Malak Jan Nemati, affectionately called "Saint Jani," devoted her life to the service of others and to the stages of the process of spiritual perfection, which she considered as the essential purpose of every human being. The wisdom and resilience of this remarkable woman, who became the guardian of her brother Ostad Elahi's spiritual thought, are as instructive in today's modern world as they were in her remote village in Iranian Kurdistan so many years ago.