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OCTOBER 2005
SEPTEMBER 2005
JULY 2005
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AKDN's Aly Mawji is the
winner of the 2005 Raymond Georis
Award...07/05/05
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Calgary entrepreneur Zinat Damji
to
launch national magazine
Zi...07/05/05
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Irfhan Rajani's Apparent Networks
is the 2005 BC Technology
Industry Association's 'Excellence in Product Innovation' Impact
award
recipient... 07/04/05
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Nishat Thaver, top education grad
at U. of Victoria,
hopes to open own school...07/02/05
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Andhra Pradesh government
donates land for Aga Khan Centre of
Excellence...07/02/05
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Nairobi's Aga Khan Hospital now a
premier University Hospital under AKU...07/02/05
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Aga Khan Trust for Culture to finance
repair and
restoration of valuable Kabul heritage
buildings...06/29/05
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His Highness the Aga Khan to
receive Honorary PHD from AUB...06/24/05
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Plano, Texas gives warm
welcome to building of Ismaili
Centre....06/14/05
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Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A.
Holds Corporate Leadership Luncheon to
launch Atlanta Partnership Walk 2005...06/09/05
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His Highness the Aga Khan
initiates Delegation of the Ismaili
Imamat in Ottawa...06/08/05
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CIDA: Canada
supports work of AKF Canada...06/07/05
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Serena Hotels turn in sterling
performance...06/06/05
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Kampala Aga Khan Schools to
mark Golden Anniversary...06/06/05
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Ottawa's World Partnership Walk sets
records...06/06/05
APRIL 2005
- Edmonton's Yasmin Jivraj
appointed to CBC Board of
Directors...04/26/05
- AKU
honors volunteers at event
held in Karachi with Chief Guest Akberali Pesnani, President of
Ismaili Council for Pakistan...04/25/05
- His Highness the Aga Khan
welcomes Government of Canada's
partnership in new Global Centre for Pluralism...04/18/05
- Princess Yasmin Aga Khan
kicks off 18th Annual Rita Hayworth
Gala to raise funds for Alzheimer's research...04/11/05
- Houston Chronicle
features recepient of AK Award for
Architecture...04/11/05
- First Aga Khan Educational Conference
held in Mombasa...04/05/05
- Chicago Youth
perform ancient fable to spread
environment message...04/05/05
- Dr. Fahar Merchant
appointed as VP, Corporate
Development at biotech firm Protox Therapeutics, Inc...04/05/05
- Rahim Moloo
wins 2005 World Student Debating
contest held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...04/04/05
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At the young age of 16, Aziza Giga has
shown that one motivated person can really make a difference in the
lives of others. At school she founded a volunteer club, encouraging
students to help out. She created a user-friendly Web site that lists
thousands of volunteer opportunities for youth in the Calgary area, a
resource now in use at all area high schools. She spent the past two
summers tutoring children of newly arrived immigrant families. She has
contributed actively to Operation Eyesight Universal, a Canadian
organization which sends used eyeglasses to poverty-stricken countries.
At the Calgary Public Library, she has helped children explore the
adventure of reading. Her dedication is making a difference in her
community and in the world...04/25/05
MARCH 2005
His Highness the Aga Khan - Cairo Visit
Miracle survival in Toronto
Inaara Amarsi 5, survived a 15 metre drop off a highway overpass ......
Inara Amarsi
FEBRUARY 2005
Photos Lucian
Perkins -- The Washington Post
His Highness the Aga Khan in Washington to receive
Scully award.
Washington Post...Washington
Times..01/26/05
Washington Times...01/28/05
HONORARY COMPANION
His Highness the Aga Khan, C.C.
Gouvieux, France
Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada
Personifying cherished Canadian values, His Highness
the Aga Khan has devoted his life to protecting the environment and
alleviating human suffering due to poverty. Imam of the Shia Imami
Ismaili Muslims since 1957, he has guided the spiritual growth of his
followers, teaching compassion and tolerance by example. In 1967, he
launched his foundation, the Aga Khan Development Network, with branches
in countries around the world, including Canada. Recognizing our
nation's caring spirit, he cites Canada as a role model for the world
and has selected Ottawa as the home of a new global centre for
pluralism.
