I have to admit that, after typing the title to this post, I’m a little bit confused; suddenly, I’m craving a nice, big, fat, juicy burger… Which, if you think about it, can also be quite scary, especially when you are 50, overweight and have a heart problem… Ah, yes, the topic at hand: fear.… Read More The addiction that is fear: illogical, unhealthy and yet oh so tasty
I have a confession to make: I totally forgot about Volume 4 of Heroes starting this week. . I know – how shocking is that? I thought that maybe it meant that I was over the show, that it wouldn’t suck me right back in – but it did. Everyone together, on Aretha Franklin’s I… Read More Review: Heroes, Season 3, Episode 14, a.k.a. Volume 4, Episode 1 (this could get confusing)
After all the thinking I’ve been doing in recent weeks – as reflected in the topics of my posts – I have decided to only read things that were silly, funny, amusing and superficial today. And look what I found! A post on a bunch of weird pillows. Any guesses as to which one(s) I’d… Read More A bit of silliness after a lot of reflection
All I can say is thank you. We are ashamed! February 4, 2009 Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter from a group of academics, writers, artists, journalists and Iranian activists throughout the world to the Baha’i community. This letter has been signed by a large number of the most prominent Iranian intellectuals. We… Read More ‘We are ashamed!’ – an open letter from a group of Iranians in solidarity to the Baha’is
Human rights is an issue very important to me, particularly so in some places. For example, I keep a closer eye on what is going on in Iran than in other places in the world – including, sometimes, my metaphorical backyard. Yesterday, Shirin Ebadi granted Democracy Now! a short interview. After having spent the last… Read More Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi on Democracy Now!
Here is an article that provides great food for thought, especially if you let yourself out of your comfort zone to really explore its implications. If you are a regular Sahar’s blog reader, I would recommend you taking a peek at this article, because it is bound to inspire at least a couple of posts… Read More From MacLean’s: Post-racial America?
A little later during the second episode of season 4 (if you want the background to this post, you should check out part I here), Dean, who has obviously been mulling all of this over, can’t keep his thoughts to himself. Dean: See, this is why I can’t get behind God. Sam: What are you… Read More Supernaturally inspiring – How the Winchester brothers not only entertain me, but make me think (perhaps a little too much) – part II
An interesting forward made its way to the top of my virtual slosh pile – i.e. the emails marked non-urgent that tend to accumulate alarmingly fast these days. While I have a secret fascination with some celebrities, I have long ago taken a step back from tabloids and gossip columns, choosing to spend more time… Read More Gotta love little siblings
I used to think that the first step to ‘Be the change’ is to step out of our comfort zone, but I have been rethinking that in the last couple of days. Perhaps the first step is more about realising the depth of our interconnectedness, not just in our neighbourhoods and communities, but in our… Read More Life really is a highway, and we are all driving it all life long
The great part about having a blog is not that I get to share my opinion, but rather that I get to enter into meaningful discussion with readers who take the time to message me. I love it, even if I don’t agree with them and even if the reader has something to say that… Read More Sahar’s blog, successful enough to irritate!