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Tenda - Seitlhamo Motsapi
i look at you& you remind me of all the mountainsi haven't seen or embraced& since you are like every one of usyou rise out of my heartwith the craggy serenity of kilimanjaroenduring like...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Prisoners | A Safe World for Women
In 'The Forgotten Prisoners', made by Safe World, Chris Crowstaff interviews Sarah's mother Nora and I, within the context of the overall story of Sarah, Shane and Josh and our campaign to free them...
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Too Many Bittersweet Occasions
On Sunday, while celebrating my niece Rehana's 11th birthday with our family, I told her that Josh's birthday had just passed on Friday. She furrowed her brow in pain and frustration and exclaimed,...
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DAY 330: Bowen Island Hike 'with' Josh
DAY 330: I want to be prolific and profound – whatever it takes to get the attention of those who have the power to release Sarah, Shane and Josh from Evin Prison, Iran.I’m hiking around Killarney Lake...
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One Year Free the Hikers Reflections in TORONTO
On August 1, we held a Free the Hikers benefit concert in Toronto to mark one year of unjust detainment in Iran for 'American Hikers', Sarah, Shane and Josh. I spoke at the start of the event and share...
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Dear Sarah, Shane & Josh - My Hope for You
Dear Sarah, Shane and Josh, I think of you this morning, light a candle for each of you around my hope stone. I hold hope for your prompt release every moment of every day. I speak for you, I fight for...
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Fragments of bridges
Geographic placesEmotional spacesFragments of bridges Bringing you close to meAnd then breaking Into smaller fragmentsAs the days go byWith no wordFrom you to meOr me to youHow to bring those Fragments...
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JOSH FATTAL: 444 DAYS IN IRAN...AND COUNTING
This is a film about Josh Fattal, that I put my heart and soul into making, with the INvaluable inspiration of Josh and Alex Fattal, INvaluable help of Producer Stephanie McCabe, INvaluable footage...
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Synchronicity Gives Me Strength
Yesterday I felt the weight of the continued unjust imprisonment of Josh and Shane more acutely than ever before. I was thinking about how grateful I am for having Josh in my life. I feel so incredibly...
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Haunted
For 16 months I struggled to find words to describe how it feels to have someone I love held illegally in an Iranian prison. On the eve of month 17 one word came to me, one word that captures my...
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500 DAYS without FREEDOM
I am stunned that after 500 DAYS of fighting with ALL our might, Josh and Shane remain unjustly imprisoned in Iran. For 500 DAYS I have not been able to see Josh. For 500 DAYS I have not been able to...
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This is the Sea - The Waterboys
These things you keepYou'd better throw them awayYou wanna turn your backOn your soulless daysOnce you were tetheredAnd now you are freeOnce you were tetheredWell now you are freeThat was the riverThis...
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Nowruz: Hope for a New Day for Shane and Josh
My community, family and I celebrate Nowruz (or Navroz as we call it) along with Iranians around the world. Growing up in Canada, where our religious community’s holidays were not marked in mainstream...
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Dear Josh
My mother and cousin Salina holding banners in TorontoI haven't posted here for some time. As each day passes with Josh remaining captive in Evin Prison, Iran, I become more speechless. Speechless at...
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Lotus Flower
If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now. And when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a...
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Giving Thanks to All of You for FREEDOM
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” ~ Nelson MandelaI will forever be grateful for Josh, Shane and Sarah’s...
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Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Okay, I’ll admit, I have mixed feelings about Valentine’s Day. Like many, I’m not a fan of the commercialization of love. I do, however, feel that a reminder to reflect on the importance of love in our...
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Five Months of FREEDOM
Yesterday marked 5 months of FREEDOM for Josh, Shane, Sarah and all of us who love them and devoted every cell of our beings to fight for their FREEDOM. I have held to my vow to only write the word...
View ArticleTo: Josh Fattal, Subject: Wow
This morning, I watched a video of Josh, Shane and Sarah speaking outside San Quentin prison in California. I was so deeply moved by a combination of pain at hearing more details of their suffering at...
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Love and Hope Cannot Be Extinguished
This morning Sarah sent Shane, Josh and I this video of an interview Drewery Dyke, Amnesty International Iran researcher, conducted with Amir, author of Zahra's Paradise. Zahra's Paradise is a serial...
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My Call for Justice for our Justice Defender: 7 Causes in 7 Days
Re-posted from Intent.com: “For to be FREE is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” ~ Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela’s wise words...
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Pay it Forward: Be Kind
On Wednesday, my cousin sistahs Salina and Shazia, chose to celebrate their birthdays by "paying it forward": performing random acts of kindness throughout Toronto, and inspiring others around the...
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Four Years After Iran Imprisonment: Remembering, gratitude, and the birth of...
Photo: Farah N. Mawani"Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly And the dreams that you dreamed of Dreams really do come true."---Four years ago, on July 31, 2009, my precious friends Josh Fattal,...
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