{"product_id":"open-wide-the-doors-a-memoir-of-faith-hope-and-freedom-in-iran-paperback","title":"Open Wide the Doors: A Memoir of Faith, Hope and Freedom in Iran - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMahvash Sabet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBahiyyih Nakhjavani\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAzita Mottahedeh\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA courageous memoir from a prize-winning poet and prisoner of conscience in Iran\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA courageous memoir from a prize-winning poet and prisoner of conscience in Iran\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Against the scale of Iran's past, her testimony reinforces the power of individual conscience and endurance as the only way forward.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn March 2008, the Intelligence Bureau of Mashhad summoned Mahvash Sabet. She told her husband she would be back home in Tehran by the evening. She wouldn't be released for ten years. The authorities would go on to arrest every other member of the \u003ci\u003eYárán-i-Irán\u003c\/i\u003e, the community representatives for Iran's most persecuted religious minority: the Bahá'ís. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDocumenting Mahvash Sabet's first ten months of incarceration, in Mashhad and later Evin Prison, \u003ci\u003eOpen Wide the Doors \u003c\/i\u003eis a portrait of Iranian society behind prison walls. It thrums with compassion for Iran's thieves, prostitutes, and even prison guards. If you keep your heart open, Sabet proves, no judge, interrogator or torturer can crush your soul.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMahvash Sabet is an Iranian prisoner of conscience. She was arrested in 2008 and was released in 2017. Her \u003ci\u003ePrison Poems \u003c\/i\u003ewere smuggled out of Evin Prison and published in English in 2013. In 2017, she was recognised as the PEN International Writer of Courage. She was rearrested in July 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.31 x 7.81 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48900116971769,"sku":"9781836432234","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Avd4dyIhGV9781836432234.webp?v=1787738134","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/open-wide-the-doors-a-memoir-of-faith-hope-and-freedom-in-iran-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}