient capital, Stone Town. Originally constructed by way of the Ismaili pioneer Sir Tharia Topan within the Eighteen Eighties to cope with native healthcare wishes at the time, it operated for this very goal till its takeover by way of the federal government within the revolution of 1964. After a long time of disrepair, the ornate belongings was once moderately restored to its former glory by way of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture within the Nineteen Nineties.

At the request of the Government of Zanzibar, the Old Dispensary is now a functioning well being centre once more, after being transferred to the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS). The inauguration marks a significant enlargement of AKHS’s outreach programme, aiming to cope with the island’s advanced healthcare demanding situations as of late, together with excessive maternal and kid mortality charges and the rising occurrence of non-communicable sicknesses. Located within the middle of Stone Town, the brand new health center is designed to be offering a spread of products and services, together with emergency and pressing care, enhanced diagnostics, dialysis products and services, and dentistry.

I would really like to specific my deep gratitude to His Highness the Aga Khan, Princess Zahra Aga Khan and the Aga Khan Development Network and its building companions, in particular the French Development Agency, AFD, for his or her ongoing efforts to fortify the United Republic of Tanzania in imposing our nationwide priorities… might I take this chance to prolong a heat invitation to His Highness the Aga Khan to discuss with Zanzibar within the close to long term. Would you, Princess, kindly put across to him this message: Karibu Sana Zanzibar…His Excellency Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, the President of Zanzibar additionally extends his heat greetings to His Highness the Aga Khan. We can be deeply honoured to have you ever discuss with our island once more.

The health center can even function a hub for the availability of specialized care, providing sufferers top quality products and services with no need to go back and forth to the Mainland. Stone Town, with its structure and city material that brings in combination African, Arab, Indian, and European influences, was once designated a UNESCO global heritage web page in 2000. Its many positive constructions replicate a uniquely coastal tradition. This contains the oldest Ismaili Jamatkhana in Africa, with its well-known double doorways of ornately carved hardwood and polished brass finishings.

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March 18, 2023: Princess Zahra Aga Khan attends Aga Khan University’s first ever Founder’s Day ON ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY

On Saturday March 18, 2023, the Aga Khan University (AKU) celebrated in Karachi, Pakistan, the commencement of the Class of 2022, its first-ever Founder’s Day and the University’s fortieth anniversary. Simultaneous ceremonies have been held in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and broadcast on-line to a world target audience of AKU’s buddies and supporters. A complete of 777 scholars graduated from AKU’s international campuses with diplomas and levels in 19 fields, bringing the whole quantity of diplomas and levels awarded by way of the University to greater than 19,000, together with greater than 4,500 in East Africa.

Princess Zahra Aga Khan attended the development in Karachi, and shared a message from Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, Founder and Chancellor of the University, during which he traced the AKU’s 40-year adventure from 1983 to the prevailing, calling the University a supply of hope and expressing pleasure in its achievements and self belief in its long term.

Mawlana Hazar Imam stated:

“Together, all of us are the custodians of the founding vision. Our history gives us every reason to believe that so long as we remain true to that vision, AKU’s light – the light depicted in the University’s seal – will grow ever brighter, helping to illuminate the path to a better future for the people it serves.”

Overseas, the accomplishments of the AKU have been famous by way of Dr. Cen Huang, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice President (International) of the University of Alberta, within the college’s authentic college and workforce e-newsletter, The Quad. He wrote:

“Since its beginnings in 1983 as the primary non-public college in Pakistan, AKU has temporarily grown to turn into a world and intercontinental college, providing numerous instructional systems spanning 5 nations and a lot of educating websites.

“As a non-profit institution, AKU’s mission is to empower the people of the developing world with the knowledge and skills to realize their highest goals, and it is achieving this vision. AKU was recently ranked among the world’s top 500 universities, among the top 250 universities in medical research, and in the top 30 universities in public health. Accomplishing this much in such a short time in comparatively resource-poor countries in South Asia and East Africa testifies to the commitment of AKU’s leadership, faculty, and staff, and their belief in the institutional mission.” The University of Alberta, which has masses of partnerships with establishments and organizations international, has a long-standing engagement with the Aga AKU relationship again to 2006.

