It is 8am in Aswan, Egypt, and the pressure builds as we anxiously await participants’ arrival. They need to cross the Nile River by boat, their prototypes in tow. They will soon pitch their innovative solutions and journeys to an…
In 969 CE the Fatimid dynasty entered Egypt and founded the city of al-Qahira (‘the Victorious’). Today we know it as Cairo. Over the next 1,000 years, successive Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman eras followed, leaving glories of Islamic architecture and an ever-growing…
We are excited to announce that the Aga Khan Foundation will be hosting an exhibition of photographs at the Royal Geographical Society, London, between 22 March and 24 April inclusive. The exhibition celebrates the people, culture and activity that takes…