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Iran awakening written with azadeh moaveni, whatever that means is a fairly simple and short memoir, recounting her life, lingering over a number of the more significant cases she was involved in as well as other significant. Read more ebadi won the 2003 nobel peace prize for her work in promoting human rights, particularly for women, children, and political prisoners in iran. Shirin ebadi speaks at oslo freedom forum 2011 irans awakening. In the 1990s ebadi returned to the law as a defender of womens and childrens rights, founding a human rights center that. Shirin ebadi, then 31 years old and irans first female judge, joined her colleagues in storming the office of the minister of justice. Ebadi offers a very personal account of her life and her fight for human rights in iran.
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