Hamed was born and raised in Zambia, and has lived there for most of his life, with the exception of a brief period in Montreal when he went to university. Hamed still lives in Zambia with his wife and and three children. Hamed has published his first novel, " href="https://www.amazon.com/Oars-Compass-Purposeful-Journey-Happiness/dp/1797713671/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Hamed+Javaheriamp;qid=1571956599amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"With Oars and Compass: A Purposeful Journey into Life, Love and Happiness". The story centers around the protagonist, Jane, a young and multicultural woman, living in a big city, who is determined to conquer the world. Recent events left her disenchanted and uncertain about the direction her life is taken, and disillusioned by what she sees around her. We discuss further the story of Jane and the process Hamed went through to create the novel.

href="http://bahaipodcast.com/assets/mp3/abp-270.mp3"I interviewed Lisa previously six years ago in which we talked about her novel Abbey Wize - Away. She has since re-released the novel. She talks about the work she had done on the novel since its orginal release and she reads an excerpt from Abbey Wize - Away. You can learn more about Abby Wize by going to the website href="https://wize.media/ " target="_blank"https://wize.media/ or the Facebook page href="https://www.facebook.com/AbbyWizeMedia/" target="_blank"https://www.facebook.com/AbbyWizeMedia/.

Bob is a pianist and singer who has performed for diplomats, ambassadors and diversified audiences in many countries including Africa, Russia, Europe, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau as well as the United States. Bob has earned his place as an internationally acclaimed performer, winning the hearts of his fans in concert halls, night clubs and music colleges - performing jazz, cabaret, Broadway show tunes and love songs that bring memories, tears, laughter and romance to his listeners. We feature songs of these genres in the interview. You can see his href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/3143007-Bob-Bellows" target="_blank"discography here. Bob and his wife Jene have produced a href="https://9starmedia.com/bob-jene-bellows?zenid=66442effc18d5ea4cac3854a5e480df2" target="_blank"CD of prayers.

Carol is a published author and poet. She also served as writer and editor for the Baha'i International News Service from 1989-1990. Carol published the children's book, href="https://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Rizvania-Carol-Handy/dp/0853985669" target="_blank"Dragons of Risvania in the 1980's which I remember reading to my children 30 years ago. She has recently published an historical novel called href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Search.aspx?k=Journey+of+sorrow+journey+of+hope" target="_blank"Journey of Sorrow, Journey of Hope. She has recently recently released a collection of poetically-written narratives inspired by href="https://www.amazon.com/Prayers-Land-Living-Carol-Handy-ebook/dp/B07QFBMX37" target="_blank"Biblical Scripture called From the Land of the Living that examine five seminal moments in the life of Christ and the effect the events produced on both those who saw Him for who He was, as well as on those who only saw a human event. This work has been popular for reading aloud at Lenten program events.

This is a second interview for Phyllis for A Baha'i Perspecitve. In the href="http://bahaipodcast.com/assets/mp3/abp-300.mp3" target="_self"2014 interview we featured the numerous books that she authored in her life. This interview we are featuring her music. She has produced two CDs: href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvYvCEHFKKQ" target="_blank"Don't Be A Bully! Be a Buddy!, which is a children's CD that accompanies a children's book with the same title authored by Flora Cousins. The 2nd CD we feature is called href="https://www.amazon.com/LOVE-SONGS-PROPHET-Phyllis-Peterson/dp/B00TT5ZB2E" target="_blank"Love Songs to the Prophet dedicated to Baha'u'llah, prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith. This CD features her a cappella singing of adapted African-American spirituals or her own compositions. We feature songs from both CDs in the interview. I started the interview by asking Phyllis what inspired her to produce her CD Love Songs to the Prophet.nbsp; You can see all of Phyllis's work at href="http://www.skylarkpubl.com/" target="_blank"Skylark Publishing.

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Tom is an award-winning playwright and author. Raised Irish-Catholic in Brooklyn, Tom has written some 30 plays in both English and Spanish. In the interview, Tom tells his spiritual journey in which he dropped everything in his life and began traveling around the world searching for spiritual truth. It's an amazing journey that led him to the Baha'i Faith.

Tom's latest publish book is called " href="https://www.amazon.com/Persian-Passion-Gargoyles-Tom-Lysaght/dp/1099759919/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Tom+Lysaghtamp;qid=1566061710amp;s=gatewayamp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"Persian Passion: Of Gods and Gargoyles". It's a history of the early years of the Baha'i Faith when the personnage of href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1b" target="_blank"the Bab in 1844 declared that he is the return of the promised Mahdi in the Shia Islam tradition. The Bab's life, ministry and martydom mirrors that of Christ in a remarkable way. We discuss Tom's book and the historical figures of both the Bab and href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1hirih" target="_blank"Tahireh in the interview.nbsp;nbsp;

Visit Tom's website at href="http://www.yourcreativestage.com/" target="_blank"yourcreativestage.com

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Rosamond is an accomplished keyboard artist, composer, and teacher. She studied organ and harpsichord in Europe and earned a PhD in music history from Brandeis University. She taught piano to students of all ages for 35 years and worked as an organist and choir director. Still going strong at age 88, she has recently record her 5th CD of original piano compositions, inspired by the writings of the Baha'i Faith. In the interview, we feature compositions from her 5th CD, "Divine Revelation: Loving and Uplifting Steps to Unity and Bliss". For each piano composition, Rosamond describes her interpretion of specific writings of the Baha'i Faith to the piano composition that we play on the interview. The manner in which describes the relationship between the specific writing and the piano composition is quite remarkable. The Baha'i texts that she refers to are printed on the CD cover. You can find her music on href="https://9starmedia.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_resultamp;search_in_description=1amp;zenid=f4f50abb5db7fd9f1a8b75b000648d0aamp;keyword=brenneramp;x=27amp;y=13" target="_blank"9 Star Media.

Yosi is a singer song-writer who got her start writing songs and busking at age 12 on the streets of Corvallis, OR. We feature songs she has written for a program called href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzvRx_johoA8ITQgxBpeJTaDUhhIB7bfX" target="_blank"My Last Days, and for href="https://www.facebook.com/help/publisher/880459498798521" target="_blank"Facebook, as well as songs from her CD href="https://9starmedia.com/yosi-mesbah-cellar-and-sky" target="_blank"Cellar and Sky, and from her live album href="https://yosimesbah.bandcamp.com/album/troubadourial-walkabout-live-from-the-road" target="_blank"Troubadourial Walkabout Live From The Road. We also feature her singing the href="https://badasht.bandcamp.com/track/prayer-for-the-departed" target="_blank"Baha'i Prayer for the Departed.

Ali is a musician that composes songs inspired by the teachings of the Baha#39;i Faith. Ali often creates videos for his compositions. Four examples that we play on the interview are: href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLnfWlGxw0c" target="_blank"Rise, href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfPzUZ_25yw" target="_blank"Unite, href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4FR1jxoE94" target="_blank"Forgiveness, and href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZganAjgH0E" target="_blank"Love is Shining. Ali describes himself as ldquo;a Baha'i inspired musician whose melodies spring from the belief in the oneness of humanity, and that music plays a crucial role in helping us feel more connected to each other and our purpose.rdquo; You can find his href="https://9starmedia.com/ali-youssefi?zenid=24aa8a26a0dff58adaf25cacd34712a8" target="_blank"music here.

Ramine is a singer songwriter who puts the Baha#39;i scriptures to music. You can find his music on href="https://ryazhari.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"Band Camp and on his Facebook page, href="https://www.facebook.com/RamineYazhariMusic/" target="_blank"Ramine Yahzari Music. We feature seven songs in the interview.