The persecution of the Baha’is in Iran has reached crisis point with the unfair trial of seven of its members, on ‘espionage charges for Israel,’ which carries the death penalty.
The Baha’is are being defended by Iran’s only Nobel Prize winner (for peace), Human Rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi.
However, Shirin has been threatened and had her office [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Top British Comedians’ Stand Up for Baha’is in Iran
Posted in Baha'i, Human Rights, Media, Popular Culture, tagged Alexei Sayle, Baha'i, bahais, Bill Bailey, David Baddiel, government, Human Rights, human rights abuse, iran, Jack Dee, Jimmy Carr, Jo Brand, Lee Mack, Mark Thomas, Meera Syal, Morwenna Banks, Omid Djalili, persecution, rainn wilson, Rob Brydon, russell brand, Sanjeev Bhasker, Sean Lock, shirin ebadi, universal declaration of human rights on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The hiatus is over.
Posted in Baha'i, Cool Blogs, Other Blogs, Photography, tagged Baha'i, baha'u'llah, chicago, cities, diverse, london, new york, paris, photoblog, Photography, unity in diversity on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a long hiatus, Nylon Parla is back.
The photoblog collaboration features Baha’i photographers from four different world class cities, submitting their interpretation of a weekly theme. We like to think this is an artistic example of ‘unity in diversity.’
This week’s theme is ‘culture’.
Kick starting Nylon Parla back into action are photographs from myself (London), [...]
Viva la Revolución, Part II
Posted in Baha'i, Baha'i Perspectives, History, Reflections, tagged 12th imam, Baha'i, baha'i faith, baha'u'llah, iran, mahdi, persia, revolution, revolutionary, shiraz, the bab, twelth imam on February 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Originally written for Bahá’í Perspectives:
Continued from Part 1
Classical scholar Alexis de Tocqueville differentiated between three types of revolutions.
1) political revolutions
2) sudden and violent revolutions that seek not only to establish a new political system but to transform an entire society
3) slow but sweeping transformations of the entire society that take several generations to bring about [...]
every morn and eve
Posted in Baha'i, Cool Blogs, Friends' Blogs, Photography, Reflections, tagged amy sahba, Baha'i, baha'i faith, baha'u'llah, blog, photoblog, Photography on February 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
‘every morn and eve’ is a photoblog founded by an old friend of mine from my university days at Queen Mary, University of London (2000-2003).
Now in New York, Amy Sahba is a journalist for CNN and founded this blog with her friend Leila.
Not only am I drawing your attention to it because it is a [...]
Faces of New York
Posted in Cool Blogs, Photography, Reflections, tagged faces, Photography, simon hoegsberg, spirit, vanity on February 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Faces of New York is a great photoblog project by photographer Simon Hoegsberg who looks at how one’s spirit is reflected in their face.
About it he says:
Once in a while I see a person on the street who immediately attracts my attention. I’m fascinated by the appearance of the person and feel a strong urge [...]
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