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Happy New Year....2006
To our Morning Chai family
May Allah continue to
bestow his choicest blessings on you and your loved ones and
that 2006 will bring you immense barakat and fulfillment in
all your endeavours....
Check out
our
Bookmart
for books we are reading...
(Authors include Azim
Jamal, MG Vassanji, Anil Giga, Riaz Manji etc.)
January 2006 Selection
From
Deep Within
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Alnoor Moosa's
life experiences have inspired him to keep in perspective the
diversity of mankind in his everyday thinking. His thoughts
are drawn from everyday issues faced by people across the
world and his opinions are based on common sense, diversity in
culture, tradition and faith and spirituality
Tid Bits
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40% of Torontonians will not
be celebrating Christmas - that is the new Canadian
diversity - here's a look at some of the local celebrities
plans...12/23/05
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Relief efforts
continue
in quake ravaged Pakistan...12/22/05
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McGill University Muslim
students launch
complaint
over prayer space...12/02/05
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(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!!!)
Interesting Links...
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Dr Anjoom
Mukadam
and
Sharmina Mawani are the driving forces
of the London based Gujarati Studies Association. The
1st Biennial
Conference will be held in May 2006...12/19/05
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Check out our
Links
page for interesting articles and pictures from
Zanzibar,
Dar-es-Salaam cricket memories and
East Africa alumni and reunion websites.
- (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)
Did you
know ?...
ISMAILI HEROES
KASSIM ALI MUHAMMAD JAFFER
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(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".
In the News in 2005...
- Princess Salimah Aga Khan's efforts in Northern Pakistan
aided
by relief funds...12/22/05
- AKF
receives
grant for relief efforts in quake hit Northern
Pakistan...12/22/05
- 36 students
completed
masters degrees in Advanced Nursing Studies at Aga Khan
University...12/17/05
- Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu
revises
general patient fees...12/15/05
- Princess Salima Aga Khan
visits
quake-hit areas...OnlineNews...12/15/05
- His Highness the Aga Khan was recently
profiled
in the Telegraph...12/09/05
-
Hussein Kanji
and
Shaqil
Peermohamed receive Alberta Centennial
Award and are inducted into Alberta Volunteers Wall of
Fame...12/09/05
- A Heartfelt Thanks
from
a Stateless Refugee...12/09/05
-
Ayesha Harji,
a student at Mount Allison University,
to bike through
Africa to raise funds...12/09/05
- US$1
Million Alcan Prize for Sustainability
Awarded
to Pakistan's Aga Khan Planning and Building
Services...12/09/05
- London, Ontario teen to
model
in US Youth magazine...12/05/05
- Kampala Serena hotel gears up for
launch
in 2006...12/01/05
- AKU to
offer
Masters in Muslim Culture in 2006...12/01/05
- Golf pro Salimah Mussani
continues
challenging road to LPGA tour..12/01/05
Do you know of any
Ismailis
in the news ? Send it to us
here
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PROFILES
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Firoz Rasul
was recently
named
the President of the Aga Khan University. Firoz, over the past 20
years, has been an internationally respected
businessman having
led Ballard Power Systems to worldwide
recognition. As well, he
has given back to the community donating both time and
money. He
has been
recognized
by educational
institutions, volunteer
organizations and most recently
he served as the President of the Ismaili National Council for Canada...Globe
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Lawyer
Nazeer Mitha
was front and centre at the recent province wide teachers strike
in British Columbia which shut down the school system for a two
week period in October. Nazeer
represented
the BC Public Schools Employers in negotiating a settlement ... |
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December 2005
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Comments on this site. we'd
love to hear from you...
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What readers
and subscribers are
saying to us
about Morning Chai…
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Welcome to our new subscribers...
December 2005
- Salim N. - Mumbai, India
- Al-Karim K. Dallas, Texas
- Ijjat K. - London
- Noorallah B. - Vancouver, BC
- Rashna M. - Coquitlam, BC
- Anisa T. - London
- Naz D. - Calgary, Alberta
- Joe M. - Jakarta, Indonesia
- Rehan D. - Karachi, Pakistan
- Imtiaz M. - Toronto, Ont.
- Mohamed E. - Vancouver, BC
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- Salim D. - Toronto, Ont.
- Ali B. - Dubai,
UAE
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Ont.
- Badrudin M. - Mississauga,
Ont.
- Yasmin C. - California
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Calgary, AB
- Yasmin K. - Burnaby, BC
- Irfan S. - Lahore, Pakistan
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November 2005
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