Members of local councils and Land parliaments with roots in Turkey are examples of successful integration. On Wednesday (29 March), they visited the Federal Foreign Office for talks with Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière and the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, Aydan Özoğuz. The meeting focused on how…
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Syria’s tragic milestone: 4 million refugees — Rescue org
This Syrian boy lives in a makeshift refugee camp in northern Jordan. More than 4 million Syrians have fled to neighboring countries which are now struggling to cope with the influx. Photo: Meredith Hutchison/IRC The world is witnessing its most catastrophic refugee crisis in almost 25 years. The number of Syrians who have fled to…
Eat your way through Islamic history at the Aga Khan Museum’s restaurant, Diwan — Toronto Life com
An open-faced prawn kati roll, with paratha-and-egg omelette, tamarind prawns, tomato and chopped onion ($16). (Image: Caroline Aksich) The new Aga Khan Museum, housed in an unapologetically modern building designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, isn’t without a few historical nods. There are the traditional Islamic motifs on the museum’s patterned glass and, of course,…
“Badakhshan” in Turkey — Eurasia Net news on 11th Konya International Mystic Music Festival featured the 6-member Badakhshan Ensemble (Tajikistan)
The 11th Konya International Mystic Music Festival featured the 6-member Badakhshan Ensemble (Tajikistan) in a concert of spiritual and traditional music of Badakhshan on the evening of 24 September. The Ensemble’s participation in the Festival comes as part of a long-term relationship between the Aga Khan Music Initiative and the Festival. The Music Initiative was…
Who are the Iraqi Kurds? —Research by PEW Research org plus video on the pluralistic and diverse Kurds throughout the History and other related information
In the continuing conflict in Iraq, Kurds frequently are mentioned alongside Iraq’s Sunni and Shia Muslim populations as one of the key groups involved in power struggles for which sharp religious divides have played a major part. But while the Kurds are a crucial part of Iraq’s political makeup, they are an ethnic group, not…
Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy: Pilgrimage to Pakistan — Project Syndicate / Qantara de article by Mai Yamani
Read article in Deutsch Außenpolitik Saudi-Arabiens:Pilgerreise nach Pakistan ***** In recent years, Saudi Arabia has become increasingly estranged from the US, the world power that has held its protective hand over the kingdom for many years. The royal family has now changed the course of its foreign policy and sees Pakistan as a suitable strategic…
Christmas in Turkey — Al Monitor com article
A statue of “Noel Baba” stands in Demre, a district of the southern town of Antalya. (photo by panoramio.com/Ahmet Sertturk) (…) Turkey used to be the center of Orthodox Christianity, and according to government records, there are now 349 functioning churches in Turkey. Yet, not only the number of Christians but also the number of…
“Social work at Coffee houses Mideast” — Article by Caroline Stoneon on Saudi Aramco World about drinking coffee in middle east during 16th-century
Coffee, native to Ethiopia, was probably drunk there long before there were written records of it, both as a tea-like drink, al-qahwa al-qishriya, made from the husks of the coffee bean, and as brewed coffee made from the beans themselves, called al-qahwa al-bunniya. The beans were also often simply chewed. But the 16th-century jurist al-Jaziri…
Alumni Explore the Impact of Secularisation on Faith Communities — Institute of Ismaili Studies UK
Asian Alumni Chapter Group Meeting in Turkey 2013 Group Photo. The Asian Chapter Group of the Institute of Ismaili Studies organised their Annual General Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey from 4th-7th of July, 2013. The conference was attended by alumni from several Asian and African countries, esteemed speakers from Turkish academic institutions, senior advisers to the…
‘Ottoman Empire Documentary’: YouTube Video
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Turkey first NATO state with Shanghai Cooperation Organization ties — Turkish Press com
Central Asia must be transformed into a massive economic zone of prosperity, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said during a meeting in Turkistan as he underlined that Turkey recognizes its responsibilities for meeting this goal. Noting that the dissolution of the Soviet Union caused a great geopolitical, geo-cultural and geo-economic transformation in the region, Davutoglu said…
Khadija Dohry: Bridging Diversity – The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa
“I am greatly interested in development, and my dream is to root poverty out of African societies by promoting good quality education for the less fortunate so that they can change the face of our society. Having done the IB programme, and with the skills it has equipped me with, I feel that I am…
