Ismaili history/traditions
This is the name of the prayer house where Ismailis gather.
Jamatkhana / khane
AKDN operates in over this many countries worldwide.
30 +
This SFU athletic program competes in the NCAA as Canada’s only member
SFU Red Leafs
This Canadian actor is both Deadpool and the co-owner of a Welsh football club
Ryan Renolds
This Persian rice dish features a crispy bottom called tahdig
chelo
Who is the 27th imam?
Rukn al-Din Khurshah
This AKDN agency focuses on economic development through microfinance.
What is Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM)
This SFU building is nicknamed the “concrete jungle” / prison due to its Brutalist architecture
What is the Academic Quadrangle (AQ)
This streaming platform had the most global subscribers in 2025
Netflix
This South Asian drink made with yogurt, water, and spices can be salty or sweet
Lassi
This Ismaili scholar is known as the “Poet of Badakhshan"
Nasir Khusraw?
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is given every ___ years.
3 years
This SFU satellite campus opened in 1989 in downtown Vancouver
harbour Centre
his artist became the first rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Jay Z
This cold dessert, popular in South Asian Ismaili households, is made of vermicelli noodles, milk, rose syrup, and basil seeds
Falooda
The Fatimid Caliphate, an Ismaili dynasty, was founded in this century
10th century (909 CE)
This country is home to the Aga Khan Academy campus designed by Fumihiko Maki
What is Mozambique (Maputo)
SFU’s motto, Nous sommes prêts, means this in English
we are ready
This African nation recently joined the BRICS alliance in 2024
Egypt (or Ethiopia)
This sweet coconut bar, pink and white in color, is a nostalgic East African Ismaili dessert
Coconut barfi
In 1977, Mawlana Hazar Imam inaugurated this landmark Ismaili Centre in the West
London
AKDN’s “Coastal Rural Support Programme” focuses on this region of Pakistan
What is Sindh
This world-famous architect designed SFU’s original Burnaby campus layout
Arthur Erickson
This AI company, backed heavily by Microsoft, dominates global headlines in 2025
Open AI
his colorful stringy vermicelli dessert, often pink or orange, is served at weddings and Khushalis
Sev