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廿賱賶 兀賳 賳氐亘丨 兀丨乇丕乇丕賸 : 賳囟丕賱賷 賲賳 兀噩賱 丨賯賵賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賮賷 廿賷乇丕賳
兀賱賴賲鬲 卮賷乇賷賳 毓亘丕丿賷貙 兀賵賱 丕賲乇兀丞 賲爻賱賲丞 鬲丨賵夭 "噩丕卅夭丞 賳賵亘賱 賱賱爻賱丕賲"貙 丕賱賲賱丕賷賷賳 丨賵賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 亘毓賲賱賴丕 賲丨丕賲賷丞 鬲丿丕賮毓 毓賳 丨賯賵賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賮賷 廿賷乇丕賳. 賵賴丕 賴賷 鬲乇賵賷 賯氐賾鬲賴丕貙 賯氐賾丞 丕賱卮噩丕毓丞 賵丕賱鬲丨丿賾賷 賮賷 賲賵丕噩賴丞 丨賰賵賲丞 毓丕夭賲丞 毓賱賶 鬲丿賲賷乇賴丕 賵鬲丨胤賷賲 兀爻乇鬲賴丕 賵丕賱賯囟丕亍 毓賱賶 乇爻丕賱鬲賴丕貙 兀賱丕 賵賴賷 鬲丨賯賷賯 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 賱卮毓亘 賵亘賱丿 鬲丨亘賾賴賲丕.
廿賳賾賴丕 丨賰丕賷丞賹 乇丕卅毓丞 賵賲匕賴賱丞賹貙 賵兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 賲乇賵賾毓丞貙 毓賳 丕賲乇兀丞賺 賱賳 鬲爻鬲爻賱賲 兀亘丿丕賸 兀賷丕賸 鬲賰賳 丕賱賲禺丕胤乇.
賵賲孬賱賲丕 兀賱賴賲鬲 賰賱賲丕鬲賴丕 賵賲丌孬乇賴丕 兀賲丞賸貙 爻賷購賱賴賲賰賻 賰鬲丕亘購賴丕 賴匕丕 毓賱賶 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 卮噩丕毓丞 丕賱丿賮丕毓 毓賳 賲毓鬲賯丿丕鬲賰.
卮賷乇賷賳 毓亘丕丿賷
賲賳 兀賵丕卅賱 丕賱賯丕囟賷丕鬲 賮賷 廿賷乇丕賳貙 賵賲賳 兀亘乇夭 丕賱賳丕卮胤賷賳 毓賱賶 賲爻鬲賵賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賮賷 丕賱丿賮丕毓 毓賳 丨賯賵賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳. 丨丕夭鬲 毓丕賲 2003 "噩丕卅夭丞 賳賵亘賱 賱賱爻賱丕賲" 鬲賯丿賷乇丕賸 賱毓賲賱賴丕. 氐丿乇 賱賴丕 毓賳 丿丕乇 丕賱爻丕賯賷 "廿賷乇丕賳 鬲爻鬲賷賯馗".
廿賳賾賴丕 丨賰丕賷丞賹 乇丕卅毓丞 賵賲匕賴賱丞賹貙 賵兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 賲乇賵賾毓丞貙 毓賳 丕賲乇兀丞賺 賱賳 鬲爻鬲爻賱賲 兀亘丿丕賸 兀賷丕賸 鬲賰賳 丕賱賲禺丕胤乇.
賵賲孬賱賲丕 兀賱賴賲鬲 賰賱賲丕鬲賴丕 賵賲丌孬乇賴丕 兀賲丞賸貙 爻賷購賱賴賲賰賻 賰鬲丕亘購賴丕 賴匕丕 毓賱賶 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 卮噩丕毓丞 丕賱丿賮丕毓 毓賳 賲毓鬲賯丿丕鬲賰.
卮賷乇賷賳 毓亘丕丿賷
賲賳 兀賵丕卅賱 丕賱賯丕囟賷丕鬲 賮賷 廿賷乇丕賳貙 賵賲賳 兀亘乇夭 丕賱賳丕卮胤賷賳 毓賱賶 賲爻鬲賵賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賮賷 丕賱丿賮丕毓 毓賳 丨賯賵賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳. 丨丕夭鬲 毓丕賲 2003 "噩丕卅夭丞 賳賵亘賱 賱賱爻賱丕賲" 鬲賯丿賷乇丕賸 賱毓賲賱賴丕. 氐丿乇 賱賴丕 毓賳 丿丕乇 丕賱爻丕賯賷 "廿賷乇丕賳 鬲爻鬲賷賯馗".
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First published March 15, 2016
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Shirin Ebadi
24听books291听followersShirin Ebadi (Persian: 卮蹖乇蹖賳 毓亘丕丿蹖 - 艩irin Eb芒di; 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-month internship period, she officially started her judging career in March 1969. She continued her studies in University of Tehran in the meanwhile and received a master's degree in law in 1971. In 1975, she became the first woman to preside over a legislative court.
Following the Iranian revolution in 1979, conservative clerics insisted that Islam prohibits women from becoming judges and Ebadi was demoted to a secretarial position at the branch where she had previously presided. She and other female judges protested and were assigned to the slightly higher position of "law expert." She eventually requested early retirement as the situation remained unchanged.
As her applications were repeatedly rejected, Ebadi was not able to practice as a lawyer until 1993, while she already had a law office permit. She used this free time to write books and many articles in Iranian periodicals, which made her known widely.
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-month internship period, she officially started her judging career in March 1969. She continued her studies in University of Tehran in the meanwhile and received a master's degree in law in 1971. In 1975, she became the first woman to preside over a legislative court.
Following the Iranian revolution in 1979, conservative clerics insisted that Islam prohibits women from becoming judges and Ebadi was demoted to a secretarial position at the branch where she had previously presided. She and other female judges protested and were assigned to the slightly higher position of "law expert." She eventually requested early retirement as the situation remained unchanged.
As her applications were repeatedly rejected, Ebadi was not able to practice as a lawyer until 1993, while she already had a law office permit. She used this free time to write books and many articles in Iranian periodicals, which made her known widely.
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December 26, 2023
賮賯乇丞 兀賵賱賶 睾賷乇 賲賴賲丞: 亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 廿賳賷 賲賳 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱爻賳丞 賵鬲丨丿賷丿丕 亘毓丿 賲丕 亘丿兀賳丕 賮賷 賲卮乇賵毓 丕賱鬲禺乇噩貙 賰賳鬲 賲賯乇乇丞 廿賳賷 賲卮 毓丕賷夭丞 兀賯乇兀 丕賷 丨丕噩丞 鬲禺氐 廿賷乇丕賳 (亘毓賷丿 毓賳 丕賱丿乇丕爻丞) 賱丨丿 賲丕 兀禺賱氐 丕賱爻賳丞貙 賵賱賰賳 鬲噩乇賷 丕賱乇賷丕丨 亘賲丕 賱丕 鬲卮鬲賴賷 禺胤丞 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賵亘賲丕 兀賳賷 兀禺賷乇丕 賱賯賷鬲 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賲賳 賰鬲丕亘 丕賱爻賷乇丞 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞 賱賱丨賯賵賯賷丞 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷丞 丕賱毓夭賷夭丞 卮賷乇賷賳 毓亘丕丿賷貙 賵丕賱賱賷 賰丕賳 睾乇賷亘 亘丕賱賳爻亘丕賱賷 丕賳賷 丕爻鬲賲鬲毓鬲 兀賰鬲乇 亘丕賱爻賷乇丞 亘毓丿 丕賱賱賷 賯乇賷鬲賴 禺賱丕賱 丕賱丿乇丕爻丞 賵賰賳鬲 賮丕賴賲丞 丕賰鬲乇 賵賴賷 亘鬲鬲賰賱賲 毓賳 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷 賵毓賳 兀爻賲丕亍 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘毓賷賳賴丕 賮賲賰賳卮 賯乇丕乇 爻賷亍 賱賱丿乇噩丞 廿賳賷 兀賮囟賱 賮賷 丕賱賲賳丕禺 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷 丕賱禺丕賳賯 丿賴..
丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱爻賱亘賷 賴賵 廿賳賷 賯乇賷鬲賴丕 賲毓 丕賱賯賵賯毓丞 賮賱賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 卮賷乇賷賳 亘鬲鬲賰賱賲 毓賳 丕賱丕賳鬲賴丕賰丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賵賳 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷丞 賲賯丿乇鬲卮 兀鬲賵丨丿 賲毓丕賴丕 亘卮賰賱 賰丕賲賱 亘爻亘亘 亘卮丕毓丞 丕賱爻噩賵賳 丕賱爻賵乇賷丞 賵賱賰賳 丿賴 賱丕 賷賯賱賱 賲賳 丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞貙 賵丕賳鬲賴丕賰 丨賯賵賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳貙 賵噩乇丕卅賲 丕賱賯鬲賱 丕賱賱賷 鬲爻亘亘 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷 賱賱賲賵丕胤賳賷賳 丕賱爻賱賲賷賷賳貙 賵丕賳賲丕 賴賵 賮賯胤 卮毓賵乇 丕賳鬲丕亘賳賷 亘爻亘亘 鬲夭丕賲賳 鬲噩乇亘鬲賷 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞..
胤亘毓丕賸 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賲丨夭賳丞 賵賲丐爻賮丞 亘賲丕 兀賳賴丕 亘鬲丨賰賷 賵丕賯毓 賲毓丕卮貙 賵丿賴 賰丕賳 賲鬲賵賯毓 賷毓賳賷.. 丕賳鬲賴賶 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘丿賵賳 兀賷 鬲丨爻賳 賮賷 丕賱兀丨賵丕賱 賵丕賳鬲賴賶 賵卮賷乇賷賳 賲丨乇賵賲丞 賲賳 丕賱乇噩賵毓 賱亘賱丿賴丕 賵兀賴賱賴丕 賵亘爻乇賯丞 丕賱丨賰賵賲丞 賱亘賷鬲賴丕 賵賲丕賱賴丕 賵鬲賮乇賷賯賴丕 毓賳 夭賵噩賴丕貙 丕賳鬲賴賶 賵兀氐丿賯丕卅賴丕 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賳 兀賵 丕賱賯亘賵乇貙 賵賱賰賳 丕賳鬲賴賶 賵賴賷 賱爻丞 毓賳丿賴丕 兀賲賱 亘賲爻鬲賯亘賱 丨乇 賱廿賷乇丕賳.
