{"product_id":"open-wide-the-doors-a-memoir-of-faith-hope-and-freedom-in-iran-9781836432234","title":"Open Wide the Doors: A Memoir of Faith, Hope and Freedom in Iran","description":"\u003cb\u003eA courageous memoir from a prize-winning poet and prisoner of conscience in Iran\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mahvash Sabet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oneworld Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.23w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836432234","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48016441442441,"sku":"9781836432234","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_531ee65d-0d07-46e2-b02b-6cc996cb28b6.jpg?v=1787687306","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/open-wide-the-doors-a-memoir-of-faith-hope-and-freedom-in-iran-9781836432234","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}