They call them the Hanging gardens of Haifa. Since 2001 you can visit the Bahai gardens and see the shrine of the 'Bab' on Mount Carmel. The gardens are created with great care and were designed by an Iranian architect called Fariborz Sahba. There are 19 terraces, one in the middle with the shrine, 9 terraces going up hill and 9 terraces going downhill, another 18. Both numbers have significant meanings within the Bahai religion.

Who are the Bahai? What do they belief and who is their spiritual leader?

This podcast episode only gives you a short introduction. The essence of the Bahai religion is UNITY. The oneness of God and of all religions, the oneness of humankind and the equality of men and women. They belief that God sent different messengers in different times to different places: Abraham, followed by Krishna, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammad and then followed by the Bab and Baha'u'Allah. The last one came to announce a new world order.

There are about 7 million Baha'i's in the world and it is a fast growing religion.

If you want to know more about the Baha'i faith you can visit their website https://www.bahai.org/

If you want to make a contribution to the podcast and celebrate the first anniversary of the podcast that will be on the 15th of August 2021 then you can go to
https://ko-fi.com/storiesfrompalestine

To connect on social media or to subscribe to the Youtube channel or the newsletter go to
https://linktr.ee/Storiesfrompalestine

Connect to Stories from Palestine on social media, sign up for the newsletter, read more about traveling to Palestine and if you can, please support the podcast on Ko-fi. All the links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/storiesfrompalestine

Support the podcast with a donation: https://ko-fi.com/storiesfrompalestine