Welcome to the official website to the American-Iranian spiritual poet of light - Bahareh Amidi. Having grown up in the USA, Bahareh has travelled across the world and currently lives in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE). Her Eastern roots, Western upbringing and years spent living in the Middle East have given her unique perspective on the challenges and triumphs of life, death, and relationships, and a universal appeal to her writing. She studied Philosophy in Menlo College, California; majored in Counseling Psychology from College of Notre Dame - Belmont, California; and, holds a Doctorate in Educational Psychology from Catholic University – Washington DC. Her area of study was “The Self-Image and Acculturation of Iranian-American Adolescents growing up in the US”. Bahareh has firsthand experience and a deep engagement with the human condition at various stages of life … [Read More...]
Latest Posts
My trip to Palestine planting Olive Trees and visiting Holy Sights
For the Future Planting trees early in spring we make a place for birds to sing in time to come. How do we know? They are singing here now. There is no other guarantee that singing will ever be. Wendell Berry Thank you to all the people who made this trip possible. Thank you for [...]
Poetry Therapy
Bringing Poetry Therapy to UAE University in Al Ain
What a memorable and magical day I have had at UAEU. The warmth and welcome of the students, faculty and staff has left me full of life and light. The planning of my visit to UAEU started about 5 months ago when I was contacted by Elin Ahmadpour who is a member of the faculty. [...]
Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature: Experience Poetry as Healer; This Moment Here Now. March 7, 2013
Event: Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature: This Moment Here Now Speaker and Presenter: Bahareh Amidi Date: 7 March, Thursday Time: 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City Bahareh Amidi, (www.Bahareh.com) the Iranian-American spiritual poet and poetry therapist in training, takes you on a journey within YOU. Come and discover the [...]
Past Events
Poetry Therapy at Emirates Literature Festival 2013
Bringing Poetry Therapy to the Emirates Literature Festival in Dubai was such a joy. It was wonderful to spend the day in Dubai among books, authors, publishers and friends. This year I had decided that I wanted to bring more than just a poetry recital to the Literature Festival. I wanted to bring the concept [...]
Poem Making to Recharge Body Mind and Soul – with John Fox at Body Tree
Come and join internationally respected poetry therapist and poet John Fox in using poetry and poem-making to recharge body, mind and soul — as an antidote to the intensity of daily life. This kind of creativity, rooted in healing and self-discovery, rather than literary critique, enhances quality of life. Poetic language, language that comes from [...]
Media Mentions
Abu Dhabi Week
Poet Bahareh speaks to Abu Dhabi week about her upcoming recital at the Date Palm Festival. The 6th Emirates International Date Palm Festival will be held at ADNEC Performance begins at 6.30 pm until 7pm. Bahareh will be performing with the young musicians from Bait Al Oud: Kariem Hashem, Muhammed Saadah and Hamzah Saadah. [...]
What’s On
Bahareh talks about her work with the community and Poetry Therapy, and her upcoming performance with Speak Abu Dhabi at the Paris Sorbonne University.