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Salimah, Princesse des enfants de Tahiti 1997-11-25
Posted January 6th, 2024 by librarian-hdPour la troisième année consécutive, la princesse Salimah Aga Khan a fait le voyage à Tahiti, pour rendre visite au village d'enfants dont elle est la marraine. Une action humanitaire qui a vu le jour au moment où sa vie prenait une nouvelle direction.
"Lorsque l'ombre de la nuit, Déchire mon coeur d'enfant, Dans le noir, la solitude qui m'attend, Et pourtant tu est là près de moi, Très chère maman, belle princesse, Ton amour est une caresse, J'ai besoin de toi, oui de toi".
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'There's No Conflict Between Islam and Democracy' 2004-09-12
In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the hereditary imam of Shiite Ismaili Muslims, argues that today's Middle Eastern terrorists are fueled by political motivations and not religion.
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Interview with Prince Amyn conducted by Zulekha Nathoo 2022-07-10
In an exclusive interview for The Ismaili TV, Prince Amyn shares stories from his childhood growing up with Mawlana Hazar Imam, and about their relationship with their grandfather, our beloved 48th Imam, Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah. He speaks about AKDN’s activities and some of Hazar Imam’s priorities over the past 65 years. This is a valuable opportunity to hear about Hazar Imam from someone who has been by his side for most of his life, and to gain a deeper understanding into Hazar Imam’s work across many decades.
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An Interview with Prince Amyn Aga Khan 2022-07-10
Posted August 31st, 2022 by librarian-hdIn an exclusive interview for The Ismaili TV, Prince Amyn shares stories from his childhood growing up with Mawlana Hazar Imam, and about their relationship with their grandfather, our beloved 48th Imam, Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah. He speaks about AKDN’s activities and some of Hazar Imam’s priorities over the past 65 years. This is a valuable opportunity to hear about Hazar Imam from someone who has been by his side for most of his life, and to gain a deeper understanding into Hazar Imam’s work across many decades.
The transcript below has been obtained from that Ismaili TV program
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An Interview with Prince Amyn Aga Khan 2022-07-10
Posted August 31st, 2022 by librarian-hdIn an exclusive interview for The Ismaili TV, Prince Amyn shares stories from his childhood growing up with Mawlana Hazar Imam, and about their relationship with their grandfather, our beloved 48th Imam, Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah. He speaks about AKDN’s activities and some of Hazar Imam’s priorities over the past 65 years. This is a valuable opportunity to hear about Hazar Imam from someone who has been by his side for most of his life, and to gain a deeper understanding into Hazar Imam’s work across many decades.
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Interview of Aga Khan after Harzand wins Epsom Derby 2016-06-04
Posted July 7th, 2022 by librarian-hdInterview of Hazar Imam after the win by Harzand at Epsom Derby
2016-06-04
Reporter: I am joined by His Highness the Aga Khan. Your Highness, many congratulations, your sixth Irish Derby win.
Aga Khan: it is a wonderful occasion and I want to thank all the team that is behind this effort to produce excellent horses year after year.
Reporter: Does that mean that your win in the sixth Irish Derby – all began with Shergar back in the early 80’s
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Interview with H.H. The AgaKhan and Synergos Founder Peggy Dulany at the Synergos University 2012-10-22
Posted May 1st, 2022 by librarian-hdRobert Dunn: My name is Bob Dunn and I have the privilege of serving as the President of the Synergos Institute.
This is our first University for a Night in Europe, although we have held similar events for more than a decade in New York and quite recently in Johannesburg. It’s really wonderful to see some old friends and some new ones, new faces, and we are, of course, especially honoured to have with us His Highness the Aga Khan and also that we are joined by his daughter and son, Princess Zahra and Prince Rahim.
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Remarks by Princess Zahra interview at State Bank of Pakistan Event - Banking on Equality 2020-12-20
Posted April 23rd, 2022 by librarian-umedPrincess Zahra - Zoom Interview/ remarks
STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN
December 21, 20201
PRINCESS ZAHRA AGA KHAN attended Monday 21st December 2020 on the State Bank of Pakistan Gender Equality Webinar.
Princess Zahra was interviewed by the moderator Dr. Amita Zaidi - President of Gender Equality, Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation
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Remarks by Princess Zahra interview at State Bank of Pakistan Event - Banking on Equality 2020-12-21
Posted April 23rd, 2022 by librarian-umedPrincess Zahra - Zoom Interview/ remarks
STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN
December 21, 20201
PRINCESS ZAHRA AGA KHAN attended Monday 21st December 2020 on the State Bank of Pakistan Gender Equality Webinar.
