"Just let me paint my flashing eyes with black,
and I would turn the day as dark as hell". - Táhirih.
Tahirih. Illustration by Ivan Lloyd in Tahirih – “A Poetic Vision” (Desert Rose Publishing).
Táhirih unveiled: poet, theologian and revolutionary
Táhirih – an important figure in Persian history – helps us imagine a more diverse feminism and a more progressive Middle East. Her legacy is not limited to Bahá’ís but belongs to all of us.
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