Parivash Rohani is a Baha'i activist. She grew up in Iran but was sent to live with relatives in India when she was only nineteen, after an incident of violence against the Baha'i community in which her home was burned.[1] While living in India, Rohani married. After six years, when seeking to renew her Iranian passport, she was told by government officials that in order to do so, she had to convert to Islam. She chose instead to let her passport lapse.[1] She resettled in the United States in 1985, as a religious refugee, first living in California and then making a permanent home in Maine.[2] Rohani is an advocate for a human rights campaign called “Education is not a crime”[3][1], which seeks to raise awareness of the challenges faced by the Baha'i community in Iran, including barriers to education. In addition, she also gives talks and shows documentaries on the Baha’i faith.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Rohani, Parivash. "Love is greater than peace, For peace is founded upon love...until love is attained, Peace can not be". My Maine Stories. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ^ "Iranian Refugee Seeks Ways to Give Back to Her Adoptive Community - New American Economy". www.newamericaneconomy.org. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ^ "The Jake Sasseville Show : Parivash Rohani Returned to Iran After 35 Years: Human Rights Via Iran and Education is Not a Crime". thejakesassevilleshow.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ^ "Glimpses of Iran with Parivash Rohani". Camden Conference. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
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