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Pakistan Government
approves ordinance for AK
Education Board...02/22/05
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Ismaili's in the Pamirs
adjust to life after Russian
departure...02/22/05
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AKDN provides
access to loans and insurance for
poorest in Asia and Africa...FT.com...02/22/05
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Orlando's
Amin Mitha profiled in local scribe
for humanitarian work...02/21/05
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AKU in the UK
organizes conference in London
for Muslim Universities...Conference
Site...02/21/05
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High ranking diplomats and military officials attend The Aga Khan Gold
Cup, a premier golf tournament
sponsored by the Ismaili Council for
Bangladesh...02/16/05
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His Highness the Aga Khan to
restore historic French
property...02/15/05
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Salim Bhatia, a highly regarded US high tech executive, to
join AKDN...02/15/05
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Riyaz Kurji
triumphs in Tanzanian leg of 2005
African Rally Championship...02/14/05
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Naheed Dosani
launches humanitarian organization at
campus...02/11/05
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Globe and
Mail article espouses architectural legacy of His Highness
the Aga Khan...02/10/05
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Toronto writer M.G. Vassanji
honored as Member of
Order of Canada by Governor General...02/10/05
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Edmonton's Dr. Zaheer Lakhani
appointed as Chair of the Cross
Cultural Roundtable on Security by Minister of Justice...02/08/05
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Aga Khan Hospital in Dar-es-salaam
opens dialysis unit...02/05/04
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New CEO appointed for Aga Khan Health
Services East Africa...02/02/05
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JANUARY 2005
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NEW -
Dr. Arif Karim, a psychiatrist at UCLA, was
featured in People Magazine's 'Sexiest Men
Alive' annual list alongside heavyweights Brad Pitt, Usher, Colin
Farrell and Jude Law...Banana
Cafe...Hollywood
Masala...01/10/05
Courtesy of Jolson Creative
Alykhan Rajani in Bande Aceh
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Tragedy
strikes women at dawn in South
Florida....01/28/05
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University of Victoria's Dr Arif Babul
receives Award for Research
Excellence...01/27/05
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Sudbury, Ontario's Dr. Sham Merali to visit Sri Lanka to
aid Tsunami victims...01/27/05
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Tributes for Sir Sultan Shah
Aga Khan III for his role in the creation of Pakistan as a sovereign
nation...01/24/05
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His Higness the Aga Khan to receive
award in Washington, DC this
week...01/22/05
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CNN's
Zain Verjee was in
Mecca covering the
Hajj...01/20/05
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Azim Keshavjee's tribute band
taps into music phenomena...01/20/05
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CARE Canada's Alykhan Rajani is currently in Indonesia's Bande Aceh
province
distributing food and supplies to
tsunami survivors...01/19/05
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Pakistan's Northern Territories - a political
hotbed ?
...01/19/05
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AK Educational Board
answers questions in it's role on
Pakistan's educational reforms..01/18/05
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Nominations
open for 2005 UK
Asian Women
Achievement Awards...01/18/05
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AKF coordinator for Kyrgyzstan
nominated as candidate for upcoming
Parliamentary elections...01/12/05
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Lalji Family at number 46 on Canadian
Business Rich 100...01/11/05
- Mossadiq Umedaly's Xantrex garners more
awards in 2004...01/11/05
- FOCUS mobilises efforts to
assist Tsunami victims in
India...01/10/05
- AKF to
donate RS 2.25 crore to India's
National Relief Fund for Tsunami victims..01/10/05
- Violence
continues to mar Pakistan's Northern
areas over Education reforms...01/10/05
- Toronto's Career Bridge, an initiative for foreign professionals, a
godsend for Pakistan immigrant
Mansoor Ali aka 'Dr. Water'...01/10/05
- AK Foundation
offered
hospital to build medical and nursing college in
Uganda...01/10/05
- UK's
Sadru Visram (pdf file) awarded OBE by
Queen of England for his outstanding contribution to
society...01/05/05
- Pakistan's Daily Times editorial
defends role of AKU-EB in education
reform dispute..01/05/05
- AKDN Cairo park project
lauded for reviving tourism in
former wasteland...01/04/05
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DECEMBER 2004
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Pyar Ali Allana, former Sindh
Education Minister and prominent Pakistani politician passes
away...12/30/04