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MARCH 13, 2023: His Majesty King Charles III Speaks at the instance of Commonwealth Day, as Prince Rahim Aga Khan Leads the Procession of Loyal Societies

Whether on weather trade and biodiversity loss, early life alternative and training, international well being, or financial co-operation, the Commonwealth can play an indispensable function in probably the most urgent problems of our time. Ours is an affiliation no longer simply of shared values, however of not unusual goal and joint motion — His Majesty King Charles, March 13, 2023

The.Ismaili, the authentic website online of the Ismaili group, reports that Prince Rahim Aga Khan on March 13, 2023, attended the Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration, within the presence of His Majesty The King, Head of the Commonwealth, at Westminster Abbey in London, England. The annual tournament is arranged by way of the Royal Commonwealth Society of which the past due Queen Elizabeth is the consumer. Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, is the Vice President of the Governing Body at the side of The Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland QC, the Commonwealth Secretary-General.

The tournament was once televised by way of the BBC, and can also be seen at the YouTube link supplied above (Prince Rahim is noticed shaking palms with the King at across the 1:08:26 hour mark because the King is departing the Abbey at the belief of the rite. Please additionally see {photograph}, beneath. )

Prince Rahim, representing Mawlana Hazar Imam, led the procession of Loyal Societies in his capability as Vice President-designate of the Royal Commonwealth Society. Please obtain your complete PDF document of the complaints of the day’s occasions by way of clicking The Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration. The procession of honoured visitors and members together with Prince Rahim seems on web page 5 of the PDF file.

Following the development, Prince Rahim met with His Majesty The King, in addition to senior participants of the royal circle of relatives and delegates together with representatives from different religion communities.

Commonwealth Day is well known each and every yr with a multi-faith carrier at Westminster Abbey. This yr, His Majesty delivered his Commonwealth Day message all over the carrier, in his new function as head of the Commonwealth. Please learn the authentic textual content of the King’s speech beneath.

The Commonwealth Day Service celebrates the Commonwealth of Nations and supplies a possibility to focal point consideration in this voluntary affiliation of 56 nations and their dedication to selling democracy, human rights, the rule of thumb of legislation, and equality for his or her 2.5 billion electorate. The annual tournament celebrates the harmony, variety, and linkages of the fashionable Commonwealth and seeks to foster better working out of the Commonwealth’s achievements and function, in particular among its younger other folks.

The BBC seen that there was once an environment of nice happiness across the Abbey all over this yr’s birthday celebration, and where was once complete of existence, noise and laughter. ​

The senior management of the United Kingdom Ismaili group have been additionally in attendance.

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The following is the textual content of the speech of His Majesty the King as issued at the morning of March 13, 2023, by way of the Governor General of Canada. Please learn the message at supply HERE.

March 13, 2023

Commonwealth Day was once an instance of explicit pleasure for my liked Mother, The past due Queen – a precious alternative to have fun our Commonwealth circle of relatives, to whose carrier she devoted her lengthy and exceptional existence.

In succeeding Her Majesty as Head of the Commonwealth, I draw nice energy from her instance, along with all that I’ve learnt from the bizarre other folks I’ve met, all through the Commonwealth, over such a lot of years.

The Commonwealth has been a relentless in my very own existence, and but its variety continues to amaze and encourage me. Its near-boundless possible as a drive for excellent on this planet calls for our best ambition; its sheer scale demanding situations us to unite and be daring.

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Charter of the Commonwealth, which provides expression to our defining values — peace and justice; tolerance, appreciate and harmony; handle the environment, and for probably the most prone amongst us.

These aren’t merely beliefs. In each and every lies an crucial to act, and to make a sensible distinction within the lives of the two.6 billion individuals who name the Commonwealth house.

Whether on weather trade and biodiversity loss, early life alternative and training, international well being, or financial co-operation, the Commonwealth can play an indispensable function in probably the most urgent problems of our time. Ours is an affiliation no longer simply of shared values, however of not unusual goal and joint motion.

