Iran Awakening - A Memoir of Revolution and Hope

Informationen zum Autor Born in 1947, Shirin Ebadi trained in law, obtained a doctorate from Tehran University and served as a judge from March 1969 - the first woman ever to do so in Iran. Following the victory of the Islamic Revolution in February 1979 she, and other female judges, were dismissed from their posts and given clerical duties (in Ebadi's case, in the very court she had presided over). She resigned in protest and was, in effect, housebound for many years until finally, in 1992, she succeeded in obtaining a lawyer's license and setting up her own practice. She then represented various high-profile cases of political victims, journalists, child custody cases and others until she was forced to live in exile in London. Klappentext In this remarkable book, Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, tells her extraordinary story. Dr Ebadi is a tireless voice for reform in her native Iran, where she argues for a new interpretation of Islamic law in harmony with vital human rights such as democracy, equality before the law, religious freedom and freedom of speech. She is known for defending dissident figures, and for the establishment of a number of non-profit grassroots organisations dedicated to human rights. In 2003 she became the first Muslim woman, and the first Iranian, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Zusammenfassung Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian human rights lawyer and activist. She is known for defending dissident figures, and for the establishment of a number of non-profit grassroots organisations dedicated to human rights. In 2003, she became the first Muslim woman, and the first Iranian, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Here, she tells her story.

Product details

• Authors: Shirin Ebadi, Ebadi Shirin, Azadeh Moaveni
• Publisher: Rider
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.05.2007
• EAN: 9781846040146
• ISBN: 978-1-84604-014-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: EBURY PRESS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Frau; Berichte, Erinnerungen, Iran : Berichte, Erinnerungen, Iran, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Feminism and feminist theory, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution