Decarbonising health care
Our health agencies are making it a priority to reduce the ecological footprint of their hospitals and medical centres while continuing to provide patients with quality services and care.
Asel Murzakulova: UCA researcher setting benchmarks for young female scientists
More girls and women today are pursuing science degrees and careers but how many of them are leaders in their fields setting benchmarks? Meet Dr Asel Murzakulova, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Central Asia, whose work is a source of satisfaction, happiness and strength, and a way to care for the environment and benefit society.
Alim Qasimov and his daughter Fargana exemplify the explosive artistic energy that results when a powerful musical model ignites the spark of young talent. Fargana Qasimova’s talent gravitated toward the music she heard from her father: Azerbaijani classical music, known as mugham, and the repertoire of bardic songs sung by ashiqs, modern-day troubadours and singer-songwriters.
The Qasimovs are accompanied by a quartet of young musicians whose talent was shaped both by formal music education and immersion in Azerbaijani oral tradition.
Alim Qasimov vocal, daf | Fargana Qasimova vocal, daf | Rauf Islamov kamanche | Zaki Valiyev tar | Rafael Asgarov balaban, clarinette | Javidan Nabiyev naghara
Alim Qasimov and his daughter Fragana
Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Name of AKMI School/Country:
Azerbaijan
Aga Khan Development Network brochure
The Aga Khan Development Network is a group of private, international, non-denominational agencies working to improve living conditions and opportunities for people in specific regions of the developing world. The Network’s organisations have individual mandates that range from the fi elds of health and education to architecture, rural development and the promotion of private-sector enterprise. Together they collaborate in working towards a common goal – to build institutions and programmes that can respond to the challenges of social, economic and cultural change on an ongoing basis. This brochure introduces the Network’s principal agencies and provides an overview of their activities and goals. This publication is also available in French, Arabic and Portuguese.
Ismaili Imamat donates $10 million to Pakistan flood relief efforts
The Ismaili Imamat has announced it will be donating $10 million to support relief efforts following the severe flooding in Pakistan. $5m will be donated directly to the Government of Pakistan while a further $5m will be provided to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies in the country, which are engaged in the relief efforts.
AKDN in retrospect: 65 years of service
Under the leadership of His Highness the Aga Khan, AKDN has grown and evolved over the decades to help improve the quality of life of millions of people. This feature delves into the beginning, middle and now of his vision, and how at every turn he has seen and talked about – and brought to life – what very few people could imagine.
Prince Rahim Aga Khan reaffirms AKDN’s commitment to the people of Afghanistan
Prince Rahim Aga Khan today affirmed the “unfailing commitment of the Ismaili Imamat and the AKDN to the people of Afghanistan” at a virtual conference convened by the UN to address the country’s humanitarian crisis.