PLEASE CLICK: Photo Essay: The Ismaili Jamatkhana in Myanmar, With Notes on the Community’s Patriotic Spirit
Also, publishing on Sunday, April 20, 2014: Concepts of Modern Cosmology
and Astrophysics in the Ginans
Please click on image for photo essay. Copyright: Muslim Harji
“We salute those who have donated their time and talent and material resources to this project, including those who designed, constructed and decorated this building and its surroundings. You have created a remarkable building that will enhance the cityscape of Dushanbe.”
His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Ismaili Imam
Please click: “Ba Shokouh” – The Ismaili Centre in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
View into entry foyer of the Ismaili Centre in Dushanbe. Please click on image for exclusive photos. Photo: FNDA Architecture Inc. Copyright.
Simerg’s recent post about His Highness the Aga Khan’s dynamic and stirring address to members of the Canadian Parliament has been published at Simergphotos under a different page theme suited for photos. Please click on the following image to read the speech as well as view the photos, some of which are exclusive to Simerg.
Please click on image to read post at www.Simergphotos.com
For the original Simerg post, please click on In a Dynamic and Stirring Address to Members of the Canadian Parliament, His Highness the Aga Khan Shares His Faith Perspectives
Following the recent publication of an exclusive piece Ismailis in China – A Travelogue with a Special Photo Collection by Ghulam Panjwani, we are happy to add more photos and images to the original collection, and publish it as a special photo essay at Simerg’s companion photo blog. Please click on the following link or image:
Hand carved and painted ceilings, pillars and walls inside Xingjiang’s Poskam jamatkhana. Please click on image for more photos.
Muslim Harji shares his photos of “Robben Island”, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his life, for the first time since he captured them some seven years ago. He decided to release them through this blog following the recent death of the great African freedom fighter and icon at the age of 95.
PLEASE CLICK: Photo Essay: The Robben Island Prison Through My Lens by Muslim and Ayesha Harji
Please click for Robben Island
And forthcoming on New Year’s Day
Please click: EXCLUSIVE: Ismailis in China – A Travelogue with a Special Photo Collection by Ghulam Panjwani
The foyer of the jamatkhana in Tashkurgan, with the Khalifah at the right. Photo: Ghulam Panjwani Collection. Copyright. Watch this page on January 1, 2014.
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THE NEW OTTAWA JAMATKHANA
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QAYL’S ENCOUNTERS WITH ASTRONAUTS
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A SURGEON’S JOURNEY TO CHITRAL
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THE ISMAILI COMMUNITY IN DAMAN
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THE AGA KHAN AND THE BUBONIC PLAGUE
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SULTAN SOMJEE’S ‘BEAD BAI’
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…..WITH OTHER GREATS PIECES, JUST A CLICK AWAY
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Please click on image for links to articles published in 2013 (and earlier)
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FORTHCOMING….ITS HERE
Please click: EXCLUSIVE: Ismailis in China – A Travelogue with a Special Photo Collection by Ghulam Panjwani
Carved ceiling of Poskam jamatkhana, Xingjiang, China. Watch this space on January 1, 2014. Photo: Ghulam Panjwani Collection. Copyright.
Please click on image for photo essay on Fidai magazine
Introduced by Malik Merchant
Publisher-Editor, Simerg and Simergphotos
Born in Woking, United Kingdom, Martin Bloomfield is a designer photographer and an expert in 3D animation. He has travelled the world over, and now lives with his family in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Before leaving for Africa in 2012, Bloomfield spent some time in Ottawa where he took a series of powerful and stunning panoramic and 360° views of the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat Building.
His set of five panoramic photos of the Delegation Building along with their incredible 360° views are featured at 360cities and we are pleased to offer the links below, with permission from Steve Hercher.
A couple of notes: Once you are taken to 360Cities from below, you may then do the following (4 or 5 being the highlight):
(1) Click on HIDE CONTROLS to view a clear picture;
(2) Click on FULL SCREEN MODE to see your entire screen filled with the photo (ESC to get out);
(3) When all CONTROLS are displayed, use the magnifying feature (+ or -) for close-ups; and MOST IMPORTANT
(4) Use your mouse (or finger as applicable for the device) to rotate the photo in any direction by using the compass above the magnifying option. This outstanding and superb feature will provide you with an enriching experience of the building and its architecture. You may also use the magnifying option in conjunction with the 360° rotating compass ball for yet another perspective OR
(5) As an alternative to (4) you may Left click on your mouse and drag it in the direction you want to move.
The 360Cities website has stunning photographs from all around the world taken by Bloomfield and many others like him. Also during your visit to 360Cities please learn more about panoramic picture-taking by clicking on their informative links such as How to and so on.
(Please click on images for panoramas)
The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat – Exterior 1
The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat – Exterior 2
The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat – Exterior 3
The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat – Interior 1
The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat – Interior 2
Date posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2013.
Also click on our most recent post Photo Essay: Celebrating Sussex Drive, His Highness the Aga Khan and, Five Years on, the Crystalline Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat Building
Note: This piece is repeated at www.simergphotos.com
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Sussex Drive with some other connecting streets in Canada’s National Capital Region, makes up what is known as the Confederation Boulevard or the “ceremonial and discovery route”. Some of Canada’s most important institutions and landmarks including the residences of the Governor General and the Prime Minister are on Sussex Drive.
Please click on image to read photo essay
The newest addition is the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat Building which was opened by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on December 6, 2008 in the presence of the 49th Ismaili Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan. The photo essay provides a comprehensive overview of Sussex Drive. You will find out exactly where the Delegation Building is located and how it impacts the architectural landscape of Ottawa with its magnificent glass dome.
A TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin’s bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas.
Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die. On the 50th anniversary of the death of the beloved President, Simergphotos presents a unique collection of photos from his Presidential Library.
Please click: Photo Essay: Remembering President John F. Kennedy
(May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)
22 November, 1963: President Kennedy reaches out to the crowd gathered at the Hotel Texas Parking Lot Rally in Fort Worth, TX. Photo credit: Cecil Stoughton/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. Please click on image for article and more photos.
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