Christiane Zahra Guillaume is a French documentary maker who got acquainted with Islam at the age of 32 and became a Muslim.

As a participant of the 7^th General Assembly of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly in Islamic Republic of Iran, in an interview, on how she got acquainted with Islam stated, “After 15 years of working as a social worker, I got to know the problems of women in French society, such as divorce, loneliness, beatings from their alcoholic husbands. Although these cases were not widespread, they did exist.”

“After a while, I could not continue my activity due to busy life. But over time, I realized that I had to make a change in my life. I did not know what caused my depression. But the conditions of French society bothered me,” the French lady continued.

“I entered the university and received a doctorate in the fields of linguistics and sociology. During my studies at the university, I met a group of revolutionary Iranian students. They lent books every day in front of the university. I became interested in them and took books, read them, return them, and again take a new book. These books were related to topics such as the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini, Allameh Tabatabai, Martyr Motahari, and the works of these figures, as well as hijab,” she added.

Travel to Iran

“By reading these books, I gradually became acquainted with Islam and became interested in Iran and decided to travel to the country. At that time, due to the Islamic Revolution, there was no good view of Iran in the West. So that everyone warned me about traveling to Iran. But I travelled to Iran and came back and continued my studies. During this time, I got to know Islam and converted to Islam at the age of 32,” Zahra Guillaume said.

Source: Ahl-ul-Bayt.org