Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() She chronicles her childhood and upbringing before the Iranian Revolution, her education and student years at the University of Tehran, her marriage and its challenges, her religious faith, and her life as a mother and as an advocate for the oppressed. In 2003 she became the first Muslim woman, and the first Iranian, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. ![]() She is known for defending dissident figures, and for the establishment of a number of non-profit grassroots organisations dedicated to human rights. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo In this remarkable book, Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, tells her extraordinary life story.ĭr Ebadi is a tireless voice for reform in her native Iran, where she argues for a new interpretation of Sharia law in harmony with vital human rights such as democracy, equality before the law, religious freedom and freedom of speech. ![]()
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