{"product_id":"open-wide-the-doors-mahvash-sabet-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\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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1836432232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836432234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oneworld Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs","brand":"Mahvash Sabet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440822759679,"sku":"9781836432234","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_307f0f16-e047-4af1-8d02-45c01a8993a1.jpg?v=1777186895","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/open-wide-the-doors-mahvash-sabet-9781836432234","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}