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“Revered among aficionados of Persian classical and folk music, Sahba Motallebi is a virtuoso performer on the long-necked stringed instruments known as tar and setar. ” – LA Weekly

SUKHISHILI has performed for fifty million people in eighty-eight countries on five continents. It was a headline attraction with New York City Ballet for the George Balanchine Centennial. It has previously performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, Madison Square Garden Albert Hall, the Rome Coliseum and La Scala where it was enthusiastically welcomed with rousing ovation and a record-setting number of curtain calls.

There is a high risk that someone will use, by accident or design, one or more of the 17,000 nuclear weapons in the world today. These weapons, possessed by states large and small, stable and unstable, remain an ongoing nightmare. Many thought such threats ended with the Cold War or that current policies can prevent or contain nuclear disaster.

According to Global Dimension, World Red Cross Day is the birthday of Red Cross founder Henry Dunant (b. 1828), the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize. 2014 marks 151 years of Red Cross’ existence. According to the American Red Cross, “World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day honors the 7 Principles of the Red Cross – Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary Service, Unity, and Universality.”