A website dedicated to photographs and videos from Canada and around the world with an emphasis on nature, wildlife, food, travel and sport as well as art, architecture and culture. In culture, the focus will be on projects related to the work of His Highness the Aga Khan, his Ismaili Muslim community and Islam in general.
Photos from our 2020 stories: Mawlana Hazar Imam and his family, Covid-19 impact, Aga Khan projects, the four seasons, and other events
[Editor’s note: The following images have been selected from articles and photo essays published during 2020 at Simerg and its two sister blogs, Barakah and Simergphotos, and include historic photos from earlier years. We invite our readers to view more photos related to the photos published below by clicking on the link provided in the corresponding caption.]
The calligraphy in this beautiful Salgirah Mubarak greeting celebrating the 84th birthday (Salgirah) of Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, was created by Karim Ismail of Toronto, and represents the Aga Khan’s name “Nur Mawlana Shah Karim al Hussaini” in Fatimid Kufi script.
The flag of the Ismaili Imamat amidst October 2020 autumn foliage at Toronto’s Aga Khan Park. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.Please click HERE for more photos/article.
Waxing moon above the lighted dome of Toronto Headquarters Ismaili Jamatkhana on September 24, 2020 with the Aga Khan Museum’s Big Heech Sculpture in the foreground. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simerg.Click HERE for more photos.
Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, at a signing ceremony for the Soroti Muslim Society during his Takhtnashini visit in October 1957. Photo: Shirin Sayani Laviolette Collection, Ottawa, Canada. Click HERE for more photos.
Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Afghanistan Foreign Minister, Mohammed Haneef Atmar, seated across the centre of the table during their meeting in Geneva on November 24, 2020. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan, via Twitter.Click HERE for more photos/articles.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a one-on-one meeting with Prince Karim al-Hussayni Aga Khan IV, the 49th leader of the Shia Ismaili community, in Paris, France, on June 5, 2014. Photo and caption: US State Department / Public Domain.Click HERE for more photos/article.
His Highness the Aga Khan lays the second brick alongside the first laid by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa during the foundation stone for the expansion of the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam. Photo: The Ismaili Canada, July 2005.Click HERE for more photos/article.
The crescent moon above the Ismaili Centre on July 23, 2020. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.Click HERE for more photos/article.
Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan pictured in January 1973 with the group of Ugandan Asian refugees at a UNHCR refugees camp in Italy. Photo: Laila Datoo collection.Click HERE for more photos/article.
Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives at Iringa Airport on November 4, 1966, for a 3-day visit to Iringa. Photo: Hamir Family Collection.Click HERE for more photos/article.
Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, signs the guestbook of the Aga Khan Girls Hostel during his 1966 visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as matron Shirin Dhalla looks on. Photo: Abdulrheman Lalji Popatia Family Collection.Click HERE for more photos/article.
Full moon at the Ismaili Centre on July 5, 2020. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simerg.Click HERE for more photos/article.
Major Noorali Harji introduces Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, to Captain Shamshudin Gillani. Photo: Late Noorali Harji Family Collection.Click HERE for more photos/article.
Mawlana Hazar Imam blesses Mrs. Jenabai Karim after being garlanded by her upon his arrival at the Jinja airfield. Photo: Gulamali Kara Somani Family Collection.Click HERE for more photos/article.
A unique year as Covid-19 forces changes across the world including the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto as it reopens on June 26, 2020 after a temporary closure of more than 100 days. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simerg.Click HERE for more photos/article.
Nation Media Group’s Head of Corporate Affairs, Mr Clifford Machoka shows Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Princess Salwa newly printed copies of the Daily Nation newspaper during their tour of the printing press in March 2020. Photo: AKDN / Rahim Kara.Click HERE for more photos/article.
A portrait of Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah, His Highness the Aga Khan (1877 – 1957). Photo: Alijah Zulfikarali M.A. Velji Khoja Famili Collection.Click HERE for more photos/article.
Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan during his tour of Kiltex and Tanzania Litho, both IPS projects in Arusha, as part of his extensive visit to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Madagascar in 1966. Photo: Amin Jaffer Collection.Click HERE for more photos/article.
Date posted: December 27, 2020. Last updated: December 30, 2020 (each photo caption now includes link to post where corresponding photo and other related photos are published).
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