Grant is a former teacher, scriptwriter, novelist, poet, and singer-songwriter. He has produced six albums of music, and the scripts for three feature films. Two of them were wartime stories. He also wrote a Depression-era odd couple tale called href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xmWHdWd3xA" target="_blank"Starlight Hotelnbsp;based on his own novel, href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22550753797amp;searchurl=sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2BDream%2BMongeramp;cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image1" target="_blank"The Dream Monger. In this interview we are featuring Grant's music which you can find on href="https://9starmedia.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_resultamp;search_in_description=1amp;zenid=aht8poup3picf9hhm6jnl7ur11amp;keyword=Grant+Hindin+Milleramp;x=42amp;y=20" target="_blank"9StarMedia.

href="https://vedadmusic.com/" target="_blank"Vedad is a professional singer who blends her native Persian singing and chanting with the Spanish Flamenco genre. After the revolution in Iran, she moved to Spain, where she earned a degree in Fine Art from The University of Madrid. She adopted Spain#39;s culture and learned to sing the Flamenco music of Spain. After she moved to America, she continued to study and perform. We feature her music in the interview with her guitarist Bob Clifton. Visit her href="https://www.facebook.com/VedadMusica" target="_blank"Facebook fan page.

href="http://www.nasimmaani.com" target="_blank"Nasim is a certified yoga therapist and holistic coach. She is also a singer-songwriter who has published a CD called href="https://9starmedia.com/nasim-maani-the-longing" target="_blank"The Longing, an EP called href="https://www.nasimmaani.com/music" target="_blank"Trust, and a single called href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/healing-single/953740019?uo=4amp;app=music" target="_blank"Healing. We play her musical compositions in the interview.

Mahvash is author of the memoir href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Daylight-Forever-A-Memoir-P9959.aspx" target="_blank"Daylight Forever. It is a story of a young Iranian Baha'i, herself, who escapes persecution and war to immigrate to the United States. It is a gripping, heart-wrenching story that she shares in the interview.

Michael is a professor of Communication Studies at Western Washington University. His scholarship examines the prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organization, and social change ndash; and their implications for the pursuit of peace and justice. We discuss his book " href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Constructing-Social-Reality-P10062.aspx" target="_blank"Constructing Social Reality: An Inquiry into the Normative Foundations of Social Change" in the interview.

Andrea describes herself as a poet, mother and world citizen. Her published poetry works include href="https://www.amazon.com/Will-You-Break-Silence-Practical/dp/B089M43484/" target="_blank"Will You Break The Silence, Poetic Practical Steps Toward Race Unity and, href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086PLBTY4" target="_blank"To Mother. She also hosts a podcast called href="https://tomother.buzzsprout.com/" target="_blank"To Mother with Andrea Hope. We talk about all three in the interview. Her website is href="https://www.andreahope.org/" target="_blank"https://www.andreahope.org/.

Peter is a writer, educator, poet and musician from Australia. He has a degree in philosophy and likes to delve into the deeper aspects of life and express his insights. He is the author of href="https://books2read.com/apathtoseek" target="_blank"A Path to Seek and href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Search.aspx?k=Gyulay" target="_blank"The Baha'i Approach to Spiritual Transformation: Walking the Mystical Path with Practical Feet. We feature both works in the interview. We also feature Peter reading one of his poems and we play one of his musical pieces. His website is href="https://www.petergexpressions.com/" target="_blank"www.petergexpressions.com.

Gail is a contemporary fiction writer, who has lived in three continents and is fluent in several languages while working in the fields of healthcare, education, coaching, training, and community development, including NGO work. Her background and experience in multicultural environments, including the intimate settings of Persian family and community, provides her with unique insights into the complex issues she writes about. She#39;s the author of the novel href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Crimson-Ink-P9888.aspx" target="_blank"Crimson Ink and is currently working on its sequel. This story exemplifies her experience in the intimate setting of Persian family and community. We feature the book in the interview.

Abdu'l-Missagh is an author, researcher and Emeritus Professor at McGill University, Faculty of Medicine in Montreal as well as a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. One of his works is called href="https://www.amazon.com/Materialism-Social-Consequences-Abdul-Missagh-Ghadirian-ebook/dp/B07G7DQHLJ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1amp;keywords=Materialism%3A+Moral+and+Social+Consequencesamp;qid=1604265662amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"Materialism: Moral amp; Social Consequences. He has written another book entitled href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Creative-Dimensions-of-Suffering-P6623.aspx" target="_blank"Creative Dimensions of Suffering which explores the role of creativity to treat suffering. It is this book that we feature in the interview. It is a combination of psychiatry and spirituality that illustrates the power of creativity to treat suffering. It includes a look at the lives of some famous artists who suffered - including Van Gogh, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven, and gives insight into how they dealt with their adversity through creativity.

Kim is a writer, educator, and href="https://www.kimdouglas.org/" target="_blank"small business owner. She speaks widely on topics related to personal transformation, family, race relations, health and nutrition and the individual's role in improving society. As a business owner, she provides education on the health benefits of whole food nutrition. She co-authored Kevin Locke's autobiography href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Arising-P9086.aspx" target="_blank"Arising, and wrote her own autobiography href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/High-Desert-P6622.aspx" target="_blank"High Desert: A Journey of Survival and Hope, which we feature in the interview.