The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) focuses on the physical, social, cultural and economic revitalisation of communities in the developing world. It comprises the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme, the Aga Khan Music Initiative, the on-line resource ArchNet.org and the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture. Founded in…
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An ideal context to welcome visitors to the Walled City — Tribune com Pakistan
The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) has completed conservation work at the historic Shahi Hammam in Dehli Gate and restored nearly 900 buildings and 157 shops along the Royal Trail, WCLA Marketing Director Asif Zaheer said at a media briefing organised by the WCLA’s media relations wing on Wednesday. A view of the dome…
Omar Sharif’s final film dedicated to his legacy —1001 Inventions com|Watch trailer
Actor Omar Sharif Legendary Oscar-nominated actor Omar Sharif, who died on Friday 10 July 2015 in a Cairo hospital following a heart attack, still has one more film to be released later this year. British organisation 1001 Inventions is producing a short film that will be the last film for the late actor. Sharif’s leading…
Restoring the fount of life: The big well inside the Qutb Shahi Tombs complex is set to rise like a phoenix — Times of India com
Serish Nanisetti,TNN Restoring the fount of life (…) Quli Qutb-ul Mulk was born in Saidabad near Hamadan in present day Iran. From a cold dry place to the sunny Hyderabad with plentiful water, it must have been quite a change for the young man who became the tarafdar (fort keeper) of Golconda when he was…
Explore Collections of Islamic Art at 41 museums in 14 countries – ‘Museum With No Frontiers (MWNF)’
Algeria | Denmark | Egypt | Germany | Greece | Italy | Jordan | Kuwait | Morocco | Palestinian Territories | Portugal | Spain | Sweden | Syria | Tunisia | Turkey | United Arab Emirates | United Kingdom This programme offers a unique opportunity to explore 41 museums in 14 countries and to discover…
Musical Encounters from the Lands of the Mughals – The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Friday, December 9, 7:00 p.m. The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Show location on map In the Footsteps of Babur Homayun Sakhi, Afghan rubab Rahul Sharma, santur Salar Nader, tabla, zerbaghali Sirojiddin Juraev, dutar, tanbur Mukhtor Muborakqadomov, Badakhshani setar This program features new music developed from an artistic collaboration supported by the Aga Khan Music Initiative….
“Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Architecture in the Islamic World” at The Hermitage, St. Petersburg – AKDN Press Release
9 December 2011 – 26 February 2012, Halls of Byzantine and Middle East St. Petersburg, 7 December 2011 — Following eight different exhibitions in Europe that attracted over half a million visitors, a new selection of masterpieces from the Aga Khan Museum collections will be on show at the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, from 9 December 2011…
Videos on New York Metropolitan Museum re-opening after eignt years of new setting the collection of Islamic art
It was eight years in the making. Now, New York’s Metropolitan Museum is re-opening its enormous collection of Islamic art in a grand new setting. The objects span nearly thirteen centuries and many cultures – and include items ranging from paintings to architectural works to medieval Korans VOA Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-WrIsqQ4XU&feature=player_embedded ***** Curators and…
Now, take a Sufi walk in the bylanes of Nizamuddin basti – MSN News
Wasfia Jalali New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) For the lovers of the Sufi tradition, a visit to the dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya was always a mystic experience, but the exercise can now turn out to be a mini pilgrimage of sorts, thanks to the efforts of a group of young heritage volunteers. While the…
New York Exhibits Pre Modern Indian Paintings – Silicon India com News
Fremont: Beginning from 28 September, ‘The Metropolitan Museum of Art is presenting “Wonder of the Age”:Master Painters of India,’ 1100-1900, a major loan exhibition devoted to the connoisseurship of Indian painting. Some of the greatest painting of the last 500 years came out of India. This exhibiton highlights the anonymity in Indian art. Metlife…
“Why I am Excited About the Aga Khan Museum, the Ismaili Centre and Their Park” – Winning Essays at Simerg Com
A Note from the Publisher/Editor: We offer our congratulations to Emmanuel Iduma of Nigeria and Zohra Nizamdin of the USA on winning their respective categories for the essay, “Why I am Excited About the Aga Khan Museum, the Ismaili Centre and Their Park.” We received a total of twenty entries for this topic. The winners will receive the prizes…
1001 Inventions – Creative Story Writing Competition: Win £1000 cash and have your work published in an anthology
List of Inventors/Characters for the competition Abbas ibn Firnas was a 9th century humanitarian, technologist, and chemist who lived in the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in Al-Andalus. Ibn Firnas built his own glider, and launched himself from a mountain. The flight was largely successful, however, the landing was bad. He injured his back, and left critics…
Serena Hotel Islamabad:Responds to local heritage and crafts through contemporary design language – Wantoday com News
Islamabad hotel responds to local heritage and crafts through contemporary design language The Serena Hotel represents the ideology of the client, The Agha Khan, who has been an exponent of local heritage and enrichment of the local crafts through new design challenges and opportunities. The Serena hotel buildings in Asia and Africa have been able…
Humayun tomb, private dinner with Singhs, first on Obamas plan – NDTV News
New Delhi: The nearly 450-year-old Humayun’s tomb will be the first stop for President Barack Obama when he arrives here with his wife Michelle on November 7, followed by a private dinner with Prime Minister… Read more Obama to visit Humayun’s Tomb – My News India ***** New Delhi: Barack Obama will visit the Humayun’s…
IIS book: A Companion to Muslim Ethics – Dr Amyn B Sajoo
I. B. Tauris Publishers in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London 2010 ISBN (Hardback): 9781848855953 ISBN (Softback): Synopsis Contents Bibliography Synopsis Publication page on Google Books How is one to judge right from wrong— and what does this mean in the practical life of the individual and the community to which she/he belongs?…
Buried for years, new stars add glitter to tomb – The Times of India
NEW DELHI: History never dies, it keeps unravelling new stories and ideas. One such example of its dynamic nature is the 16th century Humayun’s Tomb. Buried underneath the layers of cement and paint for decades, intricate hexagonal and star-shaped ornamental patterns have emerged in the alcoves of this world heritage site. “Evidence and documents revealed…
Berlin: Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum. Masterpieces of Islamic Art Exhibition 17 March to 6 June 2010
Poster of the exhibition “Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum” Haftvad and the worm © Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva, Switzerland Qur’an bifolium in gold kufic script on blue parchment, detail North Africa, 9th and 10th century © Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva, Switzerland This is the first time the Aga Khan’s collection has been…
BBC News – Museum explores ‘hidden history’ of Muslim science
more about “BBC News – Museum explores ‘hidden hi…“, posted with vodpod An exhibition that has just opened at the Science Museum is celebrating 1,000 years of science from the Muslim world. A look around the Science Museum exhibition, ‘1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World’. From about 700 to 1700, many of…