In this we’re blessed with the ingenuity and creativeness of a 3rd of the sector’s inhabitants, together with one and a part billion other folks below the age of thirty. Our shared humanity comprises such treasured variety of concept, tradition, custom and enjoy. By listening to each and every different, we can to find such a lot of of the answers that we search.

This bizarre possible, which we cling in not unusual, is greater than equivalent to the demanding situations we are facing. It gives us unprecedented energy no longer simply to face the long run, however to construct it. Here, the Commonwealth has a fantastic alternative, and accountability, to create a in truth sturdy long term — one that gives the sort of prosperity this is in unity with Nature and that can even protected our distinctive and simplest planet for generations to come.

The myriad connections between our countries have sustained and enriched us for greater than seven a long time. Our dedication to peace, development and alternative will maintain us for plenty of extra.

Let ours be a Commonwealth that no longer simplest stands in combination, however strives in combination, in stressed and sensible pursuit of the worldwide not unusual excellent.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023: Prince Rahim Aga Khan and son Prince Sinan at Lisbon’s Royal Treasure Museum as Ismaili Imamat supplies patronage fortify for acquisition of an outstanding artefact

On Friday, February 24, 2023, at the invitation of Pedro Adão e Silva, Portugal’s Minister of Culture, the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, visited Museu do Tesouro Real (the Royal Treasury Museum), in Lisbon, accompanied by way of Prince Rahim Aga Khan. The instance was once to mark the patronage fortify of the Ismaili Imamat within the acquisition of an outstanding Sixteenth-century silver salver — a conventional serving tray — for the everlasting assortment of the museum.

Prince Rahim’s more youthful son Prince Sinan, who celebrated his sixth birthday on January 2, joined his father for the instance. Present at the development have been the Secretary of State for Culture, Isabel Cordeiro; the Museum Director, José Alberto Ribeiro; the Diplomatic Representative of the Ismaili Imamat to Portugal, Nazim Ahmad; and the President of the Aga Khan Ismaili Council for Portugal, Rahim Firozali. The team seen the silver salver and different noteworthy items, highlighting the significance of their joint endeavour to safeguard Portugal’s ancient cultural panorama. 

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FEBRUARY 16-21, 2023: PRINCE HUSSAIN’S the residing sea AT PALM BEACH SHOW

I took this {photograph} [dolphin photo, 3rd photo below] in Sataya, Egypt. I used to be working out of breath. I went beneath the outside a little bit and this dolphin was once emerging up to my toes. My digicam wasn’t running. Finally, he was once at my chest and the digicam nonetheless didn’t shoot. He went simply above me and I appeared up, arched my again, and I clicked. It labored. I had 0 air left in my lungs — Prince Hussain Aga Khan, Arab News

Prince Hussain Aga Khan, 2d son of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, is presenting his collection The Living Sea, comprised of works from a lot of photographic deep sea expeditions, spanning a mess of marine species, at the 2023 Palm Beach Show from February 16-21, at the Palm Beach Convention Centre.

On Thursday, February 16, the Prince was once scheduled to give a chat at his sales space below the subject “Souls of the Sea.”

According to a programming note issued by way of the organizers of the Palm Beach Show, Prince Hussain’s works are exhibited with Galerie Gmurzynska. For this yr’s display, the Galerie seeks to carry in combination global masters corresponding to depend Pablo Picasso, Constantin Brancusi, Francis Picabia and others who pioneered the abstraction of the human determine. It is along those masters and within the unique charitable get advantages of Focused on Nature (FON) that Prince Hussain Aga Khan’s positive artwork undersea pictures is being introduced.

Prince Hussain’s exhibition in Palm Beach has been reported in The Arab News dated February 17, during which the Prince expresses his pastime for natural world since he was once 8 years previous. The Prince mentions that he has been self-taught the usage of the digicam. He notes, “I’ve always loved wildlife photography; I’d buy books on it and watch David Attenborough and Jacques Cousteau documentaries when I was younger. I’m living the dream I had as a kid.”

