Our Story is One
Maryam Safajoo’s paintings are tragic, seductive, original, poignant, and politically charged. She is of the Bahá’í Faith, one which has been treated with extreme brutality by the Iranian regime.
Her process involves in-depth interviews with Bahá’í people who have experienced this brutality. She then painstakingly paints their moving stories. She simultaneously charms us with her folksy, even faux naïve style and confronts us with the horrible reality of her subject matter.
This strategy adds great power to her work and makes her art complex, layered and nuanced. Her work is difficult yet accessible, serious without being somber, beautiful without being decorative, politically charged without being just didactic. The personal experiences of her subjects speak of one of the crucial moral tragedies of our time. Her work is filled with anger but also with love, which makes it complex and compelling.
— Gerry Bergstein, Faculty Emeritus SMFA at Tufts.
Maryam Safajoo’s paintings are tragic, seductive, original, poignant, and politically charged. She is of the Bahá’í Faith, one which has been treated with extreme brutality by the Iranian regime.
Her process involves in-depth interviews with Bahá’í people who have experienced this brutality. She then painstakingly paints their moving stories. She simultaneously charms us with her folksy, even faux naïve style and confronts us with the horrible reality of her subject matter.
This strategy adds great power to her work and makes her art complex, layered and nuanced. Her work is difficult yet accessible, serious without being somber, beautiful without being decorative, politically charged without being just didactic. The personal experiences of her subjects speak of one of the crucial moral tragedies of our time. Her work is filled with anger but also with love, which makes it complex and compelling.
— Gerry Bergstein, Faculty Emeritus SMFA at Tufts.
The Bahá’í Community in Iran |
Recent Times |
Bahá’í History
- Contributors:: Maryam Safajoo (Illustrator and Compiler)
- Format: Hardcover book | 144 pages
- Dimensions: 305 x 305 x 23 mm | 2000 g
- Publisher: Bahá’í Publications Australia, 2024
- Language: English
- SKU: BKS-HIS-H.0604
The Bahá’í Community in Iran
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The Báb and the Babi Community of IranFereydun Vahman
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175 Years of PersecutionFereydun Vahman
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Manijeh, Not Only A Change Of NameManijeh Saatchi
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Shu‘á: Ray of the SunShapour Rassekh
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When Reason SleepsAudrey Mellard
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Our Story is OneMaryam Safajoo
Recent Times
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Lotus of BahapurSheriar Nooreyezdan
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The JourneyNahid Meshgin
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Crossing the LineRichard Abercrombie
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ForeignerHussein Ahdieh
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Bridegroom from BaghdadShar Mitchell
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Without HesitationAnisa Abdul-Razzaq Abbas
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A History of the Bahá'í Faith in South Carolina Louis Venters
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On Wings of JoyLou Turner
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Living in the Half-LightJean Gould
Bahá’í History: Overviews
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A Basic Bahá'í ChronologyGlenn Cameron
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175 Years of PersecutionFereydun Vahman
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The Bahá’í Faith in Words and ImagesJohn Danesh and Seena Fazel
1844-1853: Ministry of The Báb
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The Dawn-BreakersNabil-i-A'zam
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The Báb and the Babi Community of IranFereydun Vahman
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ZanjanAaron Emmel
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Heroes of the New AgeEdward Diliberto
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Heroes of the Dawn BreakersIvan Loyd
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The Chosen PathHussein Ahdieh
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A Child in the Holy LandGisu Mohadjer
1853-1892: Ministry of Bahá’u’lláh
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The Story of Bahá’u’lláhDruzelle Cederquist
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Stories of Baha'u'llahAli-Akbar Furutan
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The Chosen HighwayLady Blomfield
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Treasures of the CauseRose Deloomy
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A Child in the Holy LandGisu Mohadjer
1892-1921: Ministry of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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Vignettes from the Life of 'Abdu'l-BaháAnnamarie Honnold
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A World Without WarHoda Mahmoudi
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Memories of Nine Years in AkkaYouness Afroukhteh
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Lighting the Western SkyKathryn Hogenson
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá in France, 1911-1913Jan Jasion
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The Chosen HighwayLady Blomfield
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Sarah Ann RidgwayMadeline Hellaby
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Two Visits to BristolCarole Huxtable Lulham
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá in New YorkHussein Ahdieh
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A Seed in Your HeartJanet Rose
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Through the eyes of Margaret CousinsKeith Munro (Grandnephew of Margaret Cousins)
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Portraits of some Bahá'í WomenZebby Whitehead
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He Loved and ServedNathan Rutstein
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Perfect ExemplarDariush Lamy
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Portals to FreedomHoward Colby Ives
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William Henry RandallBahiyyih Randall-Winckler
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John David BoschAngelina Diliberto Allen
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The Life of Laura BarneyMona Khademi
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Infinite HorizonsKathryn Jewett Hogenson
1921-1957: Ministry of the Guardian
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Shoghi Effendi, RecollectionsUgo Giachery
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George TownshendDavid Hofman
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A Seed in Your HeartJanet Rose
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The Story Of My Heart‘Alí-Akbar Furútan
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FaiziMay Faizi-Moore
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From Copper to GoldDorothy Freeman
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Portraits of some Bahá'í WomenZebby Whitehead
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A History of the Bahá'í Faith in South Carolina Louis Venters
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Fires in Many HeartsDoris McKay
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The Life of Laura BarneyMona Khademi
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Infinite HorizonsKathryn Jewett Hogenson
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Shu‘á: Ray of the SunShapour Rassekh
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Leroy IoasAnita Ioas Chapman
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A Child in the Holy LandGisu Mohadjer
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Sole Desire Serve CauseDon Brown
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Her Eternal CrownDella Marcus
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Knight with a BriefcaseJudith Kaye Logsdon-Dubois
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The Art of Empowering OthersJuliet Gentzkow
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Hermann Grossmann, Hand of the Cause of GodSusanne Pfaff-Grossmann
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The Life and Times of Charles DunningKeith Munro
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Beyond East and WestBernard Leach
1957 onwards
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FaiziMay Faizi-Moore
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The Story Of My Heart‘Alí-Akbar Furútan
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Our Friend MonaAzadeh Rohanian Perry
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A History of the Bahá'í Faith in South Carolina Louis Venters
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Manijeh, Not Only A Change Of NameManijeh Saatchi
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Without HesitationAnisa Abdul-Razzaq Abbas
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Crossing the LineRichard Abercrombie
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Shu‘á: Ray of the SunShapour Rassekh
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When Reason SleepsAudrey Mellard
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Anchor of FaithRichard W Thomas
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The JourneyNahid Meshgin
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Lotus of BahapurSheriar Nooreyezdan
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Make Life ColorfulOmid Vafa
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Our Story is OneMaryam Safajoo