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...said Tuesday evening that her audiences typically expect her to be sporting a hajib, as well a “long frilly dress and tiara.” But Khan—speaking at the Graduate School of Education about teaching and learning in the developing world??came dressed in a dark suit instead. Khan, director of the Social Welfare Department at the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is the eldest child of The Aga Khan ’59, the current Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. AKDN, founded by The Aga Khan, promotes social and economic...
...plans for the future. 1.Fifteen Minutes: How did you come up with the idea for Pangea Day? Jehane Noujaim: Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, wow, this is such an incredible and global event. Imagine if you could get the world??s filmmakers, known and unknown, to get together [and make] a story for the world, by the world. How could you create the ‘World Cup of Storytelling’? 2. FM: Can you explain the quote of yours about Pangea Day, “Once...
...discussion, held at the First Parish Church, featured questions by history professor Niall C. Ferguson and focused on what Zakaria described as the “rise of the rest,” particularly China and India. Zakaria—whose new book “The Post-American World?? was released this month—said that the modernization of developing countries could actually benefit the U.S. Zakaria, who was born in Bombay and educated at Yale and Harvard, said that since these nations have so far avoided the “bellicose” confrontations that...
...great for the city,” she said. “[Apple customers] are like our customers: modern and trendy.” The store has been the subject of some online controversy, as some blogs have claimed that the site would be the world??s largest Apple store. Gary D. Allen, the founder and webmaster of ifoAppleStore.com, disagrees. He explained that the claim does not seem plausible since the lot for the store is 6,834 square feet—meaning that the three stories of retail space could not reach the approximately 28,000 square...
India’s economy is booming; its leaders proudly proclaim it is the world??s largest democracy. To promote this unqualified positive vision of modern India, however, is to ignore the many negative aspects of development that tell a less optimistic story. Improvement in India has been in pockets, leaving huge numbers of people both invisible and vulnerable. Until recently, the government tolerated civil society, human rights defenders and non-governmental organizations that are often the only voice for India’s otherwise disenfranchised groups. But the government’s attitude towards these groups...