TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial

• “Their only crime...”

Holy Soil

• Holy Soil: The Endurance of the Bahá’ís of Iran by Ighan

• Hadigheh: A Bahá’í House of Worship in Tehran by Saba

• The Blue Prayer Book by Hannan Hashemi

• In Front of the School by Nava

• The Roll-Away Pumpkin by Tanin Azadi

• The Castle at Maku by Nogol Sadri

The Scent of Roses

• The Scent of Roses by Nooshin Mavaddati

• A Great Green Enigma by Mehrsa Mastoori

• My Tiny Fruit Garden by Foad Bahrami

• My Blessed Spot by Hannan Hashemi

• Spring in My Grandmother’s Yard by Morvarid Ighani

• The Garden of Memories by Sama Khalili

Candles in the Darkness

• The Candle in My Family by Alhan

• A Shower of Bullets by Daniel Sabet Rasekhi

• From Thief to Benefactor by Foad Bahrami

• The Green Handprint by Nava

• The Kolahduz of Barfurush by Sama Khalili

• An Immortal Man by Taranom

• The Whisper by Andisheh Taslimi

Poetry

• From A Tale of Love by Mahvash Sabet
translated by Shahin Mowzoon and Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

• Calamity: The Path to Eternity by Hannan Hashemi

• The Way Home by Daniel Sabet Rasekhi

• The Light in the Darkness by Sama Khalili

• From Your Inmost Being by Taraneh

Letters

• A Small Light in a Dark Room by Andisheh Taslimi

• Hope for the Future of Iran by Mehrsa Mastoori

Art

• Painting and Interview with Shahriar Cyrus by Mehrsa Mastoori

• Resilience by Lynn Miller

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