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Shirin Ebadi

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June 21, 1947 in Hamadan, Iran

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Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شیرین عبادی - Širin Ebâdi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Children's Rights Support Association in Iran. On October 10, 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the first ever Iranian to have received the prize.Ebadi was born in Hamadan, Iran. Her father, Mohammad Ali Ebadi, was the city's chief notary public and professor of commercial law. The family moved to Tehran in 1948.
Ebadi was admitted to the law department University of Tehran in 1965 and upon graduation in 1969 passed the qualification exams to become a judge. After a six-m...more

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Published on March 07, 2011 13:00 • 48 views

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Books by Shirin Ebadi

Average rating: 4.07 · 905 ratings · 161 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Iran Awakening 4.06 avg rating — 883 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Golden Cage: Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny 3.92 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	La Jaula de Oro 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	A Gaiola de Ouro: Três Irmãos no Pesadelo da Revolução Iraniana 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Refugee Rights in Iran 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	حقوق کودک by شیرین عبادی, Shirin Ebadi 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	More Light, Less Heat: Who holds power in the global conversation? by Andres Ilves (Editor/Foreword), Hew Strachan, Rory Stewart 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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“When the gravity of death first touched me, I'd found preoccupation with the minutiae of daily life meaningless. If we ultimately die, and turn to dust in the ground, should it ever truly upset us if the floor hasn't been swept quite recently enough.”
― Shirin Ebadi, Iran Awakening

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