The quest for the answer to the biggest question on Sahar’s Blog as well as on the minds of the hundreds of Sahar’s Blog readers continues: how are we going to get ourselves out of the world-wide funk we are in and step into the great, peaceful and just world we know we can create?… Read More Building a better world one neighborhood at a time
As everyone who has been following Sahar’s Blog closely knows, one of the most important topics covered here is that of creating a peaceful and just world. I was talking about this with a dear friend of mine, and we came up with an analogy I’d like to share with you. If life is a… Read More How to create a peaceful and just New World Order
It’s been awhile since I watched this episode of Ugly Betty and, solely for the sake of accuracy, I just had to watch it again. OK, fine… Since ‘truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtues’, I am forced to admit that it wasn’t ONLY for that reason that I re-watched this episode. As I… Read More Review: Ugly Betty, Season 3, Episode 10: Rabbit Test – Part II
It’s not because I haven’t been blogging that I haven’t been reading or following up on certain matters that are important to me, one of which being the situation in Iran. The disregard of the rights of the people in Iran who don’t agree with the government has been difficult to watch; paint me naîve,… Read More Unjust justice – more post-election unrest in Iran
Apparently, I went on a summer hiatus, as evidenced by the lack of posts in the last couple of… Well, no need to quantify that statement! But the Summer Hiatus is now over! Sahar’s Blog is back in action. But don’t expect full-time blogging until September; after all, summer isn’t over yet!
It might not seem like a lot, but simply watching events as they unfold could be a good beginning at helping change the situation in Iran. As Reza Aslan notes: The revolution, it turns out, is far from over. Now if only Iranians can get the rest of us to care. As I ended my… Read More One of the things we can do to help Iran: keep watching
There are many, many things that bother me about the passing of Michael Jackson. First and foremost is the loss of an incredible entertainer. But I think I made my point of view on how amazing he was pretty clear already, so enough about that. Second, that a mere week and a half after his… Read More The real drama of Michael Jackson’s passing
The recent elections in Iran and its aftermath have underlied the continuous and often blatant human rights violation that exists in that country. It is most unfortunate that the rest of the world associates this disregard for basic human rights with the Islamic Republic of Iran because Islam, just like any other major religion in… Read More Human Rights in Iran: The Baha’is under fire (again and always)
A wonderful clip of Stevie Wonder singing an adapted version of ‘I just called to say I love you’ dedicated to Michael Jackson. He performed it during a press conference given at the Montreal Jazz Festival on June 30th 2009, during which he received a Spirit Award. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq9kD_hTcgA]
The Montreal Jazz Festival opened on Tuesday night with a free outdoor concert by Stevie Wonder, another Motown Records child prodigy. He kicked off the over 2 hour long concert with a speech about Michael Jackson who, as we know, was his friend. He talked about the legacy of Michael Jackson as being his music… Read More Stevie Wonder’s real contribution to the 2009 Montreal Jazz Festival