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AGA KHAN, MIT, HARVARD TO LAUNCH ARCHITECTURAL WEB SITE - 2002-09-25

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Wednesday, 2002, September 25
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Boston Globe. An Islamic spiritual leader has united with Harvard, MIT and six Middle Eastern universities to create a Web site its creators hope will advance architecture throughout the Islamic world. The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, also hopes to link war-torn places such as Sarajevo and Kabul to the Web, empower women and foster East-West dialogue through the site, which took four years to create. The site, Archnet.org, includes 600,000 archived images, counts 6,000 members in 110 countries and links architecture schools around the world, eliminating the need for education centers in the developing world to build big libraries. The site officially will be debuted Friday at a ceremony with the Aga Khan and the presidents of Harvard and MIT.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV


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Aga Khan, MIT, Harvard to launch architectural Web site - AGA KHAN, MIT, HARVARD TO LAUNCH ARCHITECTURAL WEB SITE - 2002-09-25

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Shiraz Allibhai, managing director of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning (left) and Nasser O. Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Architecture at MIT (right) pose in Rabbat's office at MIT, in Cambridge, Mass., Sept 25. AP
BOSTON (AP) - An Islamic spiritual leader has united with Harvard, MIT and six Middle Eastern universities to create a Web site its creators hope will advance architecture throughout the Islamic world.

Revival of Afghan capital could hinge on infrastructure - AGA KHAN, MIT, HARVARD TO LAUNCH ARCHITECTURAL WEB SITE - 2002-09-25

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www.boston.com/dailynews/268/region/Aga_Khan_MIT_Harvard_to_launch:.shtml

An Islamic spiritual leader has united with Harvard, MIT and six Middle Eastern universities to create a Web site its creators hope will advance architecture throughout the Islamic world.
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, also hopes to link war-torn places such as Sarajevo and Kabul to the Web, empower women and foster East-West dialogue through the site, which took four years to create.

Speech by H.H. The Aga Khan at Centenary Celebration Meeting, Association of American Universities 2001-04-21

His Highness the Aga Khan addressing the International Convocation of the Association of American Universities (AAU). 2001-04-22
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Thank you President Vest for your very generous words of introduction and thank you all for the very warm welcome. It is an honour to be invited to address such a distinguished assemblage of educators. If IQ could be converted into kilowatts, I have no doubt that the quantum massed here tonight would meet the world's energy requirements for at least a decade.

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