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17 Mar 2025
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Read IIS publications on the go

The IIS Shop is now available to users in the United Kingdom to purchase digital versions of some of our eminently readable materials.

Top-half front cover of the book 'Ismaili Festivals: Stories of Celebration' by Dr. Shiraz Kabani

08 Jul 2021
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Coming soon: Living Ismaili Traditions series

Colourful flowers hanging down from the leaves of a green climber

28 Jun 2021
Interview

Interview with Esen Salma Kaya, Curator at Aga Khan Centre Gallery

A distant view of a student in white shirt, blue denims and a green cap sitting and reading a book in the terrace gardens of Aga Khan Centre

14 Jun 2021
Announcement

Aga Khan Centre’s Unique Gardens Showcased at Popular London Event

Image on the left: Dr Jamal , Image of the right : Professor Farid Panjwani

09 Jun 2021
Alumni

GPISH Alumni Promoted to Senior University Positions

A sketch of an old man's face with wrinkles in black dress with a tower in the background

25 May 2021
Academic

IIS Sponsors Panel on Ismaili Thought at Aquinas and the Arabs Conference

A side view of Dr Stephen Burge, reporting an audiobook on Prophet Muhammad from the recording studio

06 May 2021
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Inside the Recording Studio: Making the Audiobook of The Prophet Muhammad

A STEP student posing near the entrance of the AgaKhan Centre

05 May 2021
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STUDENT VOICES: Five Strategies to be a Successful STEP Teacher

A still from an exhibition gallery organised at Aga Khan Centre

05 May 2021
Announcement

Making Paradise Opens at AKC Gallery

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08 Apr 2021
Academic

IIS Holds Online Conference on Islamic Traditions in 'Greater Khurāsān’

08 Apr 2021
Academic

Understanding Shari‘a: Webinar Demystifies Much Misunderstood Concept

STEP student sitting in a garden wearing a winter jacket with her legs stretched in a sea view

06 Apr 2021
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STUDENT VOICES: How New Friendships Got Me Through First Year and Lockdown

A girl in white Tajikistan dress in a swirling position with eyes closed , standing in a garden with a mountainous scenery background

01 Apr 2021
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Travel the Silk Road: open-air photography exhibition set to open in King’s Cross

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