A Baha’i in Swaziland has designed a simple, low cost, highly efficient stove for use in developing countries. The Vesto Stove is based on a modified 25-liter paint can, is cool to the touch when in use and sells for about US$29.00.
From the Baha’i World News Service:
Setting out to design a stove for developing countries, […]
The US state deptartment released a report a couple of days ago about Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East. As usual the Baha’is get a mention under Iran:
In 2004, the Government’s poor human rights record worsened, and it continued to commit numerous, serious abuses… The Government continued to discriminate against and harass […]
Here’s a great little blog entry about guy going to visit the Baha’i center in Orange County, USA to see what a Baha’i devotional program is like.
I would highly recommend anyone interested in The Kingdom to check out a Baha’i service to experience the warmth and hospitality that each of us felt while we were […]
So they haven’t even broken ground on the Baha’i temple that’s going to be built in Santiago, Chile and already it seems the world can’t get enough of this remarkable building.
The Canadian Baha’i News Service has run a story about the temple and how it has “drawn accolades from over 40 international architectural and design […]
The Baha’i community of the Solomon Islands has just released three new stamps to comemorate the 50th anniversary of the Faith in the country.
From the Solomon Star:
The stamps features the founder, Mr Alvin and Mrs Gertrude Blum, The Earth is one Country and Unites Mankind.
Design by Riswan Saunders, the stamps depict the very history of […]
I just got sent this great link to a little movie of a Baha’i New Years celebration in Japan. You have to check it out.
Here’s a great little piece from the Jamaica Observer about a Baha’i youth who was there performing Native American hoop dances.
From the Observer:
HOOP DANCE
I finally found my way to UTech on Tuesday where Theodore Varqa Anderson, an expert in Native American hoop dance was to appear between 1:00 and 5:00 pm. Arriving at 3.30 […]
Story about departing members of the Universal House of Justice Mr. Ian Semple and Mr. Douglas Martin.
From BWNS
Two members of the Universal House of Justice have left the Baha’i Faith’s international governing council after many years of service.
Mr. Ian Semple, 76, served as a member of the Universal House of Justice since it was first […]
The Universal House of Justice has announced the election of two new members, Dr. Payman Mohajer and Mr. Paul Lample. Their election fills the vacancies created by the departure of Mr. Ian Semple and Mr. Douglas Martin.
Link to the story on the Baha’i World News Service.
A little late perhaps, but this is a great little piece about the Baha’i New Year from the Juneau Empire in the US.
Here’s the link.
A report released by the Open Net Initiaive shows that UAE is blocking Baha’i websites:
ONI tested over 8000 Web sites in the past six months, finding that UAE blocks material viewed as culturally inappropriate or offensive to the state’s perception of Islam…
…ONI’s testing of the UAE filtering regime also found blocking of sites on […]
From the Solomon Star News.
“OVER 30 children from the Baha’i Faith trade their play time to visit sick children at National Referral Hospital’s Children’s Ward on Friday as part of the church’s pre-new year celebration.
Accompanied by their teachers and parents, the children prayed for the little ones who are sick, sang songs and presented gifts […]
This is a quick post.
Just to see if I’ve got all the things that I need. I’m going to just have to look into getting a little design thing going. cause right now the bloggity blog is a little ugly if you know what I mean. Or maybe just a little plain. I want […]
Photo from the recent 50th anniversary jubilee in Botswana.
Check out the BWNS story here.
Baha'i Blog is currently in travel mode.
I'm taking a bit of a sabbatical for the next few months and I'll be doing a whack of traveling, visiting a bunch of different countries to check out the scene and do a little photo-ing. And I'll be blogging as much of it as I can.
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A sweet, sweet voice that's been wooing souls in Vancouver for a while now. Check for upcoming shows her myspace page or just head over to download some tracks. You won't be sorry.
While he's been profiled here already, Ferraby Lionheart certainly deserves all the praise that this meager blog can heap upon him as he's released an absolute gem of an album with his 'self-titled EP'.
Seattle hip-hop duo Common Market have been covered in this blog already but they definitely deserve a place in the sidebar. From a review in Seattle's The Stranger:
You could say the duo connected through a higher power. "We're both Baha'i; that's how I heard of Sabzi in the first place," explains Scion. "So being involved with the Baha'i community and doing music, people kept asking me, 'Do you know Saba?'" "Yeah, people would just be like, there's another Baha'i in town that 'does hiphop,'" Sabzi laughs. Once connected, Sabzi spun records at the release party for RA's debut EP Apostrophe—and the pair found that musically, they were on the same page.
You can find their music well, pretty much everywhere. Instant gratification types (such as myself) can get theirs from the itunes music store.
Whether singing a classic by the Supremes or exploring the limits of hip-hop, Zahyia Rolle, known as ZZ Rolle by her peers, is a performer who defies labels and defines the world "artist." Rapper, songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, producer - Zahyia only recognizes boundaries and limits long enough to cross them.
She was also a contributer to Boston Praise Collective's award winning album "From Exile to Exhaltation - Our Offering to Baha'u'llah" (also available on itunes). So drop by her website, download some tracks, and enjoy.
An invigorating blend of various Polynesian dances, rhythms and sounds fused with pop, MANA is a Baha'i music and cultural performance group based in Sydney, Australia. The members of MANA are predominately youth, most of them still attending high school, and though they are all residents of Sydney, their roots are traced back to Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands.
To date, MANA has released 2 albums: Reflections on the Life of the Spirit and Arising To Serve. All lyrics have been taken from the Baha'i Writings found in the sequence of courses known as Ruhi Books, developed by the Ruhi Institute. There is currently a total of seven books in the sequence.
A few Baha'is in LA, USA are involved in this little musical effort.
In a music scene severly overburdened with manufactured screamo and whiney pop-punk, LA's Telecast is a glowing gem of ulterior hope. Remember the days when songs had meaning beyond some basic cloying variation of "I hate you, Dad," or "Nobody understands me and my skateboard?" So does Telecast.- From Filter Magazine
The Baha'is Magazine
A new version of a glossy 80-page magazine profiling the Baha'i Faith and its worldwide community has just been published. It features sections on Baha'u'llah, the spiritual and moral teachings of the Baha'i Faith, the Faith's history and administration, and its programs of social and economic development. It also has profiles of individual Baha'is and examples of community activities.
It can be ordered through the Baha'i Distribution Service in the United States.
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