Princess Zahra was interviewed by the moderator Dr. Amita Zaidi - President of Gender Equality, Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation
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Interview of His Highness the Aga Khan on Syrian TV Interview, Reem Haddad (Aleppo, Syria) 2008-08-29
Posted April 16th, 2022 by librarian-hdVIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLpojwTRKZo
INTERVIEWER: REEM HADDAD
Reem Haddad: Your Highness, is there a message that you would like to leave the Syrian people?
AK: Well first of all, the respect and admiration that I have for Syria in its historic role within the Ummah. Secondly the notion that progress does not mean occidentalisation. Progress in the Ummah means moving forward in quality of life, but not giving up your identity, not giving up your value systems. Indeed our values systems are massively important for the future. [Emphasis original]
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Interview by Pranay Gupte 2000-03-13
Posted February 21st, 2022 by librarian-hdPrince Karim, Aga Khan IV, is the spiritual and temporal leader of the world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims. His grandfather named him to the Imamate in 1957--when Karim was an undergraduate at Harvard University--passing over Karim's father, Prince Aly Khan, and also Aly's brother, Prince Sadruddin. Karim is among the world's wealthiest men, with business investments strewn around the globe but particularly in Africa, Europe and Asia. Excerpts from an rare interview :
What makes you tick?
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How East Africans can build one common destiny for and by themselves, step by intelligent step 2011-08-14
Posted October 10th, 2021 by librarian-hdPeter Mwaura spoke to the founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, who is also the spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, on a wide range of issues — from media ownership in developing societies to religion, development and the quality of life, as well as the risks that wealth disparities pose to regional economic and political integration
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Walk the Talk with the Aga Khan
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FAITHFUL TO THE MAN AND THE PLACE - Interview of Mata Salamat 1992-04-23
Posted April 20th, 2021 by librarian-hdJust before leaving Aswan to spend the summer in Cannes, Princess Yvonne Aga Khan, wife of the late Aga Khan gave a rare interview to YOUSSEF EL-DEEB
Shortly before his death in 1957, Sultan Mohamed Shah Agha Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Islam, chose as his resting place a solitary sand dune on the West Bank of the Nile at Aswan. Princess Yvonne Agha Khan, known as the Begum, a French national and the Sultan`s third wife, has cared for this tomb ever since, staying at their house nearby for six months of the year and spending the summer at their villa in Cannes.
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Interview of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan by Annick Billard of
Posted April 12th, 2021 by librarian-hdInterview with Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Co-ordinator for United Nations Humanitarian and Economic Assistance Programmes relating to Afghanistan By Annick Billard (Courtesy Refugees - November 1988) Following the historic agreement signed in Geneva on 14 April 1988 between Afghanistan and Pakistan, on 11 May, the U.N. Secretary General appointed Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan to the position of Co-ordinator for United Nations Humanitarian and Economic Assistance Programmes relating to Afghanistan.
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Interview with Roger Priouret for the French magazine <i>L'Expansion'Face to Face with the Aga Khan 1975-03-01
Posted February 18th, 2021 by librarian-hdFACE TO FACE WITH THE AGA KHAN
L'EXPANSION NO.33
MARCH 1975
INTERVIEWED BY ROGER PRIOURET
(TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH BY DR.ABDUL SULTAN HASSAM)
I expected the Aga Khan to be a Parisian at heart, like his grandfather and father before him, with "high society" manners, living in luxury and idle for most of the time.
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The West doesn't understand Islam 2005-06-07
Posted January 23rd, 2021 by librarian-hdThe Industrialized world really has developed in the Judeo-Christian context of society and the Islamic world has been significantly absent from general education. I am not pointing at Canada. I am saying generally in the Western world.
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Hidden secrets of the universe-interview with Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan June Ducas about his art collection, now on show at the
Posted December 19th, 2020 by librarian-hdIf ever East meets West, it could be said to do so at Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan's 17th-century home, the Château de Bellerive on the shores of Lake Geneva. Flanked by two square towers, the
stone façade of the château with its tiled roof, wooden shutters and arched doors of studded oak is austere but arrestingly beautiful.
While the outside may be simple, the rooms inside are crammed with exotic bibelots, orchids, oriental
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The Critical Time - interview to 'Al-Mostakbul' newspaper of Cairo, Egypt.
Posted December 2nd, 2020 by librarian-hdTHE CRITICAL TIME
AL MOSTAKBAL, CAIRO
DECEMBER 20, 1986
INTERVIEWED BY RIAD NAGUIB EL-RAIS
The Aga Khan
Who is this man called the Aga Khan? One question among dozens of others which invaded my mind while on my way to meeting that "man-riddle" who has pre-occupied the Western world for many years as no other Muslim leader did before him, and stimulated in it as much curiosity as romantic, imperialistic feelings since the days of the British Raj in India and the legends of the Maharajas and Sultans in the days of a thousand and one nights.
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