賴鬲賮囟賱 卮賷乇賷賳 賲賳 兀噩賲賱 丕賱爻鬲丕鬲 丕賱賲賱賴賲丕鬲 丕賱賱賷 賯乇兀鬲 毓賳賴賲貙 賵賮賷 丕鬲賮丕賯賷 賲毓丕賴丕 賮賷 賰鬲賷乇 賵丕禺鬲賱丕賮賷 賲毓丕賴丕 賮賷 丕賱兀賰孬乇..
賴賷 爻鬲 鬲爻鬲丨賯 廿卮丕丿丞 賵鬲賯丿賷乇 賱兀賳賴丕 賲爻鬲毓丿丞 鬲丿丕賮毓 毓賳 兀卮丿 丕賱賳丕爻 丕禺鬲賱丕賮丕 毓賳 兀賮賰丕乇賴丕 賵毓賯賷丿鬲賴丕 賵賲匕賴亘賴丕 賮賯胤 賱兀賳賴賲 鬲毓乇囟賵丕 賱馗賱賲 兀賵 賯賲毓.. 毓賳賷丿丞 賮賷 丕賱丨賯 賵禺爻乇鬲 賰鬲賷乇 賮賷 賲賯丕亘賱 丨乇賷丞 乇兀賷賴丕 賵丕丨鬲乇丕賲賴丕 賱賲亘丕丿卅賴丕 亘卮賰賱 賲丐孬乇 賱兀亘毓丿 賲丿賶.
丕賱禺賲賷爻 佟佗 賲丕賷賵 佗贍佗佗 鈾ワ笍馃摎
丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱爻賱亘賷 賴賵 廿賳賷 賯乇賷鬲賴丕 賲毓 丕賱賯賵賯毓丞 賮賱賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 卮賷乇賷賳 亘鬲鬲賰賱賲 毓賳 丕賱丕賳鬲賴丕賰丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賵賳 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷丞 賲賯丿乇鬲卮 兀鬲賵丨丿 賲毓丕賴丕 亘卮賰賱 賰丕賲賱 亘爻亘亘 亘卮丕毓丞 丕賱爻噩賵賳 丕賱爻賵乇賷丞 賵賱賰賳 丿賴 賱丕 賷賯賱賱 賲賳 丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞貙 賵丕賳鬲賴丕賰 丨賯賵賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳貙 賵噩乇丕卅賲 丕賱賯鬲賱 丕賱賱賷 鬲爻亘亘 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷 賱賱賲賵丕胤賳賷賳 丕賱爻賱賲賷賷賳貙 賵丕賳賲丕 賴賵 賮賯胤 卮毓賵乇 丕賳鬲丕亘賳賷 亘爻亘亘 鬲夭丕賲賳 鬲噩乇亘鬲賷 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞..
胤亘毓丕賸 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賲丨夭賳丞 賵賲丐爻賮丞 亘賲丕 兀賳賴丕 亘鬲丨賰賷 賵丕賯毓 賲毓丕卮貙 賵丿賴 賰丕賳 賲鬲賵賯毓 賷毓賳賷.. 丕賳鬲賴賶 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘丿賵賳 兀賷 鬲丨爻賳 賮賷 丕賱兀丨賵丕賱 賵丕賳鬲賴賶 賵卮賷乇賷賳 賲丨乇賵賲丞 賲賳 丕賱乇噩賵毓 賱亘賱丿賴丕 賵兀賴賱賴丕 賵亘爻乇賯丞 丕賱丨賰賵賲丞 賱亘賷鬲賴丕 賵賲丕賱賴丕 賵鬲賮乇賷賯賴丕 毓賳 夭賵噩賴丕貙 丕賳鬲賴賶 賵兀氐丿賯丕卅賴丕 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賳 兀賵 丕賱賯亘賵乇貙 賵賱賰賳 丕賳鬲賴賶 賵賴賷 賱爻丞 毓賳丿賴丕 兀賲賱 亘賲爻鬲賯亘賱 丨乇 賱廿賷乇丕賳.
賴鬲賮囟賱 卮賷乇賷賳 賲賳 兀噩賲賱 丕賱爻鬲丕鬲 丕賱賲賱賴賲丕鬲 丕賱賱賷 賯乇兀鬲 毓賳賴賲貙 賵賮賷 丕鬲賮丕賯賷 賲毓丕賴丕 賮賷 賰鬲賷乇 賵丕禺鬲賱丕賮賷 賲毓丕賴丕 賮賷 丕賱兀賰孬乇..
賴賷 爻鬲 鬲爻鬲丨賯 廿卮丕丿丞 賵鬲賯丿賷乇 賱兀賳賴丕 賲爻鬲毓丿丞 鬲丿丕賮毓 毓賳 兀卮丿 丕賱賳丕爻 丕禺鬲賱丕賮丕 毓賳 兀賮賰丕乇賴丕 賵毓賯賷丿鬲賴丕 賵賲匕賴亘賴丕 賮賯胤 賱兀賳賴賲 鬲毓乇囟賵丕 賱馗賱賲 兀賵 賯賲毓.. 毓賳賷丿丞 賮賷 丕賱丨賯 賵禺爻乇鬲 賰鬲賷乇 賮賷 賲賯丕亘賱 丨乇賷丞 乇兀賷賴丕 賵丕丨鬲乇丕賲賴丕 賱賲亘丕丿卅賴丕 亘卮賰賱 賲丐孬乇 賱兀亘毓丿 賲丿賶.
丕賱禺賲賷爻 佟佗 賲丕賷賵 佗贍佗佗 鈾ワ笍馃摎
March 12, 2016
It is candidate election time here in the USA and one from each party will be our next president. If there is only one thing, and there was in fact many more, that this book highlighted, it was the importance of the government leader. This amazing woman won the Nobel prize for peace in Iran and her life changed with his subsequent leader. Once a judge, she was basically forced out and started her own group as a legal advisor for those who could not get justice under Iran's constantly changing legal system.
I often think of the randomness of where we were born, our race, what country we live in. How lucky I am to be here and not there. But, this remarkable woman loves her country, her people and continues to fight despite threats to herself, her husband, her daughters. Many left, she stayed because leaving would be giving up. This is am very candid story, personal and professional, and provides a look inside Iran, the corruption, religious views, the fears and the small victories. I found it quite eye opening.
ARC from Netgalley.
I often think of the randomness of where we were born, our race, what country we live in. How lucky I am to be here and not there. But, this remarkable woman loves her country, her people and continues to fight despite threats to herself, her husband, her daughters. Many left, she stayed because leaving would be giving up. This is am very candid story, personal and professional, and provides a look inside Iran, the corruption, religious views, the fears and the small victories. I found it quite eye opening.
ARC from Netgalley.
February 11, 2016
4 high stars. I think of myself as somewhat aware of what鈥檚 going on in the world, but reading Until We Are Free makes me think that I might be deluding myself and that I have so much to learn and understand. I had never heard of the author Sherin Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace prize in 2003. And I really did not know much beyond a fairly superficial understanding of life and politics in Iran. Until We Are Free is a memoir of Ebadi鈥檚 recent years. By immersing myself in this powerful book, I feel that I have discovered an extraordinary individual and learned about yet another country rife with brutality and human rights abuses. Ebadi was a judge in Iran in the 1970s up until the Iranian revolution in 1979. After the revolution, she was no longer allowed to be a judge and it was not until 1993 that she was permitted to work as a lawyer. In that role, she has been an outspoken activist in the areas of human rights and democratic rights 鈥� working for the rights of individuals in Iran and being outspoken on the international stage -- leading to her Novel prize in 2003. In 2009, she left Iran because it became too unsafe for her to continue to be an outspoken activist within Iran. Her memoir starts in the mid 2000s and goes up to 2014. It is a very forceful and candid account of her beliefs and commitment, and the toll that her work and prominence have had on her and her family. While in Iran, her ability to do her work was increasingly eroded, she and her family were under constant surveillance and she received many threats to her safety and life. After leaving Iran in 2009, the government tried to use Ebadi鈥檚 husband and sister 鈥� who both remained in Iran 鈥� to pressure her into not speaking out in the public forum. The description of what happened to her husband is particularly heartbreaking. Despite the difficult subject matter, this is a very readable book. Ebadi provides a tremendous amount of helpful historical and political background to give context to her own story. This is a very moving book. Ebadi is very forthright about her own story, and the impact her choices have had on her family. This is a book that does not give much hope, with exception of Ebadi herself and others who despite tremendous odds and adversarial conditions continue to struggle for what is right and important. This book was eye opening and powerful 鈥� it was well worth the read. Thank you to the publisher for an opportunity to read an advance copy.
January 12, 2018
Initially I hid all my review, as I felt it was too boring, but kind comments from 欧宝娱乐' friends have now persuaded me to make it public.....
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian who is hugely committed to human rights. These have been badly abused since her country has been under the ultimate control of an Islamic supreme leader, and Sharia law has gained a strong foothold.
There are elections in Iran, and presidents are elected, but these have got more and more skewed. In recent times all the candidates for the elections have been chosen by the supreme leader and his cohorts, and they have the ultimate control in guiding the country's policies.
Ebadi was originally a judge, but was reduced to the role of cleric when under Sharia law it was said that women could not be judges. She then worked for people who were being persecuted by the state for their political views.
In 2003 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for "her efforts for democracy and human rights." (Typically, the Iranian government forbade the state radio and TV stations to mention it. ) With the money she got from the prize she purchased an apartment to act as headquarters for "The Defenders of Human Rights Centre" - an organisation she had founded of Iranian lawyers, which defended political prisoners and promoted legal and human rights.
Meanwhile, Western films and music were banned, and the internet was filtered so that only certain topics could get through.
Ebadi and her husband Javad, were endlessly harassed. Their phones were tapped. Vigilante and militia groups threatened them outside their apartment. Her offices were raided by intelligence agents on several occasions, and documents taken away. Three of her secretaries were bullied by intelligence agents into quitting. In the end she worked with a secretary abroad, in Washington, as it was too dangerous for Iranians to work for her in this role. Her husband spent three weeks in prison in 2000 on some pretext. He was nevertheless very supportive of her work.
Another important issue for Ebadi was landmines. Iran has the second highest level of landmines in the world, a legacy of its war with Iraq. The government minimises the severity of the problem. Ebadi set up "The Mine Clearing Collaboration Association" and part of its remit was to make the landmine situation more public.
