When a Voice Is Silenced but a Life Keeps Singing

The book was written with the collaboration of Tara Delbany and later translated into Persian by Homa Sarshar. While the English title emphasizes the idea of “sin,” the Persian title chooses the word “forbidden,” shifting the focus from moral judgment to political and social prohibition. This choice itself reflects one of the memoir’s core themes: how language shapes the way women’s lives are judged.