opinions

“The duality of knowing the pain inflicted by the Iranian government on the Baha’is while feeling such a strong attraction to what I consider to be my homeland has always been an internal paradox for me. But this tension sharpened in 2019 when Ministry of Intelligence agents first arrested and detained my cousin.”

“This Editorial Board believes the evidence proves that, within a matter of months, Mahallati was aware of the killings.”

“From the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve been impressed with the swiftness of the College’s COVID-19 response, the comprehensiveness of its layered health strategy, and the innovation it brought to safely welcoming students back to campus. However, as the College now struggles to meet the high standards it set for itself, our faith is waning.” 

“I should start by clarifying that “being” a Bahá’í is not a passive state — it is a constant striving. I am not a Bahá’í,  I am becoming a Bahá’í. It is in everything I breathe, everything I speak; it is the beauty to which I wake up every morning and go to sleep every night.”