“Mona’s Dream” - a film in the making
Canadian film producer Jack Lenz is working on a new project, a film called “Mona’s Dream“.
Baha’is who were around in the mid-1980s (like me) will remember the sickening shock of learning of the hanging of ten Baha’i women in the Iranian city of Shiraz in 1983. These brave women were executed just because they were Baha’is.
The youngest of the ten women was Mona Mahmudnizhad, whose only “crime” was to teach young Baha’i children about their faith. Mona was 16 when she died.
In 1985 Jack Lenz made a video called “Mona And The Children”, based around a song by Doug Cameron. We watched the video avidly and repeatedly and we wept every time. Even now, when I hear the song I feel a constriction in my throat.
Now Jack Lenz is calling on Baha’i youth to create and sustain service projects in Mona’s name. You can find out more by visiting the Mona’s Dream website.
The picture of Mona is copyright (c) the Baha’i International Community
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How history repeats itself. Now we have more Baha’is held like Mona and her fellow believers were. Their crime? Helping underprivileged children’s education. Mona was aiding refugees evicted in 1978 from their homes by the ruling clergy and revolutionary guards. There needs to be a concerted effort by Baha’is and friends in the wider community to ensure that ‘the whole world’s watching’ to quote from the peace movement of the 70’s.
Paul, many thanks for drawing this significant parallel between Monday and the Bahá’ís in Shiraz - arrested for helping the education of underprivileged children.
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