Queen of Carmel: The Shrine of the Báb 1850 - 2011 A story in photographs

By Michael V Day

This book is an illustrated guide to events that led to today’s spectacular vision of the Shrine of the Báb and its garden terraces on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. For members of the Bahá’í Faith around the world, the Shrine is a site of pilgrimage, the holiest place in the world apart from the Shrine of Bah&aa

• Language: English
• Publisher: Enlightened Publications
• Release date: May 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9780648847229

Michael V Day

Michael V. Day is a journalist who was the editor of the Bahá'í World News Service at the Bahá'í World Centre in Haifa, Israel from 2003 to 2006. He lived and worked within a few hundred metres of the Shrine of the Báb. Born and raised in New Zealand, Michael moved with his family to Australia in 1988. He was briefly a lawyer before becoming a newspaper reporter, leader writer, feature writer, foreign correspondent and editor. He first visited the Shrine of the Báb while on pilgrimage in 1980. He has written a trilogy about the history of the Shrine of the Báb, and also a photo book on the same topic. They were published in successive years from 2017-2020. Michael is continuing to write on aspects of the Faith's history. Michael and his wife, Dr Chris Day, live on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

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