A Bahá'í Perspective: Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

Bahiyyih is an author that has written three books. Her first book is titled href="https://www.amazon.com/Saddlebag-Fable-Doubters-Seekers-Bluestreak/dp/0807083437/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1491348701amp;sr=8-1amp;keywords=Saddlebag+Bahiyyih+Nakhjavani" target="_blank"The Saddlebag: A Fable for Doubters and Seekers. It is a novel based on an historic event related to the Bab, the martyred prophet of the Babi Faith that prepared the way for the Baha'i Faith. Her second book is titled href="https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Bahiyyih-Nakhjavani/dp/0747576602/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1491348741amp;sr=8-1amp;keywords=Paper+Bahiyyih+Nakhjavani" target="_blank"Paper. It is a novel tracing the origin of paper and reveals the interesting fact that the Bab produced one of His most significant works on British paper. Her third book is href="https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Who-Read-Too-Much/dp/0804799482/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1491348800amp;sr=8-1amp;keywords=The+Woman+Who+Read+Too+Much+Bahiyyih+Nakhjavani" target="_blank"The Woman Who Read Too Much. It is a novel centered around a significant historic figure in the Baha'i Faith, Tahireh, who was a courageous woman who proclaimed the message of the Bab in a country hostile to any teaching deviating from Shiah Islam, and was also a renowned poetess. Bahiyyih will be releasing a new book which will be quite different from the other three, called href="http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=27469" target="_blank"Us amp;Them, which speaks to the current dilemma that Europe and the US are struggling with, namely immigration. In the interview, Bahiyyih reads excerpts from each of her first 3 novels.