Prince Rahim
Prince Rahim attended a special event in London on 18 January to honour the contributions of Farhad Daftary to IIS 2023-01-18
Posted January 22nd, 2023 by librarian-hdPrince Rahim attended a special event in London on 18 January to honour the contributions of Dr Farhad Daftary to The Institute of Ismaili Studies, and more broadly to the fields of Ismaili and Islamic studies, as he steps down from his management roles at The Institute.
Prince Rahim announced that Mawlana Hazar Imam has decided to acknowledge Dr Daftary’s contributions to The Institute by attaching his name to forthcoming PhD Scholarships awarded by IIS — they will be known as The Farhad Daftary PhD Scholarships.
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Prince Rahim attends retirement of Dr. Farhad Daftary from IIS 2023-01-18
Posted January 21st, 2023 by librarian-hdOn 18 January 2023 the IIS held a reception to honour Dr Farhad Daftary and mark his retirement as Co-Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications earlier this month.
The event took place at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London, with Prince Rahim Aga Khan in attendance and was attended by staff, students, governors and leaders of the Ismaili community.
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Prince Rahim addressed the Kusi Ideas Festival remotely 2022-12-08
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Speech by Prince Rahim Aga Khan at the Kusi Ideas Festival 2022 2022-12-08
Posted December 29th, 2022 by librarian-hdDecember 8, 2022
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would like to congratulate the Nation Media Group on holding this fourth edition of the global award-winning Kusi Ideas Festival.
Since it was founded by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1959, during the struggle for independence and Pan-Africanism, the Group’s path has been closely entwined with the history of Kenya, of East Africa and of the African continent.
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Prince Rahim Aga Khan addressed the Kusi Ideas Festival: Climate Change: Exploring African Responses and Solutions 2022-12-08
Posted December 29th, 2022 by librarian-hdNairobi, Kenya, 8-9 December 2022 – ‘’Climate change is the most crucial existential phenomenon that Africa, and indeed the world, is currently facing,” said Prince Rahim Aga Khan. He was delivering an address virtually, to an audience of distinguished guests gathered in Nairobi’s Karura Forest, during the opening of the Nation Media Group’s (NMG) fourth edition of the Kusi Ideas Festival: Climate Change: Exploring African Responses and Solutions.
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Speech by Prince Rahim Aga Khan at the Inauguration of the Aga Khan Academy Maputo 2022-03-20
Posted December 11th, 2022 by librarian-hdBismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Your Excellency, President Nyusi, Republic of Mozambique
Your Excellency, President Marcelo of the Portuguese Republic
Your Excellency, President Chissano
Honourable ministers and excellencies
Students, parents, and staff of the Aga Khan Academy
Todo protocol compredo
Ladies and gentlemen
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Prince Rahim Aga Khan today met with H.E. Mr. Siodjidin Muhriddin Aslov, the Foreign Minister of Tajikistan,in Paris. 2022-12-08
Posted December 11th, 2022 by librarian-hdParis, France, 8 December 2022 - Prince Rahim Aga Khan today met with His Excellency Mr. Siodjidin Muhriddin Aslov, the Foreign Minister of Tajikistan, in Paris. Mr Aslov is in France for meetings with the French government.
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Prince Rahim Aga Khan meets with Tajik Foreign Minister 2022-12-08

Prince Rahim Aga Khan today met with His Excellency Mr. Siodjidin Muhriddin Aslov, the Foreign Minister of Tajikistan, in Paris. (akdn) 2022-12-08
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Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and Sintra City Council present Bytes4Future 2022-11-15
Posted November 19th, 2022 by librarian-hdSintra, Portugal, 15 November 2022 - The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and Sintra City Council presented the results of Bytes4Future, a digital upskilling programme for vulnerable youth. Prince Rahim Aga Khan joined the Mayor of Sintra, Basílio Horta, the President of the Foundation for Science and Technology, Madalena Alves and other experts at the Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval, Sintra, Portugal. A roundtable was held on “Future skills and emerging trends”, and two alumni spoke about what the programme had meant for them.
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Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and Sintra City Council present Bytes4Future
Posted November 19th, 2022 by librarian-hdSintra, Portugal, 15 November 2022 - The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and Sintra City Council presented the results of Bytes4Future, a digital upskilling programme for vulnerable youth. Prince Rahim Aga Khan joined the Mayor of Sintra, Basílio Horta, the President of the Foundation for Science and Technology, Madalena Alves and other experts at the Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval, Sintra, Portugal. A roundtable was held on “Future skills and emerging trends”, and two alumni spoke about what the programme had meant for them.
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2022 Paris Peace Forum

