Dr. Ismaili is revered for her work and involvement in the Black Arts Movement, centered in the Lower East Side in the 1950s to 1970s.

Why did Mahmud of Ghazni wait 25 years to sack Somnath, persecute Muslims in Multan, and why was a mosque later built near ...

The recently opened Ismaili Center, Houston—the first in the U.S. and the seventh worldwide—will serve as both a place of religious congregation for Shia Ismaili Muslims and a welcoming space for the ...

Between 2022 and 2025, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding’s Islamophobia Index increased by 8 points. The Center for the Study of Organized Hate found that online Islamophobia was ...

As the director of the new Ismaili Center in Houston, I am very excited about its public opening on Saturday, December 13. It marks a milestone for the Ismaili community and Houston. His Highness the ...

The Ismaili Center Houston — the first in the United States — is officially open after many years of planning and development. The project cost wasn’t reported, but a state filing in 2021 pegged it at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ismaili Center, Houston is shown during a tour on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle) After nearly ...

HOUSTON — The new Ismaili Center is opening soon. It's the seventh in the world and the first in the U.S. Located west of downtown Houston along Allen Parkway near Montrose Boulevard, the stunning ...

After nearly a decade of planning and development, the Ismaili Center Houston — the first center of its kind in the United States — is now open to the public ...

The decades-long quest to bring the first-ever U.S. location of a massive religious center to Houston is almost complete. Ismaili Center Houston, a five-story, 11-acre religious center for Ismaili ...

An aerial view looking north shows the nearly complete Ismaili Center Houston, the first in the U.S., featuring nine acres of landscaped gardens and fountains along Allen Parkway. September 29, 2025 ...

HOUSTON — The first Ismaili Muslim cultural center built in the United States — and only the seventh in the world — is set to open by the end of the year. The Ismaili Center Houston has been in the ...