In the News in 2006...

• Serena Hotels to lease 5-star Rwanda hotel property...10/29/06

• 27,000 strong at Partnership Walk's held in Chicago, LA, Atlanta, Dallas and Houston...AJC...Press Release...10/29/06

• AKFED's DCB gains 83% in Mumbai Stock Exchange debut...10/29/06

• Princess Salimah Aga Khan in New York on Monday October 30th, 2006 for conference...10/29/06

His Highness the Aga Khan in Ottawa today...10/25/06

• Canadian Journalist Peter Mansbridge interviews His Highness the Aga Khan...Video...10/28/06

Ottawa Citizen

• Government of Canada and Aga Khan Sign Funding Agreement for Global Centre for Pluralism...AKDN...Press Release...Globe and Mail...Photos...10/25/06

• His Highness the Aga Khan to visit Pakistan in first week of November...10/23/06

• Calgary dad stays strong after crash claims spouse...10/20/06

• Victoria, BC jamatkhana receives City Council blessing...10/17/06

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• Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts "The Splendor of Islamic Art"...10/17/06

• 'Islam is a Faith of Reason' - His Highness the Aga Khan's Spiegel interview ...10/12/06

• Zoning bothers Esquimalt Councillor ahead of October 16th hearing for Victoria, BC Jamakhana...10/11/06

• Successful IPO for Development Credit Bank, DCB, one of India’s private sector banks promoted by the Switzerland-based Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, AKFED...10/10/06

• His Highness the Aga Khan delivers laudatory address at 2006 Die Quadriga Prize...10/08/06

• Princess Zahra Aga Khan accepts award for Aga Khan Planning and Building Services in Kazan...10/07/06

Photo credit: AKDN/Gary Otte

• Coquitlam, BC's Adam Karim snags win  in the Canaccord Series Golf Tournament in 17and up age group...Maple Junior Tour...10/07/06

• (Ed. note: Adam Karim is also the 2006 BC Youth and Education Board ISTAR Athlete of the Year in the Senior Category for his achievements in Junior Golf this past year )

• Royal Netherlands Embassy to provide € 12.2 million to Aga Khan Foundation (Pakistan), for Early Childhood Development  Programme...10/06/06

• His Highness the Aga Khan attends the Prix De l'Arc De Triomphe with Princess Zahra Aga Khan...10/01.06

Photo credit: Getty Images/Eric Ryan

• Fatal shooting claims life of convenience store owner....10/01/06

 

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Did you know ?...

ISMAILI HEROES

ALIBHAI NANJI, MISSIONARY

• (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".

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Interesting Links...

• Indias's lost Africans...10/18/06
• Uganda in the middle of agribusiness-boom...Business 2.0...10/01/06
   
•  (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)

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

Canadian Author Nisar Sheraly launched his latest book “Moto! Moto! Majestic Cinema is on Fire” in Zanzibar on

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Tid Bits

• Muhammad's Sword...an interesting response on comments made by the Pope...10/18/06