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Check out
our
Bookmart
for books we are reading...
(Authors include Azim
Jamal, MG Vassanji, Anil Giga, Riaz Manji etc.)
Beyond the
Cayenne Wall
Shaila Abdullah
Author Shaila Abdullah recently
won
the Jury Prize for Outstanding Fiction in the 2005
Norumbega Fiction
Awards for her first book featuring a collection of
short stories about Pakistani women struggling to find their individualities
despite the barriers imposed by society
Tid Bits
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Hollywood superstar couple
visited
Pakistan's earthquake area escorted in an AKF
helicopter...11/29/05 -
Kabul Serena Hotel: 'An
Oasis' ?...Tribune...11/22/05 -
AK Hospital garners service
award
placing
in Kenya...11/20/05 -
Irshad Manji's
controversial book 'The Trouble With Islam Today'
released
in paperback...Outlook
India review...11/13/05
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(Ed. note: Irshad Manji is not
an Ismaili - her views have challenged many and though Morning
Chai is neutral on her writing, our readers are welcome
give us their thoughts)
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Victims of earthquake
find
novel ways to call for help...11/10/05
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Quake vigils
held
across America...11/010/05
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Caution
order of the day as Kenya votes on
referendum
on November 21st in first overhaul of the country's Constitution
since Independence...11/08/05
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(Ed. note: The Ismaili Council
for Kenya
responded
to the above editorial...11/16/05)
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Afghanistan's Badakshan region
reliant
on poppy for income and survival...11/07/05
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Zanzibar
elections
marred by violence...Macleans...11/03/05
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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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The Glenview Planning Commission
will make a
recommendation
Tuesday November 8th on the proposed Ismaili Center...
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Notes
from the hearing...11/16/05
Ismaili
Center
Chicago, IIlinois
(click on picture for clarity)
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Alberta's Paula Klassen
spent 8 months this year in Zanzibar on a Fellowship from the
AKF. Her
memories...11/16/05
- Writer
Sam Swope
visited
Dar-es-Salaam in 2002 for an educational conference run
by the Aga Khan Education Services...11/16/05
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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 ?...
- Horse Racing legend
Azamour
won the Cartier Award in the Older Horse Category on
Wednesday November 16th. Princess Zahra Aga Khan was
in London, UK to accept the
award...11/16/05
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Shams Alibhai was the
Chief Executive Officer for Aga Khan Education Services in Tajikistan
and Kyrgyzstan. She spent seven years setting up two private-sector
schools in those countries.
Her story
...11/16/05
- The European
version
of the Partnership Walk is held in the UK every 2 years...11/07/05
ISMAILI HEROES
Rai Sadruddin
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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...
- AK Planning and Building
Services, Pakistan
shortlisted
for $1m CAD Alcan Prize for Sustainability...11/29/05
- In May 2005,
Nadir Mohamed
was
named
President and COO of Rogers Wireless and Rogers Cable making
him the 2nd in command at Canada's largest communications
company...11/23/05
- Canadian delegates
tour
AKDN projects in Kenya and Tanzania...11/22/05
- Uganda's Riyaz Kurji
wins Kenyan Rally...New
Vision...11/21/05
- Mombasa's Jiwan
family
honoured
for contributions to sports center...11/21/05
- AKHS - Pakistan
response to
the earthquake calamity...11/21/05
- AKDN
commits
$50million USD to Pakistan's earthquake appeal...Dawn..11/19/05
- Vancouverite Sam Hirji's
Samco Printers
wins Peoples Choice Award...11/20/05
- IPS Project in Uganda
deemed a great model for future investment in
providing
power to
rural population...11/16/05
- Princess Yasmin Aga Khan
hosts
18th Annual Gala to raise funds for Alzheimer's research...11/15/05
- Futures Tour veteran
Salimah Mussani
battles
to 4th place
finish...11/13/05
- Kabul
Serena Hotel
opens to 5 star
designation...The
Project ...AKDN...11/08/05
- Thousands
walk
in support of ending global poverty in
Houston
and
Dallas...Partnership
Walk USA...Star
Telegram...11/07/05
- Tajik Ismailis
resurgence
after years of Communist persecution...11/07/05
- 23 year old
dies
in Sugar Land, Texas parking lot incident...11/02/05
- Cairo's
Al-Azhar
park turns into tourist destination...11/02/05
- Toronto's Bilal
Rajan
wins
United Way Youth Award...11/02/05
Do you know of any
Ismailis
in the news ? Send it to us
here
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PROFILES
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Firoz Lalji comes
from a prominent family in Uganda who lost
everything
in the 1972 exodus. Having to restart in Vancouver, BC he built a
chain of retail stores before selling and buying into a technology
reseller. His company
Zones Inc.
was recently 10th in sales in the 2005 Top 100
Diversity Owned Businesses
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Toronto's 9 year old Bilal
Rajan is one motivated young man. As well he is a fund raising
machine - consider how he
raised
$2.5 million single-handedly for
victims of the 2004 Tsunami in Asia. He was recently recognized with
a Youth award by the United Way for his exploits and was also
named
as the UNICEF Canada Child Representative.
Bilal has
his own
website
where he raises money for
those in need in every corner of the globe... |
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November 2005
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Comments on this site. we'd
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Welcome to our new subscribers...
November
2005
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