Bibliography: BIB29033

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB29033
reference type	Book
title	Thirty Seconds of Silence
author	Roshan, Fereshteh
year	2020
publisher	Palmetto Publishing
place published	Charleston, SC
issue	7.
ISBN	9781649903181
abstract	Thirty Seconds of Silence is the story of 170 years of injustice and discrimination against the Baha'i Faith, the largest religious minority in Iran. In this vivid and emotional first person memoir, Fereshteh starts out as a young girl living a happy life with her family, despite the rampant discrimination, persecution, and oppression that surrounds them for their beliefs. One day her father is warned that the town's Muslim clergy are urging people to kill her family for disobeying Sharia Law, under which the Baha'i Faith is illegal. A mob attacks, but her mother faces them and gives a powerful speech, shaming them into regret. For young Fereshteh, this is her life's turning point. The family escapes to Shiraz, struggling to save their lives as the country erupts in revolution, experiencing homelessness, sickness, trauma, poverty, and death, until finally fleeing to the United States.
language	English
keywords	ROSHAN, FERESHTEH; BIOGRAPHY; IRAN; PERSECUTION
number of pages	xvii, [1], 149, [1]
call number	BP395 .R674 A1 2020 (BWC - COLLINS)