by projects.uk@picodeliq.com | Dec 15, 2023 | Blog, Poetry
Tehran In this place, poetry looms everywhere, spilling off the tongues of taxi drivers and street hawkers like the blood of a pomegranate. Hafez and Khayyam flavour each breath With the pungent fragrance of ‘hu’ – and when everything is sacred, there is no more... 
by projects.uk@picodeliq.com | Dec 1, 2022 | Islamic Architecture
Thirty-five years ago, on 24 April 1985, a moment of great historical significance for the global Jamat took place. The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher — then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom — officially opened the Ismaili Centre, London, in the presence of... 
by projects.uk@picodeliq.com | Aug 1, 2021 | Academic Publications
Mathnawi 1: 2433-37 Woman is a Ray of God Muhammad said,”Woman prevails over the wise and intelligent;while the ignorant dominate over her.”They lack tenderness and affectionbecause their animality prevails.Love and tenderness are human... 
by projects.uk@picodeliq.com | Nov 15, 2020 | Islamic Architecture
Nestled amongst landscaped walkways, pavement cafés, and a crop of new buildings, the Aga Khan Centre provides a purpose-built space for contemplation, collaboration, and contribution to knowledge and scholarship. read... by projects.uk@picodeliq.com | Nov 1, 2019 | Poetry
La illaha il Allah. Murshid, My Beloved, I have no roses to lay at Your feet; No golden garland, Not even a sweetmeat. All I have is this: An oblation of words. Sprung forth from my very soul, in footsteps of circles, and gestures of half moons – Echoing Light....