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A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
by Shirin Ebadi and Azadeh Moaveni
The moving, inspiring memoir of one of the great women of our times, Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, whose spirit has remained strong in the face of political persecution and despite the challenges she has faced raising a family while pursuing her work.
"An admirable account that will be of special interest to those keeping their eyes on the Middle East." - Kirkus Reviews.
"Ebadi provides a revealing glimpse into a deeply insular society." - Publishers Weekly.
"Ebadi offers a very personal account of her life and her fight for human rights in Iran." - Booklist.
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Azadeh Moaveni is a journalist, writer, and academic who has been covering the Middle East for nearly two decades. She started reporting in Cairo in 1998, while on a Fulbright fellowship to the American University in Cairo. It was from there that she travelled to Iran in 1999, to cover the students riots at the University of Tehran, the worst disturbance the country, her family's homeland, had experienced since its 1979 revolution. For the next several years she reported from throughout the region as Middle East correspondent for Time magazine, based in Tehran, but covering Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Iraq. In 2003 when the United States invaded Iraq, she travelled across land from Tehran to Najaf on the convoy of Ayatollah Baqer Hakim.
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Name Pronunciation
Shirin Ebadi and Azadeh Moaveni: a-zuh-DAY mo-uh-VAH-nee. The first A in "Azadeh" is flat, like the "a" in "dad."
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