The late Hedi Moani, a member of the New Zealand Bahá'í community, in whose honor a speech award was established. |
Nineteen tellers assembled at the Bahá'í World Centre on Mount Carmel on 29 April 2003 to tally the votes in the election for the Universal House of Justice. The ballots were posted by members of the world's 178 National Spiritual Assemblies. The tellers came from Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa), the Americas (Bahamas, Canada, Colombia, United States), Europe (Austria, Greece, Hungary, Turkey, United Kingdom), Asia (two from India, Japan); Australia and Oceania (Australia, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands). |
Mr. Ali Nakhjavani and Mr. Hushmand Fatheazam |
Mr. David Hofman. |
Dr. Mehran Anvari, director of the Center for Minimal Access Surgery. (Courtesy St. Joseph's Healthcare) |
Dr. Mehran Anvari, left, using a specialized robot performs an historic operation via telerobotics. (Courtesy St. Joseph's Healthcare) |
A specialized instrument transmits the motions of Dr. Mehran Anvari's hands to a surgical robot some 400 kilometers away. (Courtesy St. Joseph's Healthcare) |
Children and their teacher in Colombia. (Photo: Ryan Lash) |
Video production team: Naysan Naraqi (left), May Taherzadeh, Ryan Lash. |
Women learning equally with men in Zambia. |
Dancing youth express their energy in Canada. (Photo: Ryan Lash) |
Study circles in Australia attract all age groups. (Photo: Ryan Lash) |
Voices of Italy lift the spirits. (Photo: Ryan Lash) |
Enjoying a study circle in Malaysia. (Photo: Ryan Lash) |
Devotional meetings in Australia enhance spirituality. (Photo: Ryan Lash) |
Officials pay tribute to Bahá'í children's classes. |
Children performing traditional Khmer dance. |
Banking on the future in Nepal. (Photo: Ryan Lash) |
Reunion of the Bahá'ís of Cyprus. |
Participants at health training seminar. |
Professor Faraneh Vargha-Khadem. |
Professor Vargha-Khadem at the award ceremony. |
Socrates Maanian, secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Greece introduces the exhibition to Efstratios Korakas, a member of the European Parliament. (Photo: European Parliament) |
Member of the European Parliament, Jean Lambert opens the exhibition. At left is Bahá'í representative, Christine Samandari. (Photo: European Parliament) |
Bani Dugal, the new chair of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women at the United Nations. |
UN Bahá'í principal representative, Bani Dugal, (second right), Chair of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women with other members of the Executive. At far right is outgoing Chair, Leslie Wright. |
Ireland: Mr. Michael Kennedy, chairman of Fingal County Council, is presented with Bahá'í literature by Mr. Ray Maloney (left) and Mr. Brendan McNamara (right with book) at the Bahá'í National Convention. (Photo: Astrid Steffens) |
Bahamas: members of the recently elected National Spiritual Assembly pictured with two Auxiliary Board Members. |
Western Caroline Islands: delegates attending this year's convention with Auxiliary Board Member Fidelia Adgil. |
Sierra Leone: participants at the national convention. |
William S. Hatcher |
In Unison in concert. |
Mr. Bruce Saunders |
Mr. David Lambert and his wife, Lois |
Ursula Samandari (1909-2003) |
Ursula Newman (later Mrs. Samandari) in Dublin in 1950 with her future husband Dr. Mihdi Samandari (left) and George Townshend. (Photo: by permission of George Ronald, Publisher) |
Sharing ideas, talents and faith... Bahá'í festival in Orissa.` |
Governor General, Sir Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke, with Bahá'í representatives Linda Roche (left) and Namwar Zohoori (second from right). |
Governor General, Sir Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke (fifth from left), with Bahá'í representatives. |
Una Dean... "exemplary courage" |
Una Townshend (later Dean) and her father, George Townshend, in Stockholm, 1953. (Photo courtesy of George Ronald, Publishers) |
Van Gilmer singing up a storm. (Photo: Edit Kalman) |
Choirmaster Tom Price. |
Harmony in diversity... some members of Voices of Bahá. |
Soaring soprano... Emily Price. |
Paul Seaforth on trumpet. |
The power of two... Van Gilmer and Rachael Price sing "Soldiers in God's Army." |
David Krummenacker wins the 800-meter indoor title, beating world record holder Wilson Kipketer in March 2003. (Photo: Mark Shearman) |
David Krummenacker at the US championships, 2003. |
David Krummenacker with his mother, Marylou, and girlfriend, Karima White. |