- French Court to
rule on His Highness the Aga Khan's
divorce...Aiglemont
Press Release...12/28/04
- Two killed in
attack on Aga Khan Health Services
office in Chitral...12/28/04
- Calgary's Jim Gray
writes on his recent trip to Hunza and
Gilgit...12/24/04
- His Higness the Aga Khan to
speak at
IPI World Congress to be held in
Nairobi, Kenya May 21-24, 2005...12/18/04
- Roshan, an AKF owned cellular
initiative,
connects Afghans...12/18/04
- Afghan mother's
struggle featured in Montreal
Gazette...12/15/04
- Pakistan Education Minister
clarifies AKEB's role in proposed
reforms...12/14/04
- Canada
makes $2.85m commitment for Micro
Finance Bank in Tajikistan to be managed by the Aga Khan Fund for
Economic Development...12/11/04
- AK Education Board Pakistan in the
middle of
unease over educational reforms
proposed by Government...12/11/04
- His Highness the Aga Khan
attends Dutch Royal's
funeral...12/11/04
- Prince Hussain Aga Khan
recently
held a photo exhibition at Greenwich
Academy in Connecticut...12/09/04
- West Vancouver's
Shakir Rahim, 14 was the top junior
debater at the National Debating Competition held in May...12/09/04
- Azim Premji named to Forbes
list of
40 Richest Indians...12/08/04
- First graduation ceremony
held for Aga Khan University's
Nairobi campus...12/07/04
- Princess Yasmin Aga Khan
honoured with
2005 Impact Award...12/07/04
- AKDN takes
delivery of helicopters to support
construction of three Central Asia University campuses...12/07/04
- AK Rural Support Program
delegation
visits Islamabad Stock
Exchange...12/07/04
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U.K. Times Architecture correspondent
covers the Award for Architecture held recently in Delhi,
India...12/07/04
- His Highness the Aga Khan
visits Pakistan Prime
Minister...12/06/04
- Coquitlam, BC's
Mahin Rashid wins 2004 Good Neighbour
Award in youth category at November 18th ceremony...12/06/04
- Burnaby's
Hakam Bhaloo honoured as 2004 Local
Hero by City for his many contributions to the Community...12/04/04
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Farrah Jiwa articulates on living in
the West as an Ismaili Muslim in
Mehfil Magazine...12/04/04
- AKF organises workshop
'Development Communications for Media'
for journalists in Pakistan...12/01/04
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NOVEMBER 2004
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Oxford University
students back Afghan brothers
Azim and Wali Ansari's quest to
complete studies in the UK...Azim's
story...11/26/04
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Coquitlam, BC's
Shabir Amarshi
elected President of Tri-Cities
Chamber of Commerce for 2005...11/25/04
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Institute for Ismaili Studies releases
Amyn Sajoo's
'Muslim
Ethics: Emerging Vistas'...11/22/04
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Azim Keshavjee's
'Comfortably Numb' - a tribute
to legendary band Pink Floyd - in Toronto at the Opera House this
weekend...(Promo)...11/22/04
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Vancouver's
Ghalib Dhalla awarded
Exemplary Service Medal by
Correctional Service Canada...11/22/04
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Regina's
Moyez Somani achieves prestigious
designation...11/20/04
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(Ed. note: Morning Chai featured Moyez's
story in January 2004)
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His Highness the Aga Khan to be
presented the 2005 Vincent J. Scully
Prize by the National Building Museum...11/19/04
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Education Consultant Geof Brown recently visited and
assessed the Early Childhood Education
programmes in Dallas, Houston, Chicago and Atlanta...11/19/04
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Canada's
Faazil Kassam captured the Mens U-21
Silver Medal at the U.S. Open Table
Tennis Championships in July 2004...11/18/04
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Institute of Ismaili Studies
welcomes Class of 2007...11/18/04
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(Ed. note: Meet the
current Class)
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Vancouver mother and daughter in
tragic auto fatality. A Large
contingent of the Ismaili Community and media expected at Tuesday
funeral for Farida and Shaireen Manji...11/16/04
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(Ed. note: We have created a
forum
for our readers to post their prayers and wishes for the souls of the
dearly departed)
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News1130...NS
News...BCCTV...CTV(video)...Vancouver
Province
Vancouver Province
November 16, 2004
- Muslims
celebrate the end of Ramadan with
fervour throughout the Globe...11/15/04
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Calgary's
Shelina
Meghji named to Top 40 Under 40 list by business magazine
Calgary Inc....11/14/04
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Malik Talib's
eXI Wireless sold in $16m CAD all
stock deal...11/13/04
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Al-Azhar Park, the Aga Khan's gift to the people of Egypt, continues to
receive rave reviews...11/11/04
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Saarah Shivji, a recent recipient of U
of A Senate's Rising Star Award, recently articulated her Muslim
