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Baha'i Poet & Teacher Honored as International Writer of Courage

October 12, 2017
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Mahvash Sabet shares this year's PEN Pinter Prize with Irish poet Michael Longley. Sabet spent 10 years in jail, where she wrote Prison Poems, which was published in 2014. 

In 2007, Sabet was jailed for her beliefs and for teaching young Baha'is, who are banned from pursuing further education in Iran.

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Mahvash Sabet: International Writer of Courage

October 11, 2017
Saleem Vaillancourt
5 min read
Mahvash Sabet: International Writer of Courage