Ebadi did quite a lot of travelling abroad, and in 2009 she and her family decided it was too dangerous for her to go back to Iran, and so she took exile in Britain. Luckily her two daughters were already studying abroad, so were out of Iran. She continued endlessly to campaign for the rights of Iranian citizens, and to alert the world to the wrongdoings of the Iranian government.
The government was furious at her activities. Her sister was taken off at midnight and imprisoned in solitary confinement for 3 weeks. Her husband was endless harassed. He tried to leave Iran but was unable to do so because his passport was taken and then despoiled. He lost his job. They made him speak against Ebadi on television, saying that she had abused him. (Apparently this was quite a common practise, to force people to publicly harangue their loved ones.) In the end they set up a honey trap. They got a women he had once had an affair with to pretend she was interested in a liaison, and then intelligence officers broke in and charged him with adultery (an offence under Sharia law.)
Normally I would not have much sympathy for someone who was in this situation, but by now Javid was a completely broken man, and I felt extremely sorry for him. For the most part he had been a loving and supportive husband, but he was reduced to rubble by the antics of the government. In the end he and his Ebadi got divorced in 2013.
The government said they were going to tax the money that Ebadi had got from the Nobel Prize. A colleague of hers tried to argue with this on legal grounds, and was sentenced to six years imprisonment as a result. The colleague was also barred from practising law or leaving the country for 20 years. As matters stand, two of Ebadi's three houses have been sold by the government, but she is still in debt to the authorities for these unpaid taxes.
Ebadi was showing strong signs of stress due to all of this. Besides the obvious emotional toll she also lost her eyebrows. She nevertheless continued passionately with her campaigning.
Interestingly, although Ebadi talks about Islamic issues affecting women, Iran seems to be a place where (so far) things are not too bad for them. Violence against women is much less than it is in surrounding countries like Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. Literacy amongst Iranian girls and young women is nearly 99%, and women make up over 60% of all university students. They are also part of the workplace.
Nevertheless, anyone who questions or opposes the government is treated mercilessly and without recourse to proper laws and legal treatment, and these are the people that Ebadi has always sought to help.
She describes the political situation thus...
"The regime's hard liners are a social minority today, and though society itself has bounded ahead, those representing the extremist minority are tragically in control. And like all dictators they are clinging to power with vicious violence."
She speaks interestingly of the political situation abroad too...
"Iran, as the only country with an overwhelming Sharia majority, seeks to assert itself as the leading Sharia power in the world, to cultivate Sharias in other countries, and to encourage them to rise up against their rulers. This ambition underpins Iran's involvement in the Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. Iran's behaviour has deeply alarmed Saudi Arabia, which sees itself as the Sunni opposing pole in the region. The two countries' rivalry will continue to destabilize the region."
All in all, the picture she paints of today's Iranian government is pretty black. It was particularly relevant to read this now, whilst we have been hearing about people protesting in Iran.
I found that this book worked very well on two levels, firstly giving some fascinating insights into Iran, and secondly giving insights into Ebadi, as the extraordinary woman that she is.
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian who is hugely committed to human rights. These have been badly abused since her country has been under the ultimate control of an Islamic supreme leader, and Sharia law has gained a strong foothold.
There are elections in Iran, and presidents are elected, but these have got more and more skewed. In recent times all the candidates for the elections have been chosen by the supreme leader and his cohorts, and they have the ultimate control in guiding the country's policies.
Ebadi was originally a judge, but was reduced to the role of cleric when under Sharia law it was said that women could not be judges. She then worked for people who were being persecuted by the state for their political views.
In 2003 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for "her efforts for democracy and human rights." (Typically, the Iranian government forbade the state radio and TV stations to mention it. ) With the money she got from the prize she purchased an apartment to act as headquarters for "The Defenders of Human Rights Centre" - an organisation she had founded of Iranian lawyers, which defended political prisoners and promoted legal and human rights.
Meanwhile, Western films and music were banned, and the internet was filtered so that only certain topics could get through.
Ebadi and her husband Javad, were endlessly harassed. Their phones were tapped. Vigilante and militia groups threatened them outside their apartment. Her offices were raided by intelligence agents on several occasions, and documents taken away. Three of her secretaries were bullied by intelligence agents into quitting. In the end she worked with a secretary abroad, in Washington, as it was too dangerous for Iranians to work for her in this role. Her husband spent three weeks in prison in 2000 on some pretext. He was nevertheless very supportive of her work.
Another important issue for Ebadi was landmines. Iran has the second highest level of landmines in the world, a legacy of its war with Iraq. The government minimises the severity of the problem. Ebadi set up "The Mine Clearing Collaboration Association" and part of its remit was to make the landmine situation more public.
Ebadi did quite a lot of travelling abroad, and in 2009 she and her family decided it was too dangerous for her to go back to Iran, and so she took exile in Britain. Luckily her two daughters were already studying abroad, so were out of Iran. She continued endlessly to campaign for the rights of Iranian citizens, and to alert the world to the wrongdoings of the Iranian government.
The government was furious at her activities. Her sister was taken off at midnight and imprisoned in solitary confinement for 3 weeks. Her husband was endless harassed. He tried to leave Iran but was unable to do so because his passport was taken and then despoiled. He lost his job. They made him speak against Ebadi on television, saying that she had abused him. (Apparently this was quite a common practise, to force people to publicly harangue their loved ones.) In the end they set up a honey trap. They got a women he had once had an affair with to pretend she was interested in a liaison, and then intelligence officers broke in and charged him with adultery (an offence under Sharia law.)
Normally I would not have much sympathy for someone who was in this situation, but by now Javid was a completely broken man, and I felt extremely sorry for him. For the most part he had been a loving and supportive husband, but he was reduced to rubble by the antics of the government. In the end he and his Ebadi got divorced in 2013.
The government said they were going to tax the money that Ebadi had got from the Nobel Prize. A colleague of hers tried to argue with this on legal grounds, and was sentenced to six years imprisonment as a result. The colleague was also barred from practising law or leaving the country for 20 years. As matters stand, two of Ebadi's three houses have been sold by the government, but she is still in debt to the authorities for these unpaid taxes.
Ebadi was showing strong signs of stress due to all of this. Besides the obvious emotional toll she also lost her eyebrows. She nevertheless continued passionately with her campaigning.
Interestingly, although Ebadi talks about Islamic issues affecting women, Iran seems to be a place where (so far) things are not too bad for them. Violence against women is much less than it is in surrounding countries like Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. Literacy amongst Iranian girls and young women is nearly 99%, and women make up over 60% of all university students. They are also part of the workplace.
Nevertheless, anyone who questions or opposes the government is treated mercilessly and without recourse to proper laws and legal treatment, and these are the people that Ebadi has always sought to help.
She describes the political situation thus...
"The regime's hard liners are a social minority today, and though society itself has bounded ahead, those representing the extremist minority are tragically in control. And like all dictators they are clinging to power with vicious violence."
She speaks interestingly of the political situation abroad too...
"Iran, as the only country with an overwhelming Sharia majority, seeks to assert itself as the leading Sharia power in the world, to cultivate Sharias in other countries, and to encourage them to rise up against their rulers. This ambition underpins Iran's involvement in the Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. Iran's behaviour has deeply alarmed Saudi Arabia, which sees itself as the Sunni opposing pole in the region. The two countries' rivalry will continue to destabilize the region."
All in all, the picture she paints of today's Iranian government is pretty black. It was particularly relevant to read this now, whilst we have been hearing about people protesting in Iran.
I found that this book worked very well on two levels, firstly giving some fascinating insights into Iran, and secondly giving insights into Ebadi, as the extraordinary woman that she is.
May 15, 2020
Ebadi opens her 2016 memoir and narrative with a story about her work as a human rights lawyer in the early 2000s defending children and teens who are imprisoned and (sometimes) executed by the state for "crimes" they may or may not have committed. Opening the book with this gravitas sets the tone - serious, life-altering, and dangerous work. She briefly retraces the shifts and changes in her own career after the 1979 Revolution / overthrow of the Shah, and the shift to sharia law in her country. As a woman, she was no longer allowed to hold court as a judge, but continues her work as a pro bono attorney fighting for women and children's rights.
Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, making her the first Muslim woman and first Iranian to receive this honor.
She describes the increased state surveillance after the Nobel Prize ceremony, the threats to her and her family, and further resistance and activism against the administration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the mid/late 2000s.
Told in chapter narratives/essays, this book offers insight into Iranian politics, human rights abuses, as well as the role of women in Iranian society. Ebadi continues this work in exile.
Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, making her the first Muslim woman and first Iranian to receive this honor.
She describes the increased state surveillance after the Nobel Prize ceremony, the threats to her and her family, and further resistance and activism against the administration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the mid/late 2000s.
Told in chapter narratives/essays, this book offers insight into Iranian politics, human rights abuses, as well as the role of women in Iranian society. Ebadi continues this work in exile.
January 11, 2020
毓賳丿賲丕 賵囟亘鬲 卮賷乇賷賳 毓亘丕丿賷 丨賯賷亘鬲賴丕 賱賱爻賮乇 廿賱賶 兀賵乇賵亘丕 賮賷 毓丕賲 佗贍贍侃 賱丨囟賵乇 賲丐鬲賲乇 賲丕貙 賱賲 賷丿乇 賮賷 禺賱丿賴丕 亘兀賳 鬲匕賰乇鬲賴丕 爻鬲賰賵賳 亘丿賵賳 毓賵丿丞 賱胤賴乇丕賳貙 賱匕賱賰 賱賲 鬲賴鬲賲 賰孬賷乇賸丕 亘賲丕 爻鬲丨賲賱賴 賲毓賴丕 賲賳 兀賲鬲毓丞貙 賵賱賵 兀賳賴丕 兀丿乇賰鬲 亘兀賳賴丕 賱賳 鬲毓賵丿 賲噩丿丿賸丕 賱廿賷乇丕賳 賱乇亘賲丕 賲賱兀鬲 丨賯賷亘鬲賴丕 亘鬲乇丕亘 賲賳 丕賱亘爻鬲丕賳 丕賱匕賷 夭乇毓鬲 兀卮噩丕乇賴 卮噩乇丞 卮噩乇丞 (賵丿賮毓賴丕 丕賱賳馗丕賲 賱亘賷毓賴 賱丕丨賯賸丕)貙 毓賵囟賸丕 毓賳 丕賱賯賲氐丕賳 賵丕賱兀丨匕賷丞 賵兀丿賵丕鬲 丕賱夭賷賳丞.
