The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have
the wider vision
(George Eliot)
Published on 13 October 2012
Type: News
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) focuses on the physical, social, cultural and economic revitalisation of communities in the Muslim world. It includes the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme, the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia, the on-line resource ArchNet.org and the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Museums & Exhibitions unit coordinates the development of a number of museum and exhibition projects.
The latest newsletter featuring the projects and activities of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Afghanistan is available in the ArchNet Digital Library: AKTC - Afghanistan Newsletter #32 (Spring/Summer 2012).
This newsletter includes articles on the ongoing restoration works on Noh Gumbad Mosque in Balkh and the shrines of Khwaja Parsa in Balkh and Nasir Khusraw in Yamgan.
For more information on the activities of the AKTC in Afghanistan, please email information@aktc.akdn-afg.org
Other AKTC-Afghanistan newsletters are also available in the Publication section of the ArchNet Digital Library.
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