When Yasmin Rajwani visited a government school in Hyderabad in July 2016, she saw a large mural that depicted the world with the Soviet Union. Because of the outdated map, the local students didn’t know the locations of many countries where Ismailis live, including Syria, Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
This was a surprise to Rajwani, a grade 11 student from Burnaby, B.C. who is passionate about global issues. So she, along with other young Ismailis in the Global Encounters Program at the Aga Khan Academy – Hyderabad, decided to paint a new, updated mural for the school, which served students in grades 6 to 10.