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In the News in 2006...

Houston Muslims celebrate Prophet Mohammed's (S.A.S) birthday...04/16/06

Aga Khan Foundation mission visits Kyrgystan...04/13/06

His Highness the Aga Khan in Karachi...PakTribune...Dawn...04/10/06

His Highness the Aga Khan in Kabul for Hospital Opening...04/08/06

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C), the Aga Khan (R), and French First Lady Bernadette Chirac L) shake hands prior to their meeting at the Presidential palace in Kabul, 08 April 2006. (AFP/Shah Marai)

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Afghan president, French first lady open hospital...Peninsula...04/08/06

Afghan firm seeks to ring in model success...04/08/06

Teaching in Africa: KENYA..A handful of educators struggles to bring order to the chaos of under-equipped schools...04/08/06

AKDN's Frigoken helps small farms find miche in global marketplace...04/08/06

Kenya: Liberation Movies a Success in Mombasa...04/08/06

Vancouver's Shaheen Esmail co-chairs 2006 Diamond Ball - a gala evening to raise funds for Cancer...04/05/06

Houston man drowns on spring break trip...03/30/06

Hearing set for Chicago JK...03/30/06

His Highness Prince Amyn Aga Khan visits Kampala...03/29/06

Did you know ?...

ISMAILI HEROES

WAZIR ALI MUHAMMAD JAN MUHAMMAD CHUNARA

(Ed. note: Our sincere thanks to prolific author Mumtaz Ali of Karachi for allowing us to share a periodic chronicle of our history with excerpts from his book "101 Ismaili Heroes".

Interesting Links...

Mzizima reunion set for 2007...03/07/06

(Ed. note: Readers continue to tell us how much they love the sites we find on East African nostalgia - if you know of any we should share let us know)

Check out our Bookmart for books we are reading...
(Authors include Azim Jamal, MG Vassanji, Anil Giga, Riaz Manji etc.)

Baby's Khaki Wings - Anar Ali

Immigrant ambition provides a rough vitality to stories in debut collection, says Philip Marchand in his review of Anar Ali's novel 'Baby Khaki's Wings'...NowToronto...04/08/06

Tid Bits

Lakhsmi Mittal is the richest Asian in the UK for 2006 as wealth of the Top 300 Asian millionaires rises 40%...Sunday Times...04/13/06
Pinky Lilani's Asian Womens Awards to be held in London in May...04/13/06
Rahim Gulam is organizing his 2nd Annual Cross Border Golf Invitational at Homestead Golf Club in Lynden, Washington...Deadline is April 30th...04/06/06
(Ed. Note: We will use this section to bring you news and events that may be of interest to us all - many readers have asked us to broaden our content - we will try this out to see if you like it - let us know!!!

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PROFILES

Salimah Mussani first came across on our radar screen two years ago while on a golf scholarship at Stanford University...As a junior playing in her hometown of Burlington, Ontario she had won the Canadian Junior Championship...She is trying her hand on qualifying for the LPGA - the professional tour.. She is currently on the Futures Tour in the US where she won in 2004 and at times plays in international tournaments. Recently she was named the 2005 recipient of the Heather Wilbur Award...04/04/06