Prince Rahim Aga Khan with Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the European Commission, at the Paris Peace Forum 2022
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AKDN at the Paris Peace Forum 2022 2022-11-15
Posted November 17th, 2022 by librarian-hdParis, France, 11-12 November 2022 - How do we ride out the multicrisis that the world is experiencing right now? From worsening climate change, successive Covid-19 waves and deepening inequalities, to new and lasting geopolitical conflicts of global consequences, the stakes could not be higher. How do we prevent a destructive world polarisation that would jeopardise collective efforts on critical challenges for humanity?
The 2022 Paris Peace Forum convened world leaders and civil society to seek answers to these questions in Paris on 11-12 November.
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Prince Rahim at the Vatican 2022-11-09
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Archbishop Peña Parra welcomes Prince Rahim Aga Khan at the Vatican 2022-11-09
Posted November 12th, 2022 by librarian-hdOn Wednesday, 9 November, His Excellency Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute of the Section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, met with Prince Rahim Aga Khan during his courtesy visit to the Vatican. Present also were: Nazim Ahmad, Diplomatic Representative of the Ismaili and Senior Official of Portuguese Affairs and other Lusophone Countries, Michael Kocher, Director General of the Aga Khan Foundation (Social Development), Luis Monreal, Director General of Aga Khan Fund for Culture and Malik Talib, Chairman of the Leaders’ International Forum.
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Archbishop Peña Parra welcomes Prince Rahim Aga Khan at the Vatican 2022-11-09
Posted November 12th, 2022 by librarian-hdOn Wednesday, 9 November, His Excellency Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute of the Section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, met with Prince Rahim Aga Khan during his courtesy visit to the Vatican. Present also were: Nazim Ahmad, Diplomatic Representative of the Ismaili and Senior Official of Portuguese Affairs and other Lusophone Countries, Michael Kocher, Director General of the Aga Khan Foundation (Social Development), Luis Monreal, Director General of Aga Khan Fund for Culture and Malik Talib, Chairman of the Leaders’ International Forum.
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Happy Birthday Prince Rahim

Happy Birthday to Prince Rahim Aga Khan born October 12, 1971 in Geneva, Switzerland. Prince Rahim attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (1990) and graduated from Brown University, Rhode Island, U.S.
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Prince Rahim addresses guests after signing the Agreement of Cooperation with the Province of British Columbia 2022-09-29

Prince Rahim and Princess Zahra represented Mawlana Hazar Imam at a special ceremony and luncheon today in Vancouver to sign an Agreement of Cooperation between the Ismaili Imamat and the Province of British Columbia.
The parties will work together to improve the quality of life of vulnerable individuals around the world, beginning by addressing growing global challenges around the environment and climate.
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Remarks by Prince Rahim Aga Khan at the Agreement of Cooperation between Ismaili Imamat and British Columbia 2022-09-29
Posted October 8th, 2022 by librarian-hdRemarks by Prince Rahim Aga Khan at the Agreement of Cooperation between the Ismaili Imamat
and the Government of British Columbia
(source: Video the.Ismaili)
September 29, 2022
….British Columbia’s knowledge , combined with the Aga Khan Development Network’s field experience, will enable us to help protect our fragile world and create a better quality of life for the many people who are already suffering from the effects of climate catastrophe.
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Agreement of Cooperation between the Ismaili Imamat and the Government of British Columbia 2022-09-29

The Signing Ceremony of an Accord of Cooperation between the Government of British Columbia and the Ismaili Imamat. The Honourable John Horgan, Premier of BC, and the Honourable Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, represented the Government of British Columbia. Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Princess Zahra Aga Khan represented the Ismaili Imamat. @ 9:30am Pn Pacific, Vancouver, Canada. smaili Imamat (represented by Prince Rahim Aga Khan) and B.C. (represented by Premier John Horgan) today signed an accord of cooperation committing to joint efforts in tackling the effects of climate change.
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Ismaili Imamat and BC Government Sign Climate Agreement 2022-09-29
Posted September 30th, 2022 by librarian-hdArticle content
The Muslim Ismaili community and the BC government are working together to share adaptation strategies for climate change after massive flooding in South and Central Asia.
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Ismaili Imamat representatives were in Vancouver on Thursday morning to sign a cooperation agreement with BC Premier John Hogan and Forest Minister Catherine Conroy.
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Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Princess Zahra Aga Khan attended an event at the Pan Pacific Hotel on behalf of Aga Khan.
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