卮賷乇賷賳 毓亘丕丿賷貙 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 鬲卮睾賱 賲賳氐亘 賯丕囟賷丞 賯亘賱 兀賳 賷爻鬲賵賱賷 賳馗丕賲 丕賱賲賱丕賱賷 毓賱賶 丕賱爻賱胤丞 賮賷 丕賱孬賲丕賳賷賳賷丕鬲 賵賷丨賵賱賴丕 廿賱賶 賲噩乇丿 賰丕鬲亘丞貙 賱賲 鬲鬲禺賷賱 賮賷 兀爻賵兀 賰賵丕亘賷爻賴丕 亘兀賳賴丕 賱賳 鬲乇賶 亘賱丿賴丕 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶貙 賵賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 乇賮囟鬲 兀賳 鬲睾丕丿乇賴 賮賷 兀丨賱賰 兀賵賯丕鬲賴 賰賲丕 賮毓賱 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 兀氐丿賯丕卅賴丕 賵賲毓丕乇賮賴丕貙 賵馗賱鬲 鬲丨丕乇亘 丕賱賳馗丕賲 毓賱賶 胤乇賷賯鬲賴丕 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱丿賮丕毓 毓賳 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷賷賳 .. 賵亘丿賵賳 賲賯丕亘賱.
賵賱兀賳 丕賱賲氐丕卅亘 賱丕 鬲兀鬲賷 賮乇丕丿賶貙 賮廿賳 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱賯匕乇 賮賷 廿賷乇丕賳貙 賰兀賷 賳馗丕賲 賯匕乇 賮賷 兀賷 賲賰丕賳貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 鬲亘賷賳 賱賴 亘兀賳 丕賱囟噩丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲孬賷乇賴丕 卮賷乇賷賳 毓亘丕丿賷貙 丕賱丨丕氐賱丞 毓賱賶 噩丕卅夭丞 賳賵亘賱 賱賱爻賱丕賲貙 賮賷 丕賱禺丕乇噩 兀賰孬乇 賲賲丕 賷賲賰賳賴 丕丨鬲賲丕賱賴貙 賱賲 賷賰鬲賮 亘賵氐賮賴丕 "禺丕卅賳丞貙 賵賲鬲丌賲乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱丿賵賱丞貙 賵毓賲賷賱丞 賱丿賵賱 兀噩賳亘賷丞"貙 亘賱 賯丕賲 亘賲囟丕賷賯丞 夭賵噩賴丕 賵卮賯賷賯鬲賴丕 賵氐丿賷賯丕鬲賴丕貙 賮丕賱賳馗丕賲 賷鬲亘毓 賯丕毓丿丞 丕賱卮乇 賷毓賲 賵丕賱禺賷乇 賷禺氐貙 賵賲丕 鬲賮毓賱賴 卮賷乇賷賳 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賴匕丕 丕賱賳馗丕賲 卮乇 賵亘丕賱鬲丕賱賷 賮廿賳 丕賱毓賯丕亘 賷噩亘 兀賳 賷卮賲賱 賰賱 賲丕 賵賲賳 賱賴 氐賱丞 亘賴丕.
賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 丕賱匕賷 氐丿乇 賮賷 毓丕賲 佗贍佟佴 貙 鬲毓鬲乇賮 卮賷乇賷賳 毓亘丕丿賷 亘兀賳賴丕 賲鬲卮丕卅賲丞 賲賳 賲爻鬲賯亘賱 丕賱賳馗丕賲貙 賵賮毓賱丕賸 賰丕賳 鬲卮丕丐賲賴丕 賮賷 賲丨賱賴 賮賯丿 丕夭丿丕丿鬲 卮乇丕爻丞 賵賵丨卮賷丞 丕賱賳馗丕賲 賲賳匕 匕賱賰 丕賱賵賯鬲 賵丨賵賱 丨賷丕丞 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷賷賳 廿賱賶 噩丨賷賲 兀賰孬乇 亘卮丕毓丞 賵亘丐爻賸丕 賲賲賾丕 賲囟賶.
賵賱賰賳 毓夭丕亍 賰賱 廿賷乇丕賳賷貙 賵賰賱 毓乇亘賷 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賲賳胤賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 毓丕孬 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷 賮爻丕丿賸丕 賵廿賮爻丕丿賸丕貙 亘兀賳 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷賷賳 丕賱卮乇賮丕亍 爻賷爻鬲賲乇賵賳 賮賷 廿夭毓丕噩 丕賱賳馗丕賲 亘兀氐賵丕鬲賴賲 廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿 賵 .. 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷氐亘丨賵丕 兀丨乇丕乇丕賸.
卮賷乇賷賳 毓亘丕丿賷貙 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 鬲卮睾賱 賲賳氐亘 賯丕囟賷丞 賯亘賱 兀賳 賷爻鬲賵賱賷 賳馗丕賲 丕賱賲賱丕賱賷 毓賱賶 丕賱爻賱胤丞 賮賷 丕賱孬賲丕賳賷賳賷丕鬲 賵賷丨賵賱賴丕 廿賱賶 賲噩乇丿 賰丕鬲亘丞貙 賱賲 鬲鬲禺賷賱 賮賷 兀爻賵兀 賰賵丕亘賷爻賴丕 亘兀賳賴丕 賱賳 鬲乇賶 亘賱丿賴丕 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶貙 賵賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 乇賮囟鬲 兀賳 鬲睾丕丿乇賴 賮賷 兀丨賱賰 兀賵賯丕鬲賴 賰賲丕 賮毓賱 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 兀氐丿賯丕卅賴丕 賵賲毓丕乇賮賴丕貙 賵馗賱鬲 鬲丨丕乇亘 丕賱賳馗丕賲 毓賱賶 胤乇賷賯鬲賴丕 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱丿賮丕毓 毓賳 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷賷賳 .. 賵亘丿賵賳 賲賯丕亘賱.
賵賱兀賳 丕賱賲氐丕卅亘 賱丕 鬲兀鬲賷 賮乇丕丿賶貙 賮廿賳 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱賯匕乇 賮賷 廿賷乇丕賳貙 賰兀賷 賳馗丕賲 賯匕乇 賮賷 兀賷 賲賰丕賳貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 鬲亘賷賳 賱賴 亘兀賳 丕賱囟噩丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲孬賷乇賴丕 卮賷乇賷賳 毓亘丕丿賷貙 丕賱丨丕氐賱丞 毓賱賶 噩丕卅夭丞 賳賵亘賱 賱賱爻賱丕賲貙 賮賷 丕賱禺丕乇噩 兀賰孬乇 賲賲丕 賷賲賰賳賴 丕丨鬲賲丕賱賴貙 賱賲 賷賰鬲賮 亘賵氐賮賴丕 "禺丕卅賳丞貙 賵賲鬲丌賲乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱丿賵賱丞貙 賵毓賲賷賱丞 賱丿賵賱 兀噩賳亘賷丞"貙 亘賱 賯丕賲 亘賲囟丕賷賯丞 夭賵噩賴丕 賵卮賯賷賯鬲賴丕 賵氐丿賷賯丕鬲賴丕貙 賮丕賱賳馗丕賲 賷鬲亘毓 賯丕毓丿丞 丕賱卮乇 賷毓賲 賵丕賱禺賷乇 賷禺氐貙 賵賲丕 鬲賮毓賱賴 卮賷乇賷賳 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賴匕丕 丕賱賳馗丕賲 卮乇 賵亘丕賱鬲丕賱賷 賮廿賳 丕賱毓賯丕亘 賷噩亘 兀賳 賷卮賲賱 賰賱 賲丕 賵賲賳 賱賴 氐賱丞 亘賴丕.
賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 丕賱匕賷 氐丿乇 賮賷 毓丕賲 佗贍佟佴 貙 鬲毓鬲乇賮 卮賷乇賷賳 毓亘丕丿賷 亘兀賳賴丕 賲鬲卮丕卅賲丞 賲賳 賲爻鬲賯亘賱 丕賱賳馗丕賲貙 賵賮毓賱丕賸 賰丕賳 鬲卮丕丐賲賴丕 賮賷 賲丨賱賴 賮賯丿 丕夭丿丕丿鬲 卮乇丕爻丞 賵賵丨卮賷丞 丕賱賳馗丕賲 賲賳匕 匕賱賰 丕賱賵賯鬲 賵丨賵賱 丨賷丕丞 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷賷賳 廿賱賶 噩丨賷賲 兀賰孬乇 亘卮丕毓丞 賵亘丐爻賸丕 賲賲賾丕 賲囟賶.
賵賱賰賳 毓夭丕亍 賰賱 廿賷乇丕賳賷貙 賵賰賱 毓乇亘賷 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賲賳胤賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 毓丕孬 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷 賮爻丕丿賸丕 賵廿賮爻丕丿賸丕貙 亘兀賳 丕賱廿賷乇丕賳賷賷賳 丕賱卮乇賮丕亍 爻賷爻鬲賲乇賵賳 賮賷 廿夭毓丕噩 丕賱賳馗丕賲 亘兀氐賵丕鬲賴賲 廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿 賵 .. 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷氐亘丨賵丕 兀丨乇丕乇丕賸.
April 8, 2016
Dr. Shirin Ebadi became Iran鈥檚 first female judge in 1975 in Tehran. Following the Iranian revolution in 1979, she was demoted and assigned to a secretarial post. She eventually became a defender of human rights for those persecuted by the government, setting up her own Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran. In 2003 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for her efforts on behalf of democracy and human rights. This book, written in exile from Iran, is a personal story recounting how the Iranian government reacted to her Nobel win since 2003.
