Iran awakening
Subtitle: from prison to peace prize : one woman's struggle at the crossroads of history
By: Shirin Ebadi with Azadeh Moaveni
Contributors: Moaveni, Azadeh, 1976-
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781846176111
Subjects: Women lawyers; Biography; Lawyers; Women judges; Judges; Muslim women; Nobel Prizes; Large type books; Avocates; Biographies; Femmes juges; Musulmanes; Prix Nobel; Livres en gros caractères; Large print books
Description: During her career as a lawyer, writer, and dissident, Shirin Ebadi has spoken out for her native Iran. As a human rights advocate and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, she has given Iran reason to hope for a better future. Ebadi provides an account of a woman standing at the crossroads of history. A lawyer who defends women and children in politically charged cases, she serves as a rebellious voice in a land where such voices are brutally silenced. Ebadi, a committed Muslim, speaks eloquently about the ideals of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. A devoted daughter, wife and mother, she has braved imprisonment, harassment, assassination attempts and her family's humiliation, for the dream of a better Iran.
Notes: Originally published: London: Rider, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.