perspective in the Edmonton media...11/11/04
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Aysha Jamani
continues goal
scoring pace in
friendly as Canada's National Women's
U-19 Team prepares for World Cup in Thailand...11/07/04
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Vancouver's Dr Saida Rasul awarded
Individual Spirit Award for her
contributions to the community...11/03/04
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(Ed. note: Firoz and
Dr. Saida Rasul were
announced in July as honorary chairs
of Leadership Vancouver)
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OCTOBER 2004
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Dr Khurshid Khwaja, Director of Nursing Services at AKU Karachi,
achieves singular
milestone...10/21/04
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Canadian Professionals
contribute $5.2 million towards
Performing Arts Centre at Aga Khan University in Karachi...10/15/04
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Regency Auto Group's Amir Ahamed opens
his newest
dealership in the North
Shore...10/14/04
- 'Step
up to the Plate'
fundraiser brings out Vancouver hockey
legend Gordie Howe to benefit United Way's Success by Six
program...10/12/04
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Nizar Somji's
Matrikon recognized as one of Canada's
Top 100 Employers...10/12/04
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M.G. Vassanji's award winning novel "The In-Between World of Vikram
Lall" reviews...UK
Independant...Amazon...UK
Guardian...More
Reviews...10/12/04
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Kenya socialite
Shelina Popat mixes business and pleasure with pizzaz...10/12/04
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Afghan Americans wait, watch and worry as election count
begins...10/12/04
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Princess Yasmin Aga Khan receives Lifetime Achievement honor
from Alzheimer's Association...Hello!...NY
Newsday...10/10/04
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Xantrex Technology Inc's Mossadiq Umedaly
receives
prestigious 2004 Pacific Entrepreneur of the Year Award...10/01/04
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( Ed. note: Xantrex was also recognized on the
Profit 100 list at number 55
registering a blistering 1,200% revenue growth in 5 years )
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SEPTEMBER 2004
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Carleton University Associate Professor
Karim H. Karim joins Harvard Faculty
as Visiting Scholar...09/30/04
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Western Canada
Soccer Cup to be held in Calgary on
Thanksgiving long weekend October 9-10, 2004...09/30/04
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Player strike spells opportunity for
Abeed Janmohamed as he gets call to
play for Kenyan National Cricket Team...09/30/04
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Krispy Kreme, the legendary US doughnut icon, looks to BC's
Moez
Premji in Western Canadian expansion...09/30/04
- Senator
Vivienne Poy was the
keynote speaker at the I-STAR Awards
in Toronto on June 27, 2004...09/30/04
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Edmonton Ismailis
donate funds towards Public Library
project at I-STAR awards ceremony...09/27/04
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Aga Khan Foundation's
Partnership Walk, held in cities
across the US,
raises over $3 million for the poorest
communities in Asia and Africa...Los
Angeles...Chicago...Atlanta...Dallas...09/26/04
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University of Nairobi hosts inaugural Aga Khan Education Services
East Africa Games...09/23/04
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Al-Azhar Park, developed by the Aga Khan Foundation's Historic Cities
Support Program,
opens to rave reviews...09/20/04
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13th Annual
Ismaili Walk for a Better Community
raises over $100,000 for United Way programs to feed
children...09/16/04
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Shainin Hudda of
Souldaisy Designs to
head Fashion Design and Merchandising
Program at The Art Institute of Vancouver...09/16/04
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Farouk Jiwa of Honey Care Africa (see profile below)
selected as
Outstanding Social Entrepreneur for 2005 by the Schwab
Foundation...09/16/04
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Karim Nanji's
Netlan receives The Boys and Girls
Club Community Services Corporate Partner
Award (pdf file) from Alberta
Promise...09/16/04
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Accepted to Oxford but can't stay in the UK...Azim
Ansari's story...09/16/04
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Kenya's Ismaili Community
donate urgent famine relief food...09/16/04
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Harvard grad
Naheed Nenshi to run in Calgary Municipal
Election...09/12/04
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His Higness the Aga Khan
interviewed by Deutsche Welle...09/12/04
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Aga Khan stable's Azamour
gallops to win in Baileys Irish
Championships...Sunday
Life...09/11/04
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His Highness the Aga Khan
