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Imamat Day Mubarak 2015-07-11
Posted July 10th, 2015 by librarian-hdThis year marks the 58th anniversary of the ascension to the throne of Imamat for Shah Karim al-Husayni our 49th Holy Imam
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MoU signed for EPI vaccination between AKUH and District Health Authority (DHA) Rawalpindi
Posted February 24th, 2021 by librarian-hdRawalpindi : Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) and District Health Authority (DHA) Rawalpindi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for establishing a vaccination centre under Expanded Programme on Immunization at AKUH Saidpur Road, Rawalpindi Branch with an objective of enhancing the outreach for meeting vaccination targets.
A simple ceremony for signing the MoU was organised in a local hotel in the federal capital the other day. Chief Executive Officer of AKUH Shagufta Hassan and CEO of DHA Rawalpindi Dr. Faiza Kanwal were the signatories.
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Aga Khan Museum acquires massive Lego sculpture of an ancient African metropolis 2021-02-23
Posted February 24th, 2021 by librarian-hdThe conceptual work by the Ghanian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako addresses the cultural impact of Kumbi Saleh, the centre of the trans-Saharan trade route
The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto has acquired a colossal sculpture made from 100,000 pieces of Lego by the Ghanian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako, who is known for his Afrofuturist reimaginings of Black histories built from Lego bricks.
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AKU researchers harness stem cells to study malnutrition 2021-02-23
Posted February 24th, 2021 by librarian-hdKARACHI:
Researchers at Aga Khan University are harnessing the power of stem cells to generate new insight into how malnutrition occurs. The 2018 National Nutrition Survey says malnutrition is a major public health problem in the developing world, with four out of ten children under the age of five in Pakistan suffering from stunting while one in three children is underweight.
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Wedding of Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah and Yvette Labrousse (Mata Salamat) 1944-10-10
Posted February 21st, 2021 by librarian-hdThe Ismailia community of Africa celebrated the marriage of Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah and Begum Mata Salamat (Yvette Labrousse) held in Geneva, Switzerland on 10th October, 1944
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah with Mata Salamat at Calcutta Air[port 1952-02-25
Posted February 21st, 2021 by librarian-hdL'Aga Khan III lors de sa descente d'avion, en fauteuil roulant, après avoir fait une crise cardiaque, et la Bégum Aga Khan, Om Habibeh, Yvette Labrousse, le 25 février 1952, à Calcutta, Inde. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah with Mata Salamat at Yakimour during the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
Posted February 21st, 2021 by librarian-hdLe 9ème Festival de CANNES 1956 s'est déroulé du 23 avril au 10 mai : Danny KAYE, une cigarette à la main, discutant avec l'Aga KHAN, assis dans un fauteuil roulant, et son épouse la Bégum dans les jardins de leur villa Yakimour, au bord de la piscine. (Photo by GAROFALO Jack/SIMON Michou/Paris Match via Getty Images)
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah had symbolic weighing ceremony in Cairo, Egypt 199-02-23
Posted February 21st, 2021 by librarian-hdL'Aga Kahn III pesé symboliquement (symbolic weighing ceremony) en présence de sa femme la bégum Om Habibeh Yvette Labrousse, et Prince Aly Salomone Khan le 23 février 1955 à l'hôtel Semiramis au Caire, Egypte. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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Message from Hazar Imam on the announcement of the engagement of Prince Hussain and Princess Khaliya 2006-04-26
Posted February 20th, 2021 by librarian-hdHazar Imam expressed His great joy and special happiness in informing the Jamat about the engagement and future marriage of His beloved second son Prince Hussain to Miss Kristin J. White who had embraced Islam and adopted the name Khaliya.
