A Bahá'í Perspective: Baharieh Rouhani Maani

Baharieh is the author of the work href="http://www.amazon.com/Leaves-The-Twin-Divine-Trees/dp/0853985774/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1414250638amp;sr=8-2-fkmr0amp;keywords=Baharieh+Rouhani+Maani+Asiyijh+Khanum"Leaves of the Twin Divine Trees, an In-depth Study of the Lives of Women Closely Related to the Bab and Baha'u'llah, central figures of the Baha'i Faith. She also wrote the book href="http://www.amazon.com/Against-Incredible-Century-Iranian-Bahai%C2%AD/dp/0853985049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1414250506amp;sr=8-1amp;keywords=Baharieh+Rouhani+Maani+Against+Incredible+Odds"Against Incredible Odds, Life of a 20th Century Iranian Baha'i Family which is the story of her own life; and co-authored the book href="http://www.amazon.com/Kitab-i-Aqdas-Baharieh-Rouhani-Maani-Sovaida/dp/0853984751/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1414250590amp;sr=8-1amp;keywords=Baharieh+Rouhani+Maani+Laws+of+the+Kitab-i-Aqdas"Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Tracing Their Evolution in Religious History a book about the Laws of the Baha'i Faith; and finally she wrote a work called Asiyijh Khanum, the Most Exalted Leaf, the wife of Baha'u'llah, the prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith.. She was born in Shiraz to Baha'i parents from the lineage of early martyrs of the Faith. She studied Persian literary works at the University of Shiraz, Iran, before settling as a Baha'i pioneer in Kenya. Ultimately she joined the staff of the Baha'i World Centre in Haifa Israel and served as Coordinator in the Department of Holy Places, and as a Special Project Aide to the Aqdas Translation Committee that translated the Baha'i book of Laws into English for publication in 1992.