The Arab News file additionally supplies an excessively attention-grabbing account of the Prince’s encounter with a spinner dolphin in Sataya, Egypt, in December 2014. The iconic dolphin photograph, proven above, is at the entrance quilt of his stunning e book “Diving Into Wildlife,” signed copies of which can also be bought via this (Barakah) website online. In the caption to the dolphin photograph, Prince Hussain writes that this was once the friendliest dolphin he noticed in Sataya. He provides, “No other dolphin came even half as close to me. Much to my immense frustration, this is the only image I captured of the dolphin even though it performed a full spiral around me.”

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023: Prince Rahim addresses World Government Summit in Dubai; watch video excerpt

The Qur’an teaches us that as God’s noblest introduction, humankind is entrusted with the stewardship of all this is on Earth, and that each and every technology should depart for its successors a healthy and wholesome social and bodily surroundings. Stewardship of the surroundings, handle the wildlife, sharing of sources, reputation of good looks as a divine blessing, and an environmental ethic are the foundations that helped information the making plans of early Muslim towns — Prince Rahim Aga Khan, World Government Summit, Dubai, February 13, 2023.

During a novel plenary keynote consultation at the World Government Summit being held in Dubai from February 13-15, 2023, Prince Rahim Aga Khan, Chairman of Environment and Climate Committee at the Aga Khan Development Network, spoke at the opening day at the pressing motion we should take as an international group to advance development and take on weather trade. Omar Sultan Al Olama Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications and Managing Director of the World Government Summit Organisation warmly welcomed Prince Rahim’s participation at the Summit. Prince Rahim’s speech can also be noticed within the following YouTube video from roughly the 7:12:10 hour mark to 7:22. Also, Barakah has introduced the total speech thematically.

Introduction to Prince Rahim adopted by way of his speech commences in a while after the 7:12:00 hour mark.

We actually have a temporary excerpt from Prince Rahim’s speech posted in Twitter beneath, following which we’ve exterior hyperlinks offering textual protection of the summit and Prince Rahim’s speech.

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January 20, 2023: Prince Rahim Aga Khan atTENDS RECEPTION in hONOUR OF Dr. Farhad Daftary for his Contribution to the IIS and Ismaili ScholarshIp

I do know I discuss on behalf of His Highness and for all of us right here, and the generations who will have the benefit of his scholarship, that we’re very thankful that Dr Daftary selected this to be his lifetime’s paintings and that he has made the sort of primary contribution to the sector of Ismaili research — Prince Rahim Aga Khan, January 18, 2023

The following file has been tailored from The.Ismaili, the authentic website online of the Ismaili group, and the website online of the Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS). Both the authentic reviews are dated January 20, 2023. The file features a {photograph} from the editor’s archives from 2008.

on January 18, 2023, Prince Rahim Aga Khan attended a reception at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel to honour the contributions of Dr Farhad Daftary to the IIS, and extra extensively to the fields of Ismaili and Islamic research, as he steps down from his control roles at The Institute. The tournament was once attended by way of workforce, scholars, governors and leaders of the Ismaili group. Dr Daftary is succeeded because the Director of IIS by way of Professor Zayn Kassam, a extremely completed pupil of Islamic and Ismaili philosophy and Islamic mysticism.

Prince Rahim introduced that Mawlana Hazar Imam has determined to recognize Dr Daftary’s contributions to The Institute by way of attaching his title to coming near near PhD Scholarships awarded by way of IIS — they are going to be referred to as The Farhad Daftary PhD Scholarships. Dr Daftary’s central function no longer simplest as a pace-setter, however because the IIS’s most valuable and productive pupil and creator was once additionally recognised by way of Prince Rahim. 

“I know I speak on behalf of His Highness and for all of us here, and the generations who will benefit from his scholarship, that we are very grateful that Dr Daftary chose this to be his lifetime’s work and that he has made such a major contribution to the field of Ismaili studies,” he stated.

“His seminal works on Ismaili History are universally recognised as the authoritative sources on this subject matter. His books, journal articles and encyclopaedia entries are referred to and cited by people around the world,” added Prince Rahim. 