Ebadi says several times in this narrative that she is not an opponent of the state: she is a defender of human rights. She wonders 鈥渉ow Iran鈥檚 history might have unfolded differently had Mossadegh not been tripped up by the United States just as he sought to move the country down the path of true independence.鈥� When Ebadi was a law student in the 1960鈥檚, her classes studied the key principles of Islamic sharia, despite the secular government at that time. Ebadi鈥檚 daughter, also a law student many years later, learned less than a third of what Ebadi had studied with regard to sharia law, despite the religious nature of the leadership. Ebadi thinks this might be because 鈥渨ell-trained and erudite students would be equipped to argue for fresher and more modern angles and approaches to Islamic law.鈥�
Constant surveillance and persistent attempts by the government to discredit Ebadi鈥檚 reputation and stymie her legal work led finally to the government targeting her daughters, husband, sister, and friends by search and seizure in their homes, abusive interrogation sessions, and jail time. All of these attempts at intimidation failed because Ebadi believed that if she stopped her work due to one or another intrusion by the government, her accusers would recognize her weak spot and would intensify their attacks even as she withdrew from the arena. There was nothing for it but to continue. Eventually the government confiscated the passports of her family members, and while she was out of the country attending a seminar just before the 2009 presidential election, brought a case against her. Facing jail in Iran should she return, Ebadi has been residing in Great Britain while continuing her work, every day hoping to be allowed to return to Tehran.
This simply written account of her years of protest is not a screed, but a quiet and insistently-argued call for reason. In detailing the annoyances and illegal attempts to curtail the rights of citizens in Iran, we get the sense of a very well-educated and politically-astute populace who see the limits of their current leadership. The protests during the 2009 election demonstrated that more than a few people felt their votes were not registering when Amadinejad was elected president. As protest, individuals would get on the roof of their apartment buildings and yell out 鈥淎lloaho akbar!鈥� often late at night, every night. When Amadinejad called his oppnents 鈥漦has o khasak鈥�, or dust and dirt, a young musician made a music video called 鈥淜has o Khashak鈥� that quickly went viral.
During the final pages of this memoir Ebadi discusses Iranian involvement in the great Middle East, showing how Iran is doing as every nation ever has: supporting groups when it is in their interest to do so, not out of solidarity or even religious fervor. 鈥淲hat of the massacre of Muslims in Chechnya or the ruthless killing of Uighur Muslims in China? Iran has said little, if anything about these abuses because Russia and China are firm supporters, willing to defend Iran鈥檚 nuclear ambitions鈥︹€�
Ebadi addresses the nuclear agreement signed between the United States and Iran, saying that she has always thought Iran had the right to use nuclear technology for power. Only lately has she learned that nuclear power has significant downsides, especially in a country with a major earthquake fault lying directly beneath it. Upon learning that nuclear power is protested mightily in the U.S., poses dangers like those exhibited at Fukushima in Japan, and will be phased out entirely in Germany by 2022, Ebadi thinks Iran鈥檚 leadership should be more aggressive in pursuing renewables, considering their location in the sun spot of the world.
When it came to the 2013 election of the moderate-sounding Hassan Rouhani, Ebadi says it only took until Rouhani had appointed his cabinet for everyone to see just how (not)moderate he was.
And yet Ebani see the enormous challenges Rouhani faces in Tehran today, and suggests he might begin with something he can actually tackle, like human rights abuses, late-night raids, confessions extracted through torture, and unofficial detentions. Keep the outmoded and discriminatory laws if necessary, but allow cases to be argued in court at least. There is always 鈥渟omething that needs to be done first鈥� in every list of priorities, but beginning is the real test of leadership.
Iran can be great again, Ebani suggests, if the government would just get out of the way of the citizenry, and allow sects, minorities, and women to contribute, and let freedom ring. Literacy among women in Iran is ninety-nine percent and sixty percent of university graduates are women. Yet the climate for women in Iran is deteriorating by the day, with musicians unable to perform on stage, women civil servants unable to work alongside men, and no women allowed to work in caf茅s or restaurants in Tehran. A great deal of damage can be done to a society and a country鈥檚 future without the full complement of society members able to have their voices heard. You might think that Iranians and Saudis were closest of friends from their policies, rather than arch rivals. Whoever figures out first that diversity makes for resilience, and acts on it, wins.
Ebadi says several times in this narrative that she is not an opponent of the state: she is a defender of human rights. She wonders 鈥渉ow Iran鈥檚 history might have unfolded differently had Mossadegh not been tripped up by the United States just as he sought to move the country down the path of true independence.鈥� When Ebadi was a law student in the 1960鈥檚, her classes studied the key principles of Islamic sharia, despite the secular government at that time. Ebadi鈥檚 daughter, also a law student many years later, learned less than a third of what Ebadi had studied with regard to sharia law, despite the religious nature of the leadership. Ebadi thinks this might be because 鈥渨ell-trained and erudite students would be equipped to argue for fresher and more modern angles and approaches to Islamic law.鈥�
Constant surveillance and persistent attempts by the government to discredit Ebadi鈥檚 reputation and stymie her legal work led finally to the government targeting her daughters, husband, sister, and friends by search and seizure in their homes, abusive interrogation sessions, and jail time. All of these attempts at intimidation failed because Ebadi believed that if she stopped her work due to one or another intrusion by the government, her accusers would recognize her weak spot and would intensify their attacks even as she withdrew from the arena. There was nothing for it but to continue. Eventually the government confiscated the passports of her family members, and while she was out of the country attending a seminar just before the 2009 presidential election, brought a case against her. Facing jail in Iran should she return, Ebadi has been residing in Great Britain while continuing her work, every day hoping to be allowed to return to Tehran.
This simply written account of her years of protest is not a screed, but a quiet and insistently-argued call for reason. In detailing the annoyances and illegal attempts to curtail the rights of citizens in Iran, we get the sense of a very well-educated and politically-astute populace who see the limits of their current leadership. The protests during the 2009 election demonstrated that more than a few people felt their votes were not registering when Amadinejad was elected president. As protest, individuals would get on the roof of their apartment buildings and yell out 鈥淎lloaho akbar!鈥� often late at night, every night. When Amadinejad called his oppnents 鈥漦has o khasak鈥�, or dust and dirt, a young musician made a music video called 鈥淜has o Khashak鈥� that quickly went viral.
During the final pages of this memoir Ebadi discusses Iranian involvement in the great Middle East, showing how Iran is doing as every nation ever has: supporting groups when it is in their interest to do so, not out of solidarity or even religious fervor. 鈥淲hat of the massacre of Muslims in Chechnya or the ruthless killing of Uighur Muslims in China? Iran has said little, if anything about these abuses because Russia and China are firm supporters, willing to defend Iran鈥檚 nuclear ambitions鈥︹€�
Ebadi addresses the nuclear agreement signed between the United States and Iran, saying that she has always thought Iran had the right to use nuclear technology for power. Only lately has she learned that nuclear power has significant downsides, especially in a country with a major earthquake fault lying directly beneath it. Upon learning that nuclear power is protested mightily in the U.S., poses dangers like those exhibited at Fukushima in Japan, and will be phased out entirely in Germany by 2022, Ebadi thinks Iran鈥檚 leadership should be more aggressive in pursuing renewables, considering their location in the sun spot of the world.
When it came to the 2013 election of the moderate-sounding Hassan Rouhani, Ebadi says it only took until Rouhani had appointed his cabinet for everyone to see just how (not)moderate he was.
鈥淔or me, watching from afar, it was a bittersweet moment: Iranian鈥檚 demands for free, democratic elections had been so far reduced, their expectations so diminished, that they were gladdened by vote counting that was not fraudulent, in an election process that had vetted candidates so stringently that it could hardly be called a competition.鈥�
And yet Ebani see the enormous challenges Rouhani faces in Tehran today, and suggests he might begin with something he can actually tackle, like human rights abuses, late-night raids, confessions extracted through torture, and unofficial detentions. Keep the outmoded and discriminatory laws if necessary, but allow cases to be argued in court at least. There is always 鈥渟omething that needs to be done first鈥� in every list of priorities, but beginning is the real test of leadership.
Iran can be great again, Ebani suggests, if the government would just get out of the way of the citizenry, and allow sects, minorities, and women to contribute, and let freedom ring. Literacy among women in Iran is ninety-nine percent and sixty percent of university graduates are women. Yet the climate for women in Iran is deteriorating by the day, with musicians unable to perform on stage, women civil servants unable to work alongside men, and no women allowed to work in caf茅s or restaurants in Tehran. A great deal of damage can be done to a society and a country鈥檚 future without the full complement of society members able to have their voices heard. You might think that Iranians and Saudis were closest of friends from their policies, rather than arch rivals. Whoever figures out first that diversity makes for resilience, and acts on it, wins.
August 20, 2020
Rewolucja islamska z 1979 dramatycznie zmieni艂a 偶ycie Ira艅czyk贸w. Dotkn臋艂o to szczeg贸lnie kobiety, z kt贸rych wiele by艂o beneficjentkami 鈥瀊ia艂ej rewolucji鈥� i otwarcia si臋 Iranu na zachodni styl 偶ycia po wspieranym przez USA zamachu stanu z 1952 roku. Kobiety otrzyma艂y w贸wczas czynne i bierne prawa wyborcze, wprowadzano prawa istotnie zwi臋kszaj膮ce ich emancypacj臋.
W 鈥濳iedy b臋dziemy wolne鈥� Shirin Ebadi, ira艅ska laureatka pokojowej Nagrody Nobla, dzieli si臋 swoj膮 histori膮, splecion膮 nierozerwalnie z histori膮 Iranu. Ebadi, prawniczka, pierwsza kobieta w Iranie w zawodzie s臋dziny po doj艣ciu do w艂adzy duchownych z dnia na dzie艅 ze wzgl臋du na p艂e膰 zosta艂a pozbawiona stanowiska i przesuni臋ta do roli urz臋dniczki w S膮dzie Najwy偶szym, kt贸remu tu偶 przed t膮 degradacj膮 przewodniczy艂a. Zdecydowa艂a si臋 pozosta膰 w kraju, gdy wielu z jej przyjaci贸艂 emigrowa艂o nie odnajduj膮c si臋 w nowej, regulowanej prawem szariatu rzeczywisto艣ci.
鈥濳iedy b臋dziemy wolne鈥� to poruszaj膮cy opis 偶ycia w systemie totalitarnym, wykorzystuj膮cym wszystkie narz臋dzia do tego by zastraszy膰 i zniszczy膰 swoich obywateli. Noblistka pisze o swojej walce, nie politycznej, nie wymierzonej w podwa偶anie obowi膮zuj膮cego prawa, mimo i偶 uwa偶a je za niegodne nowoczesnego spo艂ecze艅stwa, a o walce o prawa cz艂owieka, tam, gdzie da si臋 cokolwiek zrobi膰 w ramach istniej膮cych przepis贸w. A miejsca nie brakuje, bo s臋dziowie Republiki Islamskiej, nierzadko pro艣ci ludzie wyniesieni przez system do w艂adzy, bardzo cz臋sto nie znaj膮 za艂o偶e艅 islamskiego prawodawstwa. Ebadi opowiada te偶 o cenie, kt贸r膮 ona sama i ludzie z jej otoczenia musieli zap艂aci膰 za op贸r przeciwko w艂adzy. Mocne przez to, 偶e w 100% prawdziwe, czytaj膮c czu膰, 偶e to nie literatura, a relacja z pierwszej r臋ki, co w tym wypadku wzmacnia si艂臋 przekazu.
