Malik Merchant, proud of his beautiful country, Canada, shares some stunning autumn memories in this fine collection of photographs taken between September 20 and October 18, 2025, in different parts of Alberta.
A mostly grey day with a few sunny periods — in a city dubbed as Blue Sky City — and a severe thunderstorm produces multiple rainbows across Calgary. Enjoy the photos!
Malik Merchant takes on a 1,200 km trip to Kananaskis, the Aga Khan Garden, Medicine and Maligne Lakes, all in a day! Read his story and see his stunning pictures.
Photographs of the beautiful World Partnership Walk held in Calgary on June 1, 2025. The walk is an annual event that has so far raised more than CDN $144 million. since it was first launched in 1985.
It was an amazing and inspiring day at the MGH Care Centre in Calgary, as the Fanoos was introduced to the residents and seniors living in Multigenerational Housing in the Skyview Ranch neighbourhood.
Iqbal Motani’s five-day visit to Alberta is filled with excitement as he visits the Badlands in Drumheller, the Aga Khan Garden in Edmonton, and the lakes and mountains of Alberta’s Banff National Park!
Malik Merchant attends a unique quilt show along Calgary’s Bow River and comes away with beautiful photographs of hand-woven quilts. Whether you are an artist or a lover of quilts, these are must-see works of art!
These exclusive photographs capture the essence of the 2024 Aga Khan Foundation World Partnership Walk in Calgary and Edmonton.
Malik Merchant, while attending the burial of his late friend Salim’s son, Rahim, walks through the grounds of the Ismaili cemetery in Calgary and is inspired by the memorial bench tributes given to deceased Ismailis by their family members. Malik presents a collection of these inspiring tributes.
By MALIK MERCHANT I had been invited for a 2 PM lunch at the Tiffin Curry and Roti House by Shameela Karmali, whom I first met in Burlington, Ontario, in 1998. We were… Continue reading
By MALIK MERCHANT Year after year for more than three decades, Gatineau Park — located in the Outaouais region of Quebec and only a 20 minute drive from Ottawa — and the grounds… Continue reading
The theme for the 2023 Global Ismaili CIVIC weekend was Environmental Stewardship. From clean energy to conservation, Ismaili Muslims engaged on the ground in efforts to help save and protect our precious planet. In Calgary, a group of Ismaili Civic Day volunteers helped to remove 115 invasive plants from Weaselhead Park. Simergphotos presents story and photographs of a successful day!
Having taken a nearby pond for granted last summer, Malik Merchant returns to it and finds that it is teeming with wildlife! He discovers a nest where a Red-Necked Grebe is patiently and anxiously waiting for her eggs to hatch. Read and share this post with beautiful photographs.
Malik Merchant returns to Banff National Park after 15 long years, and this time at the start of 2023 in the thick of winter. His photographs will bring you closer to one of Canada’s top destination and you will be awed with what you learn and see about Morant’s Curve and a rare endangered snail that only lives in Banff’s sulphur springs. You must read and share this beautiful post!
Malik Merchant ventures out on a very very cold night in Calgary on November 8 2022, to view and capture photographs of the lunar eclipse.
