Memories II is a continuation of a personal initiative that I embarked upon in Memories…
Author: Nimira Dewji
Nimira Dewji of Footprints fame has graciously allowed us to share with you her next…
Fatimid Caliph-Imams encouraged the cultivation of poetry. Poetry has always been central to the spiritual…
The pilgrimage to Mecca gave rise to a rich genre of travel writing. Pilgrims kept…
The Fatimid (909-1171) era reflected a particularly creative period in the flowering of science, art,…
Dear Blog Visitors, Nimira Dewji, a prolific writer, who earlier shared her marvelous work called…
The Fatimid period represents one of the greatest eras in Egyptian and Islamic histories, and…
The fortress of Girdkuh in Persia (Iran) surrendered to the Mongols in 1270. Girdkuh was…
The Aga Khan University Hospital was inaugurated on November 11, 1985. In his address at…
After the fall of the Fatimid Empire, the Nizari Ismailis acquired political prominence in Persia…
In the Muslim world, gardens are seen as places of peace, an escape from the…
Did you know? The Nizari Ismaili dawa was initiated in the Indian Subcontinent by emissaries…
Did you know? The Sunni-Shia split occurred as a result of the dispute over the…
Did you know? Salamiyya, in Syria,was one of the chief centres of the earliest Ismaili…
―The Ismaili community has grown and prospered almost beyond recognition. Thanks to my Grandfather’s guidance…
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