Upcoming Speakers

Dr. Alex Habib Riazati

    Event date: June 6, 2025
Alex Habib Riazati has been a scientist and strategist at Boeing Defense Integrated Systems for the last 38 years. He has also been a psychotherapist with a PhD in Clinical Psychology for the past 17 years, with a private practice called Integrative Counseling. He is the founder of the Human in The Making Foundation (www.humaninthemaking.org), […]
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Dr. Necati Alkan (PhD)

    Event date: March 30, 2025
Independent researcher and Research Associate at University of Bamberg/Germany from 2015 to 2022; currently affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem/Israel I have been fascinated with Bahá’í Studies, especially history, since my youth. Studying Islamic Studies and History, then, at the university, opened new vistas for me. By learning Arabic, Persian and in particular Ottoman […]
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Mr. Nabil Moghaddam, Nutrition Therapist, Homeopath & Detoxification Specialist

    Event date: March 19, 2023
Nabil is a passionate nutritional therapist and detoxification specialist. He holds a degree in Homeopathy from the Canadian College of Homeopathic Medicine and enjoys helping practitioners and patients alike understand the relationship between mineral imbalances, physical health and mental health. Nabil believes an individual’s return to wellbeing is attained by a combination of proper nutrition, […]
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Mr. Mikhail Sergeev

    Event date: August 14, 2022
(Ph.D. in religious studies from Temple University, 1997) is a religion, philosophy, and modern art historian. He has served as an editor of the book series Contemporary Russian Philosophy at Brill Publishers in the Netherlands (2016–2019) and as chair of the Department of Religion, Philosophy, and Theology at the Wilmette Institute (2017–21). Sergeev teaches courses in […]
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Ms. Violetta Zein

    Event date: April 13, 2025
Violetta Zein is an artist and graphic designer living in Pointe-Noire. She has given many talks on Bahá’í history in English and French here on the Clearwater YouTube channel and elsewhere and The Guardian is her fourth illustrated chronology.
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Ms. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

    Event date: March 16, 2025
Bahiyyih Nakhjavani is a reader, writer, and lover of the English language. 
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Dr. Hussein Ahdieh

    Event date: October 2, 2022
He was born and raised in Nayriz, Iran, He is a sixth-generation Bahá’í, his ancestors figuring among the first in Nayriz to accept the Bábi and later Bahá’í Faith. Hussein immigrated to the United States as a young man of 17. Like many immigrants seeking a better life in America, he worked and attended college […]
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Ms. Eileen Maddocks

    Event date: December 6, 2020
Biography Eileen Maddocks grew up in Maine and graduated from the University of Kansas with a liberal arts degree. She was a seeker half her life until she discovered and embraced the Bahá’í Faith. When first introduced to the Bahá’í Faith, she was seized by the fact that God has always been active in human […]
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Mr. Kamran Hakim

    Event date: November 13, 2022
He has been married for 40 years. He has three children (two daughters and one son), and four grandchildren. Mr. Hakim currently lives in Northborough Massachusetts. Kamran Hakim and his wife are members of the Worcester Bahá’í Community.Mr. Hakim was born into a Bahá’í family. Mr. Hakim’s religious ancestry is from Jewish descent on his […]
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Mr. Gilbert Hakim

    Event date: January 15, 2023
Speaker Biography: Mr.Gilbert Hakim, the founder and CEO of SCC Soft Computer, is widely recognized as a leading figure in the field of laboratory information systems (LIS). He has been at the forefront of LIS innovation since the late 1970s and continues to push the boundaries in genetics-based LIS and workflow automation. Known for his […]
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