Bahiyyih Nakhjavani's guest appearances

Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

A Bahá'í Perspective

Hamid & Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies

Ponder

Moments of Meaning

Ken Bowers

Rainn Wilson

George Saunders

Ben Guterson

Jane Jensen

Vivian Lee

Robert Wilson

Richard Hoff

Don McCullin

Helen Brown

Jamie Findlay

Anthony Lopez

David Douglas

Dizzy Gillespie

Tom Price

OwlTail

This week, Sean speaks to Bahiyyih Nakhjavani, a writer and poet. While she now resides in eastern France, she was born in Tehran, Iran, and grew up in Kampala, Uganda — with many visits to Haifa, Israel, where her parents lived when she was studying. Bahiyyih shares how her understanding of the United States and the Baha’i “Prayer for America” changed over the years — from her youth as part of “the hippie generation, and the anti-war, anti-vietnam generation" to now, 30 years later, right as the 2020 U.S. election results were coming in.Resources:Abdu'l-Baha's 'Prayer for America'Moments of Meaning is presented by Sean Hinton, mixed and edited by Jamey Heath, and produced by the team at BahaiTeachings.org.Music:Cello by Elika Mahony from the song The Hallowed Beauty.Yang Qin by Jin R from the album Meditations Of The Spirit.

This week, Sean speaks to Bahiyyih Nakhjavani, a writer and poet. While she now resides in eastern France, she was born in Tehran, Iran, and grew up in Kampala, Uganda — with many visits to Haifa, Israel, where her parents lived when she was studying. Bahiyyih shares how her understanding of the United States and the Baha’i “Prayer for America” changed over the years — from her youth as part of “the hippie generation, and the anti-war, anti-vietnam generation" to now, 30 years later, right as the 2020 U.S. election results were coming in.Resources:<ul><li><a href="https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/promulgation-universal-peace/4#822838569" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abdu'l-Baha's 'Prayer for America'</a></li></ul>Moments of Meaning is presented by Sean Hinton, mixed and edited by Jamey Heath, and produced by the team at <a href="http://bahaiteachings.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BahaiTeachings.org</a>.Music:<ul><li>Cello by Elika Mahony from the song <a href="https://music.elikamahony.com/track/the-hallowed-beauty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hallowed Beauty.</a></li><li>Yang Qin by Jin R from the album <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3O4QqdfJzGbmrxBTXCCdER" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meditations Of The Spirit</a>.</li></ul>

Creating Reality Through Prayer with Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

In this very special edition of Ponder, the internationally acclaimed author Bahiyyih Nakhjavani talks to Nathan and Rob about her first three novels, which were all inspired by the historical figure of the Bab, the 200th anniversary of Whose birth is being commemorated this year. Who was the young Persian merchant Who announced that He was the bearer of a message destined to transform the life of humanity? What is it about the Bab's short, intriguing life and the stories surrounding His heroic first followers that has inspired Nakhjavani's work?

In this very special edition of Ponder, the internationally acclaimed author Bahiyyih Nakhjavani talks to Nathan and Rob about her first three novels, which were all inspired by the historical figure of the Bab, the 200th anniversary of Whose birth is being commemorated this year. Who was the young Persian merchant Who announced that He was the bearer of a message destined to transform the life of humanity? What is it about the Bab's short, intriguing life and the stories surrounding His heroic first followers that has inspired Nakhjavani's work?

In conversation with 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.

Bahiyyih is an author that has written three books. Her first book is titled href="<a 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" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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</a>" 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="<a 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" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Bahiyyih-Nakhjavani/dp/0747576602/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1491348741amp;sr=8-1amp;keywords=Paper+Bahiyyih+Nakhjavani</a>" 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="<a 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" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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</a>" 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="<a href="http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=27469" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=27469</a>" 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.

A Bahá'í Perspective:  Bahiyyih Nakhjavani