“A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.”

—  Aga Khan IV

Princess Zahra quoting His Highness the Aga Khan in her acceptance speech upon receiving the World Habitat Award, Kazan, Russian Federation (4 October 2006)

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49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailism 1936

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