Speeches and Interviews of Aga Khan IV
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Speech: Acceptance Address – Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Gold Medal
Is it not true that the quality of our lives is fundamentally shaped by the spaces in which we live, spaces that provide physical…
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Interview: India Today Interview (2nd)
I think what drives our network is to enable people to manage their destinies. Once they manage their destinies, you will see, generally speaking,…
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Video Interview: The Indian Express/NDTV ‘Walk the Talk’ Interview
So what do you tell your friends in the Western world about their new stereotypes of Islam and what do you tell your Muslim…
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Speech: Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad, Inaugural Ceremony
The network concept that I have mentioned is something that makes our academy endeavour a unique and distinctive one. And if there is one…
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Speech: Inauguration Ceremony for the Restoration of Humayun’s Tomb
The word “partnership,” in fact, could be the watchword of this celebration. What we honour today, above all else is the spirit of partnership…
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Speech: David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award Ceremony
People coming together around a common purpose are much stronger, for example, in eliminating corruption. When an individual faces corruption, that’s a problem. When…
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Interview: Paris Match Interview (5th)
[Google translation] This magnificent heritage deserved a public-private partnership and specific joint program. My experience of social issues, philanthropy and the fact that I…
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Speech: Remarks introducing Her Excellency Roza Otunbayeva, Global Centre for Pluralism
In the course of my work over the past half-century, I have become convinced that finding ways for diverse societies to live peacefully together…
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Speech: Urban Land Institute’s Annual Conference Leadership Dinner
For my comments this evening it was suggested that I share some of the lessons the Aga Khan Development Network has learned from its…
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Speech: Acceptance Address – Honorary Doctorate, University of Ottawa
The history of constitutions can be seen, as an oscillation between the two poles of centralisation and diffusion with new concentrations of power often…
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Speech: Dushanbe Serena Hotel Opening Ceremony
Thinking of the past, I recollect the important dates of Tajik history. Twenty years ago, independence; sixteen years ago, an agreement between the Aga…
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Speech: Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications Foundation Stone
Let me mention just five of the most important ways in which the School, we hope, will be truly distinctive….