speaks at the 5th German Ambassadors'
Conference in Berlin...AKDN...Daily
Star...09/08/04
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Misunderstanding leads to
attack on AKDN office in
Kabul...09/08/04
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His Highness the Aga Khan to be guest of honour at 5th German
Ambassadors' Conference...News
release...09/06/04
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World Partnership Golf tour swings
into Toronto, Edmonton and Montreal in September...09/05/04
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2004 USA Ismaili National Sports Tournament
brings over 1,000 athletes to
Atlanta...09/05/04
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AUGUST 2004
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Princess Yasmin Aga Khan's Alzheimer Association 20th
Anniversary fundraiser 'Beauty Under the Big Top' to be
held at the Waldorf Hotel in New York
on October 5th...08/31/04
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Alnoor Kanji elected as Honorary
Canadian Director for Asian American Hotel Owners
Association...08/17/04
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Fayyaz Nurmohamed
of Richmond, BC was a Rhodes Scholar while attending
Stanford over a decade ago...08/11/04
- (Ed. note: If you know of any
Ismailis who have received this honor please let us know as this is indeed a
notable achievement)
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North Shore realtor Sadru Mitha
honored by Chamber of Commerce with a
special lifetime award for his dedication to the community...08/31/04
- Canadian Senator Mobina
Jaffer making a
difference
in her role as Canada's special envoy to Sudan...08/30/04
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Faazil Kassam
and Johnny Huang
eliminated
in the 2nd round at Olympic Games versus Sweden...08/24/04
- 13th Annual
Ismaili Walk to be held
at Stanley Park, Vancouver on Sunday September 12th,
2004 to help
Families feed Children...08/24/04
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Adam Karim (T50), member of the
gold medal team
at the 2004 BC Summer Games, and
Ahmed Amlani (T59) make the
cut
in 2004 BC Juvenile Golf Championship held in Sechelt,
BC...08/20/04
- Edmonton's
Alim Merali
wins scholarship and is selected as one of 10 Finalists in 2004
Magna International Prime Minister Awards program...08/14/04
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Sahir Shivji
is a remarkable seven year old and though we missed his story in
May 2004, we lucked out surfing the net and are delighted to share
it with you today...Radio Interview
transcript...Presentation...08/11/04
- Mumbai's
Morani brothers deliver Bollywood stars to Indian diaspora
around the globe...08/11/04
- (Ed. note: Family patriarch Vazir Gulamali Shakoor Morani
passes
away in Mumbai )
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Partnership
Walk 2004 set for 5 US cities on September 26,
2004...08/11/04
- AKF Canada's
World Partnership Golf
in full flight as tour swings to Vancouver...08/11/04
- Aga Khan foundation's bi-annual
International Architecture Award
ceremony
to be held in Agra, India later this year...08/11/04
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JULY 2004
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Ian Iqbal Rashid's 'A Touch Of Pink' released in theatres across
Canada...
Globe and Mail...Media
Reviews...07/23/04
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Michael Curtis, founding editor of the Nation Newspaper Group
and personal aide to His Highness The Aga Khan, dies from cancer at
84...
Telegraph UK ...Guardian
UK...Nation...07/13/04
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Firoz Rasul
awarded honorary title as Chaiman
Emeritus at Ballard
Power...06/22/04
- Teenager
Shaqil Peermohamed's philosophy of life is a simple one. Carpe diem . .
. a Latin phrase meaning 'seize the day.' And throughout the youngster's life, the sparkplug has been seizing each
day in Calgary as an opportunity to partake in his one passion in life
-- volunteering...Shaqil was also selected in the 2004 Canada Top 20
Under 20 Awards...Top 20 Under
20...Calgary
Herald
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MAY 2004
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Fawzia Haji spotlighted by local paper as 'an
interesting person in the community' in her role as settlement
worker in Toronto's Thorncliffe Park...05/08/04
- Aga Khan
Trust for Culture's project in Cairo turns 500 year old
garbage dump into a beautiful
park...05/07/04
- Princess
Yasmin Aga Khan is honorary chair of the 17th Annual Chicago
Rita Hayworth
Gala to raise funds for Alzheimer's research
...05/03/04
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Sultan Jessa, soon
to be awarded the Order of Canada,
recognized by the Cornwall Sikh Community for his
community service...05/01/04
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APRIL 2004
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Vancouver's popular
Youth Soccer Camp , set for July 2004, accepting
registrations online...deadline June 15th...04/30/04
- (Ed.
note: The camp (Youths 5-18) is run by Amyn Bhulji, an Ismaili
soccer legend, and members of the Ismaili Soccer Club)
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Shenor Jadavji,
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