Daylight Forever
A Memoir

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Daylight Forever

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A true story about a young Bahá’í girl’s dangerous, solo escape from Iran to the US in search of safety and freedom.

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A Story of Resilience, Hope and Tolerance

Daylight Forever: A Memoir

Daylight Forever is the memoir about Mahvash Khajavi-Harvey's dark and lonely escape from a terror-filled childhood as a Baha’i in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iraq-Iran War. 


Just as today's "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests in Iran highlight the effects of women's violent oppression, the 2019 memoir illuminates the consequences of war and religious persecution as well as the denial of education and basic human rights  —  and the lengths to which refugees will go to find a new life. Her daring journey is the only possible option for a frightened teenager who seeks safety, hope, freedom, education and a place to call home. 


This memoir is a story of hope and resilience, tolerance and acceptance. Mahvash illustrates our shared human destiny through the power of  community and compassion. Her “happy ending” of becoming a successful  businesswoman in the United States is inspiring. 


Troubled by the disturbing immigration and refugee crisis at the US southern border, Mahvash, now a US citizen living in Seattle, wrote Daylight Forever to encourage compassion, tolerance and acceptance. 


KUOW's Bill Radke interviewed the author for his podcast on March 17, 2021: "Now when I think of war, I picture a little girl praying for a  spaceship that saves her from the night bombings, by taking her to a  place of light and peace," he says. "I feel her religious faith in that  peace, and in diversity and unity. I feel our cruelty to each other, and the love that’s larger. I appreciate the refugees who walk away from  love, and everything they know, and become a part of the American  story."

Issues from Daylight Forever reverberate today

Escaping war, persecution

Escaping war, persecution

Escaping war, persecution

Immigrants and asylum seekers go to great lengths to escape war, religious persecution and the denial of education and basic human rights to find a new life with safety, hope, freedom, education.

War in Ukraine

Escaping war, persecution

Escaping war, persecution

"No child should ever experience war"

Says Mahvash, her nightmares of war to this date hunts her some 40 years later. The trauma of war changes every cell in your body forever. 

Girls denied an education

Escaping war, persecution

Girls denied an education

How can we sit back and let the Taliban limit education of girls to 6th grade in Afghanistan?


Is there any crime worse that? 

WOMAN.LIFE.FREEDOM

Masking a genocide in Iran

Girls denied an education

Daylight Forever wholeheartedly supports the brave women and girls in Iran who have been protesting since late 2022, fighting for basic human rights and respect.

Women will rise

Masking a genocide in Iran

Masking a genocide in Iran

In 1852, at the age of 38, Tahirih a woman poet was executed for her religious beliefs and activities. Her last recorded words were, “You can kill me as soon as you like, but you will never stop the emancipation of women.”

Masking a genocide in Iran

Masking a genocide in Iran

Masking a genocide in Iran

Watch for the documentary called "Masking a Genocide" to be circulated widely soon. In more than 500 interviews of the Baha'is whose families have been persecuted in Iran since 1979, it is strong evidence of the genocide in Iran that continues today.

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Mona Foundation

Tahirih Justice Center

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project


The 3 organizations named above all help empower underserved and immigrant women.


Baha'is believe in :

  • Independent Investigation of Truth
  • Elimination of Prejudice of Every Kind
  • The Oneness of Humanity
  • One Essential Foundation for All Religions
  • The Harmony of Science and Religion
  • A Universal Auxiliary Language
  • Universal Compulsory Education
  • Equality of Men and Women
  • Establishing a World Parliament
  • The Abolition of the Extremes of Wealth and Poverty


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