Arts & Culture
The Greater Houston community was welcomed to a lively display of Persian and Ismaili culture through the Navroz Festival held in Buffalo Bayou Park, just across the street from the site of the upcoming Ismaili Center Houston.
Aga Khan Museum Exhibition at Orlando Museum of Art.
Musical trio Son Lux — comprising Rafiq Bhatia, Ian Chang, and founder Ryan Lott — have received Academy Award nominations for best original score and best song for the film Everything Everywhere All at Once. In an exclusive interview with The Ismaili, Rafiq shares thoughts on his early passion for music, working on a Hollywood film, and his hopes for the future.
Second Media and Entertainment Alliance Event.
Aga Khan Museum team meets with Los Angeles Jamat and sponsors Ali Sethi concert
Riaz Patel is an Executive Producer/Director with NBC Universal in Los Angeles, currently making non-fiction television shows
Art historians and enthusiasts often recognize the 10th through 13th centuries as a period that marked an increase in the usage of symmetrical, geometric patterns in the Muslim world. Most likely aided by Muslim mathematicians, artists and artisans produced a large variety of designs. Many of these geometric models developed interpretations of ornament that embody metaphysical intent.
“Ars longa, vitas brevis”(Art is long, life is short). Latin aphorism attributed to the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates.
This article is based on a presentation given at the Canada International Conference on Education [CICE-2019] at The University of Toronto. Mississauga, Canada.
While the United States was settling into the initial stages of a global pandemic and lockdown, three Ismaili musicians gathered on March 27 to deliver a virtual concert to a national and global audience. Fitoor the Band aims to preserve traditional South Asian music using contemporary influences and keep age-old musical traditions alive for younger and older generations.
“Architecture is the only art form which has a direct, daily impact on the quality of human life.” Mawlana Hazar Imam, Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony, Al-Ain, UAE, November 6, 2016
A self-taught musician and artist from Hunza overcomes cultural barriers to help local artists perform in Lisbon.