A Bahá'í Perspective

Lee Ann started out as a professional musician before switching to teaching. She has traveled all over the world and shares her experiences in the interview.

Educator who writes about integrating the spiritual into education. His blog can be found at href="http://www.joyfuled.blogspot.com/"joyfuled.blogspot.com.

Cary is a photographic artist who uses a variety of both traditional and digital darkroom techniques to, "go beyond the limitations of the camera to achieve a personal style." You can find his work on his website href="http://www.enochsvision.com/"EnochsVision.com.

Joye grew up, on and off, the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation. She was raised as a Baha'i and used her religious background to spread the teachings of unity and diversity among the Sioux people. She provides an interesting historical perspective on native American history. To this day she works to preserve the native Lakota ceremonies.

Born in Austria to Iranian parents, Roya and her family moved to Iran in 1976 only to escape it five years later due to the persecutions they faced as Bahaacute;'iacute;s. Roya is a multi-media artist and an author of the book href="http://thepeoplewithnocamel.wordpress.com/"People With No Camel. She is currently working on her photo-based installation piece " href="http://royamovafegh.com/section/218272_search_for_simurgh.html"Search for Simurgh", a sequel to her novel ldquo;The People With No Camelrdquo;.

Pascal grew up in Burundi under extreme violent conditions, both within his family and out. He provides an enlightening historical perspective on the situation both in Burundi and Rwanda.nbsp; He is now in the US finishing his education.

A woman who pursued a 9 year search for truth and feels that she has now found her spiritual home.

Munirih is a musician who actually goes by two names: href="http://www.farideh.ca/"Farideh and href="http://www.munirihsparrow.com/"Munirih Sparrow. Under her name Farideh she has made two CDs: Seasons of Loving and Symphony of Chemistry. Under her name Munirih Sparrow she will be releasing a new CD called Morning to Midnight in September.nbsp; I play cuts from all three CDs in the interview. nbsp;

Esther is an author of two books: href="http://www.amazon.com/Without-Net-Sojourn-Esther-Bradley-Detally/dp/1877800058"Without A Net: A Sojourn in Russia, and href="http://stores.lulu.com/sorrygnat"You Carry the Heavy Stuff. She also has a href="http://sorrygnat.wordpress.com/"blog.

Ronnie tells the story of how he was legally blind as a kid and his Mom was so determined to find a cure for her son that she quit her job and moved out to Iowa to a chiropractic school. In addition to Ronnie's eyesight returning, his mother became a chiropractor. Ronnie is a writer who has published two children's books, href="http://www.grbooks.com/show_book.php?book_id=121"Lillie and Peggy, and href="http://www.special-ideas.com/products.php?id=2100"The Unexpected Day and Trust. He now hosts a radio program on the Portsmouth community radio station called href="http://portsmouthcommunityradio.org/news/archives/tag/dont-dis-my-ability"Don't Dis My Ability. He also made a film about suicide among the disability community called href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110508-ENTERTAIN-105080312"Just One More Day. Ronnie is also a poet and he shares some of his poetry in the interview.

A Baha'i who grew up in the projects in Detroit and family was her life, and once she became a Baha'i it broadened her view to be world embracing.

Fereshtehnbsp;grew up in a Baha'i family in Iran until she was 15. Her family decided to leave Iran to serve the Baha'i Faith elsewhere and ended up in El Paso, Texas. Fereshteh married an American and had an opportunity to return to Iran with her new family by way of her husband's company. While in Iran, she completed her four year college degree. She and her family returned to the US in 1976 and she continued her education, getting her PhD in psychology. Her thesis was on the psychology of martyrdom, which we talk about in the interview.

Alejandro is a Baha'i from LA.nbsp; He grew up in Nicarauga.nbsp; He talks about growing up in a very Catholic country and what it was like being a Baha'i in that environment.nbsp; He reads some of his poetry at the end of the interview.nbsp; I apologize for the sound quality.nbsp; I didn't get the balance right between his voice and mine.

Parvaneh grewnbsp;up in Iran prior to the Islamic Revolution. She shares with us what was life like growing up as a Baha'i in a country that is very prejudiced against the religion.

Sandy is a professional musician who has a CD called Prayers that you can find on iTunes.nbsp; I include a couple of songs during the interview and I play two more of Sandy's songs after the close of the interview.

Lillie is a 90 year old woman who became a Baha'i in the 60s in the south as a result of her son becoming a Baha'i. She talks about the effects of segregation on the Baha'i community at that time. You can hear her son, Rick, in the background helping Lillie in the interview.

Red is a professional musician with a focus on family music. He has released award winning CDs such as his classic recording href="http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Peace-Red-Grammer/dp/B000009NGF"Teaching Peace.nbsp; Wenbsp;include several of Red's songs in the interview and along with his commentary. Red's website is href="http://www.redgrammer.com/"RedGrammer.com.

Gail describes her life growing up and also in Estonia where she went after getting married.nbsp; She worked with the elderly after returning from Estonia. She is now working on two books, one about her work with terminal patients and the other about her father, Fletcher Bennett.nbsp; She shares excerpts from these in the interview.

Joanne describes how she almost became a Christian minister until she met her husband in seminary school. After becoming a Baha'i she and her family have lived in the Crow Creek reservation in South Dakota, South Carolina, Samoa, Fiji, Hawaii, the Navajo Reservation, and Maine; plus traveling in Siberia and plans to travel in Greenland.

a professional musician and a teacher of music at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood. His website is href="http://www.jamiefindlay.com/"Jamie Findlay.com.