Articles, Updates and News on, for and from the Ismaili jamaat
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Held in Vancouver, the Odyssey Art Exhibition, organised by Taslim Samji, brought together the art of 16 different Ismaili artists from November 23rd to December 1st. Sandra Zimmerman, in The Source, writes that the goal of the exhibition was
"[c]reating art as a vehicle for communication to help transcend boundaries"
**Key Countries**: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
**Number of Ismailis**: Unknown, probably less than 20000, with 8000 in Kenya
Ismailis first arrived in East Africa in the early 19th century from India.
At the end of last month the Aga Khan was invited by Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to address their parliament.
You can read a summary of that address or even watch the entire 45 minutes *here*
