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Yvonne Perkins

‘Everyone is a collaborator’: Reflections on social action efforts in Richmond 

Every morning, we had to clear up rubbish dumped overnight at the base of a small tree on the street in front of our place. Every. Single. Morning.   We live close to Victoria Street in ...

Aflatoon Payman

‘Unwavering devotion’: Remembering the life of Baha’i Aflatoon Payman 

Aflatoon Payman – a Persian Baha’i who pioneered to Australia from Indonesia with his family in the mid-1960s and later served on the National Spiritual Assembly, and as the first Deputy ...

Keith McDonald

‘Feeling of hope and faith’: New book injects light into the darkness 

Nobel Prize for Literature winner Gao Xingjian says that “It’s in literature that true life can be found. It’s under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.”  It’s a sentiment that ...

Georgie Sounness

Harnessing the power of prayer when engaging in conversations 

For many months, Perth-based Baha’i Georgie Sounness had been praying for ways to introduce spiritual conversations into her interactions with friends.  Owning a small hobby farm in regional ...

Jacob and Sami

‘We are there to serve’: Two Australian youth share their overseas pioneering story 

In this interview with Australian Baha’i Horizons, Jacob Baron and Sami Milani speak about their work assisting with the community-building process unfolding in eastern Europe and explore what it ...

Yas Daniel Matbouly

From humble beginnings to one of Australia’s fastest growing charities – the story of Serving Our People 

It was during the Covid lockdowns some four years ago that Gold Coast resident Yas Matbouly decided he wanted to do something to help those who were isolated and unable to access essential ...

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