W 鈥濳iedy b臋dziemy wolne鈥� Shirin Ebadi, ira艅ska laureatka pokojowej Nagrody Nobla, dzieli si臋 swoj膮 histori膮, splecion膮 nierozerwalnie z histori膮 Iranu. Ebadi, prawniczka, pierwsza kobieta w Iranie w zawodzie s臋dziny po doj艣ciu do w艂adzy duchownych z dnia na dzie艅 ze wzgl臋du na p艂e膰 zosta艂a pozbawiona stanowiska i przesuni臋ta do roli urz臋dniczki w S膮dzie Najwy偶szym, kt贸remu tu偶 przed t膮 degradacj膮 przewodniczy艂a. Zdecydowa艂a si臋 pozosta膰 w kraju, gdy wielu z jej przyjaci贸艂 emigrowa艂o nie odnajduj膮c si臋 w nowej, regulowanej prawem szariatu rzeczywisto艣ci.
鈥濳iedy b臋dziemy wolne鈥� to poruszaj膮cy opis 偶ycia w systemie totalitarnym, wykorzystuj膮cym wszystkie narz臋dzia do tego by zastraszy膰 i zniszczy膰 swoich obywateli. Noblistka pisze o swojej walce, nie politycznej, nie wymierzonej w podwa偶anie obowi膮zuj膮cego prawa, mimo i偶 uwa偶a je za niegodne nowoczesnego spo艂ecze艅stwa, a o walce o prawa cz艂owieka, tam, gdzie da si臋 cokolwiek zrobi膰 w ramach istniej膮cych przepis贸w. A miejsca nie brakuje, bo s臋dziowie Republiki Islamskiej, nierzadko pro艣ci ludzie wyniesieni przez system do w艂adzy, bardzo cz臋sto nie znaj膮 za艂o偶e艅 islamskiego prawodawstwa. Ebadi opowiada te偶 o cenie, kt贸r膮 ona sama i ludzie z jej otoczenia musieli zap艂aci膰 za op贸r przeciwko w艂adzy. Mocne przez to, 偶e w 100% prawdziwe, czytaj膮c czu膰, 偶e to nie literatura, a relacja z pierwszej r臋ki, co w tym wypadku wzmacnia si艂臋 przekazu.
July 3, 2020
This book is - all at the same time - scary, familiar, lyrical, and surprising (in the last chapter, Shirin Ebadi says the following: the authorities in Iran finance Hezbollah, and support, in many ways, the war in Syria, as a way of showing Iranian citizens what might happen if they rebel). It shows the life of a person whom the state really wants to eliminate (she was on the governments list - most dissenters from this list ended up knifed or strangled in their own apartments), yet who is too visible internationally, as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, to be killed. ("Imagine," she repeats, "what they routinely do to people not in my position." Apparently, in some cases giving people this Nobel Prize might literally save their lives; please don鈥檛 waste it on Bono and such.) It also, very importantly, shows the life of rather nice and cultured people who live in the police state which pulls no punches (unless Nobel Peace Prize winners are concerned).
Also: it is very accessibly (which does not mean simplistically) written. Highly recommended.
Also: it is very accessibly (which does not mean simplistically) written. Highly recommended.
July 28, 2016
Ebadi has devoted her life to fighting for civil rights and women's rights in her homeland Iran. She has lived in exile since 2006.
Ebadi lived for years under surveillance by the government. Her family, her colleagues, everyone associated with her was under the same scrutiny. She was forced into a lot of decisions that made her lose all of her assets and even her husband.
I admire her devotion as I don't know I could muster the same energy towards something that seems so ephemeral.
The book is just interconnected essays about her work. I did learn a lot about Iran and its politics.
Ebadi lived for years under surveillance by the government. Her family, her colleagues, everyone associated with her was under the same scrutiny. She was forced into a lot of decisions that made her lose all of her assets and even her husband.
I admire her devotion as I don't know I could muster the same energy towards something that seems so ephemeral.
The book is just interconnected essays about her work. I did learn a lot about Iran and its politics.
March 15, 2016
Iran has always been part, but never a big part, of the American life I鈥檝e lived. When I was in graduate school in 1979 a friend and fellow student went home to Iran鈥攁nd never came back. Now, a close friend and native Texan treasures her Persian heritage by sharing it. And Iran has appeared and continues to appear, maybe too frequently, on the national news. Rarely is the news good. But for me, Persia is in the distant background, almost to the horizon.
Or was, until I read this book. Rarely do I complete a book within 24 hours of the time the Amazon sack appears on my doorway. This one, yes. I cancelled plans, ate canned soup, and read. It is fascinating and eye-opening on many counts.
I now have a clearer (clear may be out of the question) understanding of recent Iranian history and how it fits into world events鈥攁nd I now know the people (men!) behind the names in the news across the years. But more, I experienced the life of a woman of about my age living a life鈥攁nd losing a life鈥攖here.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi brings it all: Not only her personal memoir, but the role of women in the Iranian world and in the world at large--She unapologetically presents both. I did not agree with some decisions, but I wasn鈥檛 standing her shoes鈥攁nd I certainly appreciate her logic.
August 5, 2017
The Iranian people that I have met have been generally warm, friendly and welcoming. The country that they come from though is one of the most authoritarian on the planet with the invasive and pervasive monitoring of the population by the Ministry of Intelligence and draconian religious enforcement by the countries spiritual leaders. This powerful and emotive book is the part of the life story of Dr Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian activist and human rights lawyer. She is a strong willed and a lady of immense personal integrity and she has challenged every step of the way the total power that Iranian state thinks it should have.
She has fought tirelessly over the years for the elements in society that we take for granted; democracy, freedom of speech and most importantly in that country equality. Her work for those at the very bottom of society, the plight of Baha'is and women has been an inspiration across the globe, so much so, that she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her relentless work. This did not go unnoticed by the authorities and the Ministry of Intelligence. They bugged her offices and home and made sure that her activities were disrupted and her and her staff and family were intimidated frequently. One man, Mahmudi, seems to have made it his personal mission to hound her to the end of the earth. Little did she know at the time, but a trip to Majorca would be the last time she saw her beloved country.
This book is very moving, not only do we get to see the side of Iran that few of us know about, but we see just how fractured it has become under the continuing despotic leadership. Ebadi writes with a passion and eloquence about her circumstances, the constant hounding that her husband and daughters have had to endure because of the stand that she has taken and the situation in the country. She is even intimidated by them whilst in exile. I would urge people to read this, not just to get an insight to another country in turmoil, but to see what the true face of humanity is and the courage of a woman who has chosen to stand up for her beliefs.
She has fought tirelessly over the years for the elements in society that we take for granted; democracy, freedom of speech and most importantly in that country equality. Her work for those at the very bottom of society, the plight of Baha'is and women has been an inspiration across the globe, so much so, that she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her relentless work. This did not go unnoticed by the authorities and the Ministry of Intelligence. They bugged her offices and home and made sure that her activities were disrupted and her and her staff and family were intimidated frequently. One man, Mahmudi, seems to have made it his personal mission to hound her to the end of the earth. Little did she know at the time, but a trip to Majorca would be the last time she saw her beloved country.
This book is very moving, not only do we get to see the side of Iran that few of us know about, but we see just how fractured it has become under the continuing despotic leadership. Ebadi writes with a passion and eloquence about her circumstances, the constant hounding that her husband and daughters have had to endure because of the stand that she has taken and the situation in the country. She is even intimidated by them whilst in exile. I would urge people to read this, not just to get an insight to another country in turmoil, but to see what the true face of humanity is and the courage of a woman who has chosen to stand up for her beliefs.
August 26, 2017
It's interesting that I happened to be reading this book the week after the election. Ebadi discusses what elections have been like recently in Iran, and how after one election, it wasn't safe for her to return to her country. Though who knows what the future holds for America, I read this book and felt grateful that I'm not experiencing the widespread oppression that Ebadi and her compatriots face.
Ebadi has given her career and her personal life to fight for social justice in Iran, and her story is both harrowing and uplifting.
Ebadi has given her career and her personal life to fight for social justice in Iran, and her story is both harrowing and uplifting.
January 18, 2018
I learned a lot about the political climate in Iran from this book written by a woman who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her work in human rights. She has been living in exile since 2009. Her story of how dealing with the Iranian government tore her family apart is an eye-opening story of the realities of people living in a place like Iran.
March 26, 2024
4.5
Imponuj膮ca kobieta, ta ksi膮偶ka to 艣wiadectwo odwagi i si艂y jaka potrafi by膰 w cz艂owieku. Je艣li w膮tpicie w swoje mo偶liwo艣ci i wytrzyma艂o艣膰 to koniecznie przeczytajcie.
Imponuj膮ca kobieta, ta ksi膮偶ka to 艣wiadectwo odwagi i si艂y jaka potrafi by膰 w cz艂owieku. Je艣li w膮tpicie w swoje mo偶liwo艣ci i wytrzyma艂o艣膰 to koniecznie przeczytajcie.
February 13, 2025
"Questa 猫 la nostra situazione. Nuotiamo nell'oscurit脿, senza cedere al pessimismo e al pensiero della costa lontana".
March 16, 2016
This is one of the best books I have ever read. The subject matter of the book was hard to read sometimes. I wouldn't want to have lived in Iran since the revolution in 1978, but I admire the author for staying loyal to her country even while she was being treated as badly as she was treated.
Mrs. Ebadi is a brilliant attorney and not being able to practice in her chosen field because she is a woman is insane. Being watched and followed everywhere she went, being harassed by the morality police constantly would have destroyed a person not as strong as Mrs. Ebadi. Personally, I would have left Iran instead of trying to fix the system from within.
Winning the Noble Prize for Peace was a real achievement, even if she didn't get to keep the prize. But it also increased the pressure from the state to break her, to make her conform to their ideal of a female.
