Iran Awakening : One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Life and Country (Paperback)

from four_bears

This was a quick read and definitely interesting. Even more than Reading Lolita in Tehran, it gave me a sense of what Iran is really like-and especially what it's been like since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Shirin Ebadi won the Novel Peace Prize for her work as a lawyer and activist redressin...

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What a great personal insight into the internal life of a woman in Iran, from pre-revolution to 2004. Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of fearless advocacy in jurisprudence and feminism. I have already bought Until We Are Free, her 'sequel' published in 2016 (and she has auth...

from fourbears

This was a quick read and definitely interesting. Even more than Reading Lolita in Tehran, it gave me a sense of what Iran is really like-and especially what it's been like since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.Shirin Ebadi won the Novel Peace Prize for her work as a lawyer and activist redressing...

from labfs39

Every once in a while I read a book that not only personalizes a human rights issue, but does so in a way that inspires without candy-coating the situation. The first book I think of in this category is [I Shall Not Hate] by Izzeldin Abuelaish, who wrote about the Gaza Strip and some of the atroc...

from wickenden

This wonderful little book tells the story of an educated woman of Iran who participated in the Islamic Revolution and rose her voice to criticize it in terms of gender equality and other democratic issues, while remaining utterly faithful to her religion and to her country. She won the noble pri...