Remembering a day of tragedy, a day of courage This week marks the 26th anniversary of the day 10 Bahá’í women were hanged in Shiraz, Iran, for teaching religious classes to Bahá’í youth — the equivalent of being Sunday School teachers in the West. One of the men attending the gallows on that day in 1983… Read More From Baha’i-US: ‘Remembering a day of tragedy’
I got myself involved in a couple of heated conversations in the last couple of days. One of them was regarding my position on demonstrations, rallies and the such. While I agree that as a world citizen, we must make our voices heard when defending justice, I do not think that actions reflecting what we… Read More The Dangers of Large-scale Demonstrations: When Peaceful Ones get Angry
This is a great article that refers to some of the issues I raised in an earlier post about Twitter’s strengths and weaknesses, albeit in a less eloquent way. Perhaps this is why this is Sahar’s Blog, and not Sahar’s Consulting Service! In times such as these, when emotions justifiably run quite high, it’s important… Read More From eConsultancy: ‘#IranElection and #CNNFail: lacking #context’
It’s a great beginning: people all over the world are sharing news and raising awareness about what is going on in Iran. After all, the movement of information is vital to any cause. But how can we solve the problem once and for all? How can we make sure that these things stop forever? Well,… Read More Tweeters wonder: what else can we do, other than to hash tweets as #iranelection and wear green?
Another day, another countless tweets that kept me abreast of what was going on in Iran: welcome to the digital age. Every news junkie out there will tell you: while major international news networks such as the CBC, the BBC, CNN and RFI (to name a few) had barely mentioned anything about the situation in… Read More The real winner of the elections in Iran: Twitter Users – Part I
It seems easy for those sitting in the comfort of their own home to shake their heads at what is going on in Iran, and to utter the usual trivial, sometimes judgmental, conversation snippets that seem to almost naturally come out when speaking of such events. After all, everyone has an opinion about everything, no?… Read More It’s not about politics anymore: it’s about justice. It’s not about Iran either: it’s about the whole world.
International Politics: A bleak future for Baha’is Written by Moojan Momen, Published May 13th 2009 International pressure may have set Roxana Saberi free, but the plight of seven Iranian Baha’is, imprisoned in Tehran a year ago, has gone largely unnoticed. Earlier this week, US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi was freed from prison in Iran after having… Read More Baha’is in Iran – interesting article by Moojan Momen
By Joe Sterling (CNN) — Seven Baha’i leaders jailed in Iran face a possible new accusation that could lead to the death penalty, the religious group said Thursday, and a major human rights group has called for their release. The seven — six arrested on May 14, 2008, and another arrested in March 2008 —… Read More CNN: Baha’is say jailed leaders in Iran face harsh new accusations
NEW YORK, 12 May (BWNS) – The seven Baha’i leaders currently imprisoned in Iran are facing the anniversary of their arrest this Thursday, along with new and extremely grave accusations, after spending a year in jail without formal charges or access to their lawyer, Shirin Ebadi. “Despite their obvious innocence and the call by many… Read More From BWNS: Iranian Baha’i leaders may face new accusation on anniversary of imprisonment
Commentary: ‘Educate a woman, create a nation’ By Dina Habib Powell, on March 13, 2009 NEW YORK (CNN) — As we mark International Women’s Month in March, it is encouraging to see that the movement to recognize the vital role that women play in families, nations and economies has been building for more than a… Read More From CNN: ‘Educate a woman, create a nation’