Fascinating autobiography by the first Muslim woman, and the first Iranian, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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.
Ebadi's inspiring memoir offers a first-hand look at her remarkable
life
*The Times*
Riveting
*Sunday Times*
One of the most remarkable resistance heroines of our dangerous
times
*Telegraph*
The riveting story of an amazing and very brave woman living
through some quite turbulent times. And she emerges with head
unbowed
*Archbishop Desmond Tutu*
One of the staunchest advocates for human rights in her country and
beyond, Ms Ebadi, herself a devout Muslim, represents hope for many
in Muslim societies that Islam and democracy are indeed
compatible
*Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran*
inspiring
*New internationalist*
Human rights activist and winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, Ebadi courageously recounts her life in Iran in this memoir, publishable here only after she brought the U.S. government to court to challenge the Treasury Department's sanctions policy. Collaborating with Moaveni (Lipstick Jihad), Ebadi guides readers through the turbulent recent history of her country. A young judge and pro-revolution activist under the repressive government of the shah, Ebadi says of the Iranian revolution, "We felt as if we had reclaimed a dignity that, until recently, many of us had not even realized we had lost." Her hopes were quickly dashed as it became clear that the Islamic Republic was more concerned with her lack of a headscarf than with her legal reasoning abilities, and she uses the bulk of her book to explain her decision to remain in Iran and brave the challenges faced by independent-minded citizens of a theocracy. Ebadi provides a revealing glimpse into a deeply insular society. She is at her best when discussing the hapless reform movement led by former president Khatami: for instance, though over a dozen moderate women were elected to the national assembly in 2000, they lacked the power to have the women's conference room furnished with chairs. (May 2) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Ebadi's inspiring memoir offers a first-hand look at her remarkable
life * The Times *
Riveting * Sunday Times *
One of the most remarkable resistance heroines of our dangerous
times * Telegraph *
The riveting story of an amazing and very brave woman living
through some quite turbulent times. And she emerges with head
unbowed * Archbishop Desmond Tutu *
One of the staunchest advocates for human rights in her country and
beyond, Ms Ebadi, herself a devout Muslim, represents hope for many
in Muslim societies that Islam and democracy are indeed compatible
* Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran *
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