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Iran Awakening -- An Interview With Shirin Ebadi
Human rights champion Shirin Ebadi talks about censorship, women's rights and the dual role of her Tehran bodyguards. Ebadi was an accomplished female jurist in Iran in the 1970s; after the 1979 Islamic Revolution she was demoted to clerk in the courtroom she once presided over. Today she is a lawyer in Tehran and the author of "Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope" (Random House, 2006, with Azadeh Moaveni). In 2003, Ebadi became the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Recently, with six other female Nobel winners, she created the Women's Nobel Prize Initiative, a nonprofit based in Canada that works for women's rights internationally. Ebadi spoke with New America Media editor Brian Shott in San Francisco. Her translator was Banafsheh Keynoush.
Human rights champion Shirin Ebadi talks about censorship, women's rights and the dual role of her Tehran bodyguards. Ebadi was an accomplished female jurist in Iran in the 1970s; after the 1979 Islamic Revolution she was demoted to clerk in the courtroom she once presided over. Today she is a lawyer in Tehran and the author of "Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope" (Random House, 2006, with Azadeh Moaveni). In 2003, Ebadi became the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Recently, with six other female Nobel winners, she created the Women's Nobel Prize Initiative, a nonprofit based in Canada that works for women's rights internationally. Ebadi spoke with New America Media editor Brian Shott in San Francisco. Her translator was Banafsheh Keynoush.
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