I recommend that anyone interested in the politics of not only the U.S. but the world read this book. The timing couldn't have been better in regards to the U.S. reestablishing relations with Iran.
I remember how Iran was under the Shah. A friend of mine during high school was from Iran and her father was tortured by members of his regime. I also remember when the hostage crisis happened. I still could not say whether Iran was worse under the Shah or the Ayatollah.
I am glad that Mrs. Ebadi is no longer in Iran, but the way her family was treated by the morality police, enticing her husband to be with another woman and forcing him to denounce his wife or be stoned to death is unimaginable. But at least, because she was visiting her daughters in the U S., she was not there for the election fiascos.
I was given a copy of this book to provide an honest review. And I honestly love this book. I have read a previous book by Mrs. Ebadi and now I intend to read more.
Mrs. Ebadi is a brilliant attorney and not being able to practice in her chosen field because she is a woman is insane. Being watched and followed everywhere she went, being harassed by the morality police constantly would have destroyed a person not as strong as Mrs. Ebadi. Personally, I would have left Iran instead of trying to fix the system from within.
Winning the Noble Prize for Peace was a real achievement, even if she didn't get to keep the prize. But it also increased the pressure from the state to break her, to make her conform to their ideal of a female.
I recommend that anyone interested in the politics of not only the U.S. but the world read this book. The timing couldn't have been better in regards to the U.S. reestablishing relations with Iran.
I remember how Iran was under the Shah. A friend of mine during high school was from Iran and her father was tortured by members of his regime. I also remember when the hostage crisis happened. I still could not say whether Iran was worse under the Shah or the Ayatollah.
I am glad that Mrs. Ebadi is no longer in Iran, but the way her family was treated by the morality police, enticing her husband to be with another woman and forcing him to denounce his wife or be stoned to death is unimaginable. But at least, because she was visiting her daughters in the U S., she was not there for the election fiascos.
I was given a copy of this book to provide an honest review. And I honestly love this book. I have read a previous book by Mrs. Ebadi and now I intend to read more.
October 19, 2016
*I was given a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.
This is Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi's story of how she tirelessly fought for human rights inside Iran. It was scary and fascinating to see what its really like there and how much worse it got after Ahmadinejad rose to power. Her husband and sister were arrested and she was forced out of the country but continues to fight for the people and her country that she loves. I found Ebadi's determination to fight for what's right in the face of evil inspiring.
This is Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi's story of how she tirelessly fought for human rights inside Iran. It was scary and fascinating to see what its really like there and how much worse it got after Ahmadinejad rose to power. Her husband and sister were arrested and she was forced out of the country but continues to fight for the people and her country that she loves. I found Ebadi's determination to fight for what's right in the face of evil inspiring.
February 7, 2017
Ms Ebadi tells an impressive but sorry tale of her country overtaken by religious zealots who entrench themselves with power using every dirty trick possible. The most powerful section is when her husband, exhausted by the persecutions, questions whether all the effort Ebadi has made has been worth it.
Thank goodness there are people in the world with such resilience, stubbornness and passion to fight for human rights, a free and fair Government and an Iran where all people can live equally.
Thank goodness there are people in the world with such resilience, stubbornness and passion to fight for human rights, a free and fair Government and an Iran where all people can live equally.
January 18, 2021
With the help of Azadeh Moaveni, Shirin Ebadi delivers not just a court-lawyer-like report of her legal battles, but a beautifully written story that captures the sensory qualities of places, times, and relationships across her lifetime. Through it all Ebadi shows a level-headed appreciation for whatever is good in others, and a realistic appraisal of those who are bent on domination. She demonstrates a peaceful path of confronting injustice, exposing abuse to the light of public scrutiny, and doing this as her expression of Islamic faith.
May 11, 2025
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賲賳 鬲賲丕賲 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲蹖 讴賴 丕夭 卮蹖乇蹖賳 毓亘丕丿蹖 賵 讴丕乇賴丕卮 丿丕卮鬲賲 丕夭 賵蹖讴蹖 倬丿蹖丕 賵 丕禺亘丕乇蹖 讴賴 賴乇趩賳丿 賵賯鬲 蹖讴 亘丕乇 賲蹖卮賳蹖丿賲 丕賵賲丿賴 亘賵丿. 賵 亘乇丿丕卮鬲蹖 讴賴 賲賳 丿丕卮鬲賲 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 丕蹖卮賵賳 禺蹖賱蹖 賲賳賮賵乇賴 鬲賵蹖 賮囟丕蹖 賲噩丕夭蹖 賮丕乇爻蹖 夭亘丕賳. 禺蹖賱蹖丕 丕夭卮 亘丿卮賵賳 賲蹖丕丿 趩賵賳 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賮毓丕賱蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 亘卮乇丿賵爻鬲丕賳賴 丕卮 乇賮鬲賴 夭賳丿丕賳 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 丿賵 鬲丕 丿禺鬲乇 讴賵趩蹖讴 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 賲丕丿乇丕 夭賳丿丕賳 賳賲蹖乇賳 賲孬讴賴. 毓丿賴 蹖 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 賴賲 丕夭卮 亘丿卮賵賳 賲蹖丕丿 趩賵賳 賲爻賱賲賵賳賴 賵 丿乇 丨賲丕蹖鬲 丕夭 丕氐賱丕丨 胤賱亘丕 丨乇賮 夭丿賴. 亘爻蹖噩蹖 賴丕 賴賲 讴賴 丿蹖诏賴 賲卮禺氐賴.
丨賯蹖賯鬲丕 禺蹖賱蹖 丕賮爻乇丿賴 讴賳賳丿賴 亘賵丿 禺賵賳丿賳 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 賵囟毓蹖鬲 丨賯賵賯 亘卮乇 丿乇 丕蹖乇丕賳 賵 亘賴 禺氐賵氐 禺賵賳丿賳 乇丕噩毓 亘賴卮 亘賴 夭亘丕賳 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇 爻賵乇卅丕賱卮 賲蹖讴乇丿 亘乇丕賲!
賮讴乇 賲蹖讴賳賲 亘乇丕蹖 賲禺丕胤亘 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 夭亘丕賳 讴賴 賴蹖趩 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 亘丕 丕丨賲丿蹖 賳跇丕丿 賵 乇賵丨丕賳蹖 賵 馗乇蹖賮 賳丿丕乇賴貙 丕蹖賳 賳丕賲 賴丕 诏蹖噩 讴賳賳丿賴 亘丕卮賴. 賵賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 趩讴蹖丿賴 丕蹖 亘賵丿 亘乇 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 爻蹖丕爻蹖 鬲乇丕賲丕鬲蹖讴蹖 讴賴 亘蹖賳 爻丕賱 賴丕蹖 丨丿賵丿 鄹鄣 賵 酃鄄 丕賮鬲丕丿賴.
趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 亘乇丕賲 爻賵丕賱 卮丿 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿: 卮蹖乇蹖賳 毓亘丕丿蹖 丿乇 賳夭丿蹖讴蹖 丕賳鬲禺丕亘丕鬲 爻丕賱 鄹鄹 丕夭 丕蹖乇丕賳 禺丕乇噩 賲蹖卮賴 亘乇丕蹖 爻禺賳乇丕賳蹖 賵 讴丕乇賴丕蹖 丨賯賵賯 亘卮乇蹖 丕蹖 讴賴 賲蹖讴乇丿賴 亘賴 賲賯氐丿 丌賲乇蹖讴丕. 賯亘賱卮 賴賲 乇賵蹖 賲禺卮 亘賵丿賳 賲丕賲賵乇蹖賳 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲. 鬲賴丿蹖丿卮 賲蹖讴乇丿賳 賵 丕賳賯賱丕亘蹖 賴丕 乇賵 亘乇 毓賱蹖賴 丕卮 賲蹖卮賵乇蹖丿賳. 賵賱蹖 亘毓丿 丕毓鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 賵 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇蹖 賴丕蹖 爻丕賱 鄹鄹貙 賲爻賱賲 卮丿賴 讴賴 丕诏賴 亘乇诏乇丿賴 亘賴 讴卮賵乇 丨鬲賲丕 亘丕夭丿丕卮鬲 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿 賵 噩賵賳卮 丿乇 禺胤乇賴. 丕蹖賳 乇賵 丿賯蹖賯丕 賳賮賴賲蹖丿賲 趩乇丕 賵 噩丕蹖蹖 賳诏賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 丿乇 丨賲丕蹖鬲 丕夭 噩賳亘卮 爻亘夭 賵 丕毓鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 亘賴 噩夭 丿丕丿賳 趩賳丿鬲丕 讴丕賲賳鬲貙 讴丕乇 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 讴乇丿賴 蹖丕 賳賴.
趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 讴賴 亘賴卮 賮讴乇讴乇丿賲 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 賲賳 丨丕囟乇賲 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 蹖讴 丕乇夭卮蹖 讴賴 亘賴卮 賲毓鬲賯丿賲貙 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺丕賳賵丕丿诏蹖 賵 丕賲讴丕賳 亘乇诏卮鬲 亘賴 賵胤賳賲 乇賵 丕夭 丿爻鬲 亘丿賲 蹖丕 賳賴. 乇丕爻鬲卮 賳賴. 亘夭丿賱蹖賴貙 賵賱蹖 丕賵賳 丨噩賲 丕夭 卮噩丕毓鬲 乇賵 丿乇 禺賵丿賲 賳賲蹖亘蹖賳賲.
賲賳 鬲賲丕賲 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲蹖 讴賴 丕夭 卮蹖乇蹖賳 毓亘丕丿蹖 賵 讴丕乇賴丕卮 丿丕卮鬲賲 丕夭 賵蹖讴蹖 倬丿蹖丕 賵 丕禺亘丕乇蹖 讴賴 賴乇趩賳丿 賵賯鬲 蹖讴 亘丕乇 賲蹖卮賳蹖丿賲 丕賵賲丿賴 亘賵丿. 賵 亘乇丿丕卮鬲蹖 讴賴 賲賳 丿丕卮鬲賲 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 丕蹖卮賵賳 禺蹖賱蹖 賲賳賮賵乇賴 鬲賵蹖 賮囟丕蹖 賲噩丕夭蹖 賮丕乇爻蹖 夭亘丕賳. 禺蹖賱蹖丕 丕夭卮 亘丿卮賵賳 賲蹖丕丿 趩賵賳 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賮毓丕賱蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 亘卮乇丿賵爻鬲丕賳賴 丕卮 乇賮鬲賴 夭賳丿丕賳 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 丿賵 鬲丕 丿禺鬲乇 讴賵趩蹖讴 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 賲丕丿乇丕 夭賳丿丕賳 賳賲蹖乇賳 賲孬讴賴. 毓丿賴 蹖 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 賴賲 丕夭卮 亘丿卮賵賳 賲蹖丕丿 趩賵賳 賲爻賱賲賵賳賴 賵 丿乇 丨賲丕蹖鬲 丕夭 丕氐賱丕丨 胤賱亘丕 丨乇賮 夭丿賴. 亘爻蹖噩蹖 賴丕 賴賲 讴賴 丿蹖诏賴 賲卮禺氐賴.
