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THE JOURNAL OF BAHÁ’Í STUDIES

LA REVUE DES ÉTUDES BAHÁ’ÍES/LA REVISTA DE ESTUDIOS BAHÁ’ÍS

Volume 31 Number 3 Fall 2021

Publications Mail Registration No. 09448

EDITOR Michael Sabet EDITOR EMERITUS John S. Hatcher POETRY EDITOR Peter E. Murphy EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Nilufar Gordon EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Caity Bolton, Ann Boyles, Roshan Danesh, Nilufar Gordon, Pierre-Yves Mocquais, Lev Rickards

French translation: Louise Mailhot and Juliette Goudreau Spanish translation: Parviz Shahidinejad

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