Changing Times Blog

Niaz feat. Armin – “Love Me”

Two brilliantly talented young musicians, Niaz and Armin, produced a fresh intonation of Baha’u'llah’s words:

“Love Me, that I may love thee. If thou lovest Me not, My love can in no wise reach thee.”

They are both students at Changing Times’ hometurf at Townshend International School. We want to see more of this kind, send it in people!

Finding Bibi – New Trailer

Bita Haidarian, an award-winning Iranian American filmmaker fresh out of film school, sets off on a journey around the world to answer the big questions – who am I, where do I come from, and where can a girl find a good laser hair removalist?

Bita brings us from ‘Tehrangeles’ where Iranian girls get their noses re-shaped in posh Beverly Hills offices, to the garment district of LA where she cut her teeth in the fashion industry, to high society London where veiled women take lessons on how to secure a husband. Where princes and emirs mix with lords and ladies, Bita will take us into lesser-known corners of women and the Middle Eastern world.

Finding Bibi smashes worldwide stereotypes about women in the Middle East and is simultaneously a clarion call for the emancipation of women around the world. Check out her blog at: http://www.mideastyouth.com/findingbibi/

From: http://www.mideastyouth.com/findingbibi/

UK university’s support for Iran’s Bahá’í students

(BNUK) Students at Durham University  have passed a motion expressing their concern for young Bahá’ís in Iran who are excluded from higher education.

The motion - passed last night by Durham’s Student Union (DSU) - affirmed that  all people should have equal access to higher education on the basis of merit.

Since 1979, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has systematically sought to deprive members of the Bahá’í Faith of access to higher education. Countless young Bahá’í’s have been refused entry to universities and colleges. Others already studying have been expelled on the basis of their religion.

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EBBF Weekend in Acuto – Living Values

EBBF takes you on a weekend journey to help make you a pioneer.

• “starting from the foundations of our values, getting to know them, increasing our awareness of them,
• hearing the experiences of people who have released these values in their offices,
• we will then work with them on solutions, ideas and guides that will help us make a meaningful difference in our work environment.”

Like-minded individuals with the same desire to find new ways to make our values work in organizations come together in the beautiful medieval town of Acuto, perched on the Italian hills in the Province of Rome.

Enjoy a weekend of Italian food, warm hospitality in the company of like-minded individuals who are also looking for ways to apply their values to become pioneers in creating a new holistic world order.

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Dave Kayani – Ruhi Loving DJ

Meet Dave Kayani – DJ spinster, kung fu smacker and Ruhi lover.

A film by Matti Beramsingh and doubletake.tv

Looting of Baha’i homes in Egypt

Below is a video showing the burning of Baha’i homes in the village of Showranyiah in the province of Sohag in Upper Egypt (You can hear at the end of the video someone shouting for the person taking the video “el hokooma gaya” (The government [police] is coming):

A thorough account of the events surrounding the violence perpetrated against the Baha’is of Egypt and the burning of their homes in a southern village located in the province of Sohag is available here on bahai-egypt.org. Share this with your friends.

The Office Spoof – The Study Circle

Big ups to this study circle for a hilarious “The Office” spoof about a first study circle session.

Written by Laheeb Quddusi and Ashkon Ataee