Hazar Imam said "I am sure that My Jamat will share with Me in this most happy news as I rejoice Myself"
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Hazar Imam led Juma Namaz at Juma Masjid in Mumbai 1958-03-21
Posted February 18th, 2021 by librarian-hdMowlana Hazar Imam at Juma Masjid in Mumbai on Friday March 21 1958 where he recited Juma Namaz
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Pakistani women scale the heights in rescue teams
Posted February 18th, 2021 by librarian-hdShamim Bano, a middle-school teacher, has recently returned from a fortnight in Kabul where she taught Afghan women to do search and rescue work. The training “involved climbing mountains and gorges using ropes and harnesses, using ziplines and rappelling. Any wrong move and you can start a rock fall,” she explained.
Handling serious casualties, “with broken bones, head, neck and back injuries,” was also part of the training, she added.
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah attended the wedding of the Shah of Persia 1951-02-12
Posted February 17th, 2021 by librarian-hdMowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah attended the wedding of the Shah-en-Shah of Persian on 12th February 1951
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Hazar Imam attended the Prix du Jockey event at the Hippodrome at Chantilly 1973-06-04
Posted February 16th, 2021 by librarian-hdKarim Aga Khan et La Bégum Salimah Aga Khan à l'occasion du Prix du Jockey Club, le 4 juin 1973 à l'hippodrome de Chantilly, France. (Photo by Jean Claude FRANCOLON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah accompanied by Begum Mata Salamat visited London, England 1955-05-22
Posted February 16th, 2021 by librarian-hdLa bégum des Ismaéliens Aga Khan Yvette Labrousse, et le prince Aga Khan III
La bégum des Ismaéliens Aga Khan Yvette Labrousse et le prince Aga Khan III lors de leur arrivée à l'aéroport de Londres le 22 mai 1955, au Royaume-Uni. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah arrived in London, United Kingdom accompanied by Begum Mata Salamat
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In the great service and cause of Islam
Posted February 15th, 2021 by librarian-hdMowlana leading the East African Muslim Welfare Society Delegation to raise funds for the education of African children recently toured the countries of the Middle East. The picture shows them with the President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia in his royal palace in Tunis. Those in picture are Count V.M. Nazarali, Mowlana Hazar Imam, President Bourguiba, Chief Abdulla Fundikira President of the Society, Sheikh Omar bin Abdulla of Zanzibar and Rai Shariff Bandali Jaffer of Kampala.
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Golden Jubilee of Mowlana Sultan Muhammad 1937-03-01
Posted February 14th, 2021 by librarian-hdIsmaili Leaders in Kenya welcome Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah for the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Imamat
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The All-Africa Diamond Jubilee Celebrations were held in Dar-es-Salaam 1946-08-10
Posted February 14th, 2021 by librarian-hdThe All-Africa celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of His Highness the Rt-Honorable Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah The Aga Khan held at Dar-es-Salaam 10th August, 1946
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Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of His Imamat in Karachi, Pakistan 1954-02-02
Posted February 14th, 2021 by librarian-hdMowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah celebrated the Platinum Jubilee with a weighing ceremony at Karachi, Pakistan on 2nd February 1954
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Bringing Clean Energy and Co-Benefits to Remote Communities in Tajikistan and Afghanistan with AKFED 2021-02-04
Posted February 5th, 2021 by librarian-hdOverview
This case study shows how clean, affordable and reliable electricity can be provided to thousands of people even in the poorest, most remote and difficult terrains. It illustrates how this simultaneously reduces energy poverty and carbon emissions while generating multiple co-benefits, including increased incomes, improved food security and community well-being, reduced deforestation, improved health from removing smoke from biofuels from homes, and improved healthcare and educational outcomes.
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Aga Khan University becomes first academic entity in Africa to gain ACGME-I accreditation
Posted February 1st, 2021 by librarian-hdAga Khan University has become the first in Africa and South Asia to be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education International (ACGME-I).
The university’s departments that were accredited are the Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) in Nairobi and Karachi.
“The sponsoring institution applications from Aga Khan University in Karachi and Nairobi were awarded initial accreditation in a peer driven review process,” said ACGME-I Executive Director Lorraine Lewis.
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