There are many things one can count on around the time of Halloween: costumes, candy, and a wonderful debate on the usefulness of this day. It can be argued that because of the costumes, the decorations and the baking, Halloween is a wonderful time to exercise creativity. I love it when it has to do… Read More Halloween: The Devil’s Way of Bringing People Together
The day was perfect. The sight over the Bay of Haifa is often blanketed by pollution and sandy winds, but not last Friday. Crystal-blue waters and a clear view of the mountains on the other side of the bay are a much appreciated treat for the inhabitants of this northern Israeli city, especially when the… Read More Haifa Bahá’í Gardens: Open Day for an Open Religion
Why are we kinder to others than we are to ourselves? Because once we leave our friend to go home, we do not dwell on what happened. We see all the great things about them, understand that they made a mistake, and move on. But when it is ourselves, we dwell in the quicksand of… Read More Detachment is key
I don’t know nearly enough to give a profound opinion on the tragic, heart-breaking death of the Chinese Toddler struck by two vans. However, between that and all the other news about suffering children and teenagers (I’m thinking about the recent suicides by bullied teenagers), I can’t help but wonder: how as a race are… Read More The Death of the Chinese Toddler
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The episode “Alone in the World”, the third of Fringe’s fourth season, is mostly a study on this timeline’s Walter, bringing out aspects of his personality previously explored in both of the previous timelines’ universes (wow, all these timelines and universes are really complicating things!). But, typical of this show, light is shed very differently… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 4, Episode 3: “Alone in the World”
I am all for eliminating greed; but would corporate greed exist if personal greed did not exist? And how many of us can claim that, at the very least, we are striving to not be greedy?
Build in your successes while remembering your failures. That way, you are working your way up while avoiding the same mistakes you already made.
I got published. Yes, me, Sahar, I have a book on the shelves. I dreamt of this day for a long time, but it often felt like the odds of getting published were decreasing proportionally to the growing pile of rejection letters on my desk. I held on to those letters for the longest time,… Read More The Day I Got Published, or When Life Became a Little Surreal
After avidly devouring Christian Jacq’s novels as a teenager, no other book set in ancient Egypt could grab my attention long enough for me to finish reading it. So when I was asked to review The God’s Wife, I was very hesitant, knowing that I would be extremely biased against it and might give the… Read More Book Review: The God’s Wife, by Lynn Voedisch
