Dar es Salaam. In a country where many students fear mathematics and view it as one of the toughest school subjects, the Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development, East Africa (IED, ...

Asia Society President and CEO Josette Sheeran greets His Highness the Aga Khan prior to the Asia Society Game Changer awards on November 1, 2017. (Jamie Watts/Asia Society) The 2017 class of Asia ...

From the establishment of Aga Khan University in Nairobi, Aga Khan University Hospital, to the revitalisation of historic cities like Zanzibar’s Stone Town, his projects underscored his belief ...

The Aga Khan’s son, Prince Rahim al-Hussaini, was named the Aga Khan V as the new leader of Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shiite Islam with about 15 million followers concentrated in Central Asia ...

The Aga Khan addresses an audience about the challenges to a pluralistic society on Nov. 12, 2015, at the Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Steven Senne/AP ...

Prince Rahim is the eldest son of the former Aga Khan. He was educated in the U.S., having studied comparative literature at Brown University, and has served on the boards of various agencies ...

Mourners including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gathered in Lisbon on February 8 to commemorate the Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of the world's Shi'ite Ismaili Muslims, who died in ...

Prince Rahim al-Hussaini, a son of the Aga Khan IV, was named as his successor on Wednesday, inheriting the role of spiritual leader of millions of Ismaili Muslims around the world.. Rahim, 53 ...

The Aga Khan IV was laid to rest on Sunday at a private ceremony in Aswan, Egypt. The death of Prince Karim – the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims – was announced Tuesday by ...

But His Highness the Aga Khan IV did more than inspire individuals; he built institutions of excellence. From the Aga Khan University in Pakistan to the University of Central Asia with campuses in ...

Aga Khan University was founded in 1983 as Pakistan’s first private university. In 2000, the university began expanding its campuses to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan and the UK. Beginning as a ...

Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, following the death of his father.