“This body of work will have a long-lasting legacy, and it has profoundly changed the landscape of Ismaili Studies.”

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Whatever contribution I’ve made to the sector don’t have been imaginable with out the fortify and steering of Hazar Imam and I owe him a debt of gratitude for this lengthy adventure — Dr. Farhad Daftary, January 18, 2023

Speaking at the development, Dr. Daftary himself stated: “I joined The Institute in September of 1988 and since then I have witnessed significant growth and development in many ways from publications, manuscripts, translations, a sizable faculty, educational programmes, and unique educational materials that are appreciated by Ismailis throughout the world. IIS is a serious academic institution and a point of reference in Ismaili and broader Shi’i and Qur’anic studies. Whatever contribution I have made to the field would not have been possible without the support and guidance of Hazar Imam and I owe him a debt of gratitude for this long journey,” he added. Dr. Daftary thanked the board for making the transition in his contemporary occupation as easy as imaginable and needed his successor, Professor Zayn Kassam the most productive of luck in her new function.

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Correction: An previous model of this post had indicated that the development was once held at the IIS. It was once in truth held at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel. The editor regrets the oversight on his section.

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January 9, 2023: Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Princess Zahra lead Ismaili Imamat and AKDN delegation to “climate resilient pakistan” convention IN gENEVA

In a marathon day lengthy convention held in Geneva on Monday, January 9, 2023, dozens of nations and global establishments pledged greater than $9 billion for Pakistan in reaction to remaining summer time’s file breaking monsoon rainfall that brought about catastrophic flooding, affecting greater than 33 million other folks. Upwards of 1,700 other folks died, over 2 million have been rendered homeless, vegetation have been burnt up, and essential infrastructure was once destroyed and broken.

The global convention entitled “Climate Resilient Pakistan” was once co-chaired by way of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. In the convention, Pakistan introduced the Resilient Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Framework (4RF), which laid out a multisectoral technique for rehabilitation and reconstruction in a climate-resilient and inclusive method. Pakistan additionally sought to protected global fortify and forge long-term partnerships for development Pakistan’s weather resilience and adaptation.

At the invitation of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and the UN Secretary General, a delegation led by way of Prince Rahim Aga Khan and his sister Princess Zahra Aga Khan, representing the Ismaili Imamat and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), attended the convention that was once held in Geneva at the Palais des Nations. Consistent with the Imamat and AKDN’s enduring dedication to Pakistan, and particularly weather resilience and adaptation, Prince Rahim and Princess Zahra expressed robust fortify for the 4RF.

Last September the Imamat contributed $10 million against the reaction to the unparalleled flooding, and from the onset AKDN has been running to alleviate the have an effect on on prone communities around the nation. As the disaster spread out, 1000’s of other folks in affected spaces have been evacuated to protection, housed with host households or in transient shelters, and supplied with meals and scientific consideration. The Aga Khan University healthcare camps have handled over 400,000 other folks in flood spaces.

Reacting to the devastating floods, Prince Rahim stated remaining September: “I am deeply concerned about the impact of the current floods in Pakistan, which have been intensified by the effects of climate change. These floods, and the many other weather events we are experiencing around the world, require us all — governments, businesses, communities, and individuals — to redouble our efforts to combat the climate crisis which threatens to engulf us.  The institutions of the Ismaili Imamat have been mobilised to support the government in its relief and rehabilitation efforts.”

AKDN’s overall response plan seeks to no longer simplest supply speedy humanitarian aid, however just like the 4RF, assist communities recuperate and construct again with long-term resilience to long term screw ups. To this finish, Prince Rahim and Princess Zahra reiterated the dedication to deepen AKDN’s a lot of actions at the flooring, in alignment with the 4RF and in persisted collaboration with the federal government, communities and global companions.

In wrapping up the convention, Pakistani Deputy Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar stated the general tally got here in above a goal for the global group to meet part of the estimated $16.3 billion wanted to reply to the flooding. The leisure is predicted to come from the Pakistani govt itself.

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