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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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Cultural roots
thrive
in America...01/18/06
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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...
- Shenny Dungersi, originally
from Zanzibar, has put together a
collection of photos which
will definitely bring back memories for ex-Jangbaris or for
that matter ex-East Africans. Shenny tells me he is from
the Ithna-Asheri community - though, as you will see from the
photos their experiences in East Africa mirror ours in so
many ways...01/24/06
- Have you ever wondered how
far you can trace your lineage? Check out this amazing work
in
tracing one family's genealogy - over 1,000 members
identified over 10 generations !!!...01/10/06
- (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)
Did you
know ?...
ISMAILI HEROES
VARAS CHHOTUBHAI
ISMAIL MAHOMED 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 2006...
His Highness the Aga Khan
in London for Afghan Donor Conference
ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty
Images
LONDON,
United Kingdom: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L)
shares a joke with the Aga Khan at the London conference on
Afghanistan, 31 January 2006. The meeting and conference over
the next day is to address the "serious challenges ahead" and
to build on developments since the fall of the extremist
ruling Taliban...01/31/06
- His Highness the Aga Khan invited to Univ. of Alberta
conference...01/31/06
- Gates Foundation
grants
$5.5 million to AKF-USA for microinsurance initiative in
Pakistan and Tanzania...01/23/06
- Princess Yasmin Aga Khan to
host
golf tournament for Alzheimer charity...01/18/06
- Aga Khan Trust for Culture
proposes
to rejuvenate historic area of
Nizamuddin
in Delhi...01/12/06
- $500 million IPS Uganda
Power Project to
start
in July...01/10/06
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DJ
Pup Dawg
jams
it up in Boston...01/10/06
- Beaconsfield father-daughter team
crossing
Africa for do-gooder bucks...01/10/06
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Opposition to Katzara dam
project...01/07/06
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Holiday Season
tragedies strike Texas families
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Al-Shamshad
Sundrani, 39, and Tooba Sundrani, 13, both of
Dallas, were killed Wednesday when the 2004 Toyota Camry
they were riding in was hit and spun into oncoming
traffic...Tooba's
blogpage...01/10/06
MORNING TELEGRAPH/TOM WORNER VIA THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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