With trowels in hand and spades in tow, Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Nairobi came out on Sunday the 25th of February to partake in the farming and gardening initiative. Students young and old accompanied by faculty set to work tilling and cleaning the 30-acre plot of land adjacent to the Jamea campus which has thus far remained largely unused. […]
Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Karachi welcomed Dr Shainool Jiwa, a specialist in Ismaili history and thought and the head of the Constituency Studies Research Unit at The Institute of Ismaili Studies. Dr Jiwa was in town for her book launch: The Fatimids: Rise of a Muslim Empire. […]
Governor of Sindh Mohammad Zubair visited Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Arabic Academy in North Nazimabad on Thursday, February 8, 2018. He appreciated the Bohra community for their discipline and contribution towards the progress and development of the province, including Karachi. During the visit, he was taken round classes, library and other facilities available to the students at the institute. He particularly expressed his interest in the library where rare manuscripts and precious texts were available to researchers. The governor said all the facilities being [...]
The Indian high commissioner to Kenya Mrs Suchitra Durai accompanied by her husband and Amb Swaminathan today visited the Nairobi Jamea campus. In the course of her tour, she was well impressed by the architecture of the campus and the predominance of North African as well as Indian design influence. Following her visit, she posted an entry on twitter where she shared pictures of her visit and the impact it had on her. 'Impressive institution combining tradition and modernity'. During [...]
Students from Thaqāfat ʿĀmma (the first four years of Aljamea’s 11-year course equivalent to higher secondary studies) held a science fair on the theme of energy conservation, on the 3rd of February in the Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, Karachi’s campus courtyard. Drawing inspiration from subjects such as biology, physics, chemistry and geography — commonly known as ʿUlūm Kawniyya in Aljamea — students displayed 21 projects which outlined diverse and creative ways to conserve energy for a cleaner more sustainable future. The interdisciplinary approach [...]