丨賯蹖賯鬲丕 禺蹖賱蹖 丕賮爻乇丿賴 讴賳賳丿賴 亘賵丿 禺賵賳丿賳 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 賵囟毓蹖鬲 丨賯賵賯 亘卮乇 丿乇 丕蹖乇丕賳 賵 亘賴 禺氐賵氐 禺賵賳丿賳 乇丕噩毓 亘賴卮 亘賴 夭亘丕賳 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇 爻賵乇卅丕賱卮 賲蹖讴乇丿 亘乇丕賲!
賮讴乇 賲蹖讴賳賲 亘乇丕蹖 賲禺丕胤亘 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 夭亘丕賳 讴賴 賴蹖趩 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 亘丕 丕丨賲丿蹖 賳跇丕丿 賵 乇賵丨丕賳蹖 賵 馗乇蹖賮 賳丿丕乇賴貙 丕蹖賳 賳丕賲 賴丕 诏蹖噩 讴賳賳丿賴 亘丕卮賴. 賵賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 趩讴蹖丿賴 丕蹖 亘賵丿 亘乇 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 爻蹖丕爻蹖 鬲乇丕賲丕鬲蹖讴蹖 讴賴 亘蹖賳 爻丕賱 賴丕蹖 丨丿賵丿 鄹鄣 賵 酃鄄 丕賮鬲丕丿賴.
趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 亘乇丕賲 爻賵丕賱 卮丿 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿: 卮蹖乇蹖賳 毓亘丕丿蹖 丿乇 賳夭丿蹖讴蹖 丕賳鬲禺丕亘丕鬲 爻丕賱 鄹鄹 丕夭 丕蹖乇丕賳 禺丕乇噩 賲蹖卮賴 亘乇丕蹖 爻禺賳乇丕賳蹖 賵 讴丕乇賴丕蹖 丨賯賵賯 亘卮乇蹖 丕蹖 讴賴 賲蹖讴乇丿賴 亘賴 賲賯氐丿 丌賲乇蹖讴丕. 賯亘賱卮 賴賲 乇賵蹖 賲禺卮 亘賵丿賳 賲丕賲賵乇蹖賳 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲. 鬲賴丿蹖丿卮 賲蹖讴乇丿賳 賵 丕賳賯賱丕亘蹖 賴丕 乇賵 亘乇 毓賱蹖賴 丕卮 賲蹖卮賵乇蹖丿賳. 賵賱蹖 亘毓丿 丕毓鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 賵 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇蹖 賴丕蹖 爻丕賱 鄹鄹貙 賲爻賱賲 卮丿賴 讴賴 丕诏賴 亘乇诏乇丿賴 亘賴 讴卮賵乇 丨鬲賲丕 亘丕夭丿丕卮鬲 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿 賵 噩賵賳卮 丿乇 禺胤乇賴. 丕蹖賳 乇賵 丿賯蹖賯丕 賳賮賴賲蹖丿賲 趩乇丕 賵 噩丕蹖蹖 賳诏賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 丿乇 丨賲丕蹖鬲 丕夭 噩賳亘卮 爻亘夭 賵 丕毓鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 亘賴 噩夭 丿丕丿賳 趩賳丿鬲丕 讴丕賲賳鬲貙 讴丕乇 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 讴乇丿賴 蹖丕 賳賴.
趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 讴賴 亘賴卮 賮讴乇讴乇丿賲 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 賲賳 丨丕囟乇賲 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 蹖讴 丕乇夭卮蹖 讴賴 亘賴卮 賲毓鬲賯丿賲貙 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺丕賳賵丕丿诏蹖 賵 丕賲讴丕賳 亘乇诏卮鬲 亘賴 賵胤賳賲 乇賵 丕夭 丿爻鬲 亘丿賲 蹖丕 賳賴. 乇丕爻鬲卮 賳賴. 亘夭丿賱蹖賴貙 賵賱蹖 丕賵賳 丨噩賲 丕夭 卮噩丕毓鬲 乇賵 丿乇 禺賵丿賲 賳賲蹖亘蹖賳賲.
May 29, 2018
This is a heartbreaking read, but it makes Shrin Ebadi all the more inspiring a figure as a result. I spend a lot of time frustrated with the irrational and destructive ironies of Western foreign policy鈥攅x. I think America's love affair with Saudi Arabia and supposed moral indignation in regard to Iran is hypocrisy writ large. But this book served as a great reminder that despite the fact Iran is marginally less repressive than our main Arabic ally in the region, it's by no means in an ideal condition and its government is very friendly with inhumanity, injustice, and intolerance. Ebadi continually references the fact that if she, as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was treated this poorly by the Iranian government, how much worse must it be for the average citizen who crosses them? This book is a memoir, yes, but it's also an indictment, a work of history, and a battle cry. One can only hope Ebadi's hope for human rights in Iran will come to fruition within our lifetimes, and, if it does, though she'd probably be too humble to say, it'd be thanks in large part to people like her if it does.
April 26, 2023
Oficjalnie sko艅czona 馃檹. Bardzo dobry reporta偶, gdy zaczyna艂am nie spodziewa艂am si臋, 偶e a偶 tak mi si臋 spodoba. Jako osoba, kt贸ra nie mia艂a wi臋kszego poj臋cia wcze艣niej o sytuacji w Iranie, naprawd臋 wiele si臋 dowiedzia艂am. G艂贸wnie jak okrutny jest system w tego typu pa艅stwach. Cz臋艣膰 sytuacji przytoczonych przez autork臋 wr臋cz wywo艂ywa艂a we mnie inny rodzaj b贸lu. M贸j pierwszy reporta偶 ale na pewno nie ostatni. 4/5猸愶笍
February 1, 2024
A devastating read! Shirin鈥檚 work as a human rights lawyer in Iran brings to light the inbred corruption that has long infected every system in Iran. To remain unfettered while completing this work is a true testament of her character and strength. IRI has tried and failed to censor Iranian voices and will continue to fail against the people of Iran and their love for the country they once knew. 鈥楾his country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.鈥� (Quote is actually ab America but largely applicable here)
June 5, 2021
"...[A] revolution not perpetually at war with its enemies becomes duty bound to be accountable to its citizens."
It's very poignant that the epilogue of this memoir happens at the time of the 2015 Iranian deal with five other nations regarding nuclear development, when at this moment, U.S. President Trump has just backed out of that same deal. Ebadi's insider perspective of the Iranian government system gives an idea of how that might affect Iranians in general and the government as whole, although that deal itself has very little to do with her story.
Ebadi's life has been devoted to making her government accountable to its people, to bring her country back to the prestige and respect it knew when it was one of the more progressive nations in the world, now some 40 years ago. It once had some of the highest rates of women in professional fields, heavily involved in government affairs and fields of medicine, law, universities, etc. This changed virtually overnight after the revolution and Ebadi's fight with government corruption has been ongoing ever since.
It's heartbreaking to read the stories of interrogations, bogus imprisonments and charges, and mental torture to which supposed "enemies" of the government are subjected. So often in the western media we hear all about that government, but so little about the lives of the ordinary Iranian citizens that are so devastated as a result. Ebadi's perspective is invaluable and a voice the western world would be wise to listen to, whether you ultimately agree with all of her ideals or not. The Persian culture is rich in history and it's a shame to see how corruption has quashed what has been built over centuries.
4.5/5
It's very poignant that the epilogue of this memoir happens at the time of the 2015 Iranian deal with five other nations regarding nuclear development, when at this moment, U.S. President Trump has just backed out of that same deal. Ebadi's insider perspective of the Iranian government system gives an idea of how that might affect Iranians in general and the government as whole, although that deal itself has very little to do with her story.
Ebadi's life has been devoted to making her government accountable to its people, to bring her country back to the prestige and respect it knew when it was one of the more progressive nations in the world, now some 40 years ago. It once had some of the highest rates of women in professional fields, heavily involved in government affairs and fields of medicine, law, universities, etc. This changed virtually overnight after the revolution and Ebadi's fight with government corruption has been ongoing ever since.
It's heartbreaking to read the stories of interrogations, bogus imprisonments and charges, and mental torture to which supposed "enemies" of the government are subjected. So often in the western media we hear all about that government, but so little about the lives of the ordinary Iranian citizens that are so devastated as a result. Ebadi's perspective is invaluable and a voice the western world would be wise to listen to, whether you ultimately agree with all of her ideals or not. The Persian culture is rich in history and it's a shame to see how corruption has quashed what has been built over centuries.
4.5/5
August 29, 2016
This is an informative book written by Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian woman and winner of a Nobel Peace Prize. The memoir recounts her life in Iran as a judge, a wife and mother of two daughters.
After the revolution in 1979, the hard line clerics, and later, the even more repressive Ahmadinejad regime, put in place severe restrictions on women throughout Iran in the name of Islam.
She was stripped of her judgeship, but went into private law practice with some devoted colleagues, focusing on legal issues of women and children. Working tirelessly for the rights of women, she was criticized, ostracized, followed, harassed, imprisoned. Her phones were tapped. She received death threats. Her family was threatened, her offices taken over by the government. Her sister and daughter were also taken into custody, had their passports taken, and threatened.
While she clearly loves her native land, she wants it to offer opportunities to all and education for women, laws that uphold the rights of women. Eventually, she lost her property, her husband, who remained supportive of her work, but unable to cope with her eventual exile. And she lost her country, no longer able to return to Iran under threat of never being allowed to leave.
She is a brilliant, strong woman who , despite her myriad losses, continues to fight for a better life for the people of Iran.
Her courage is inspiring.
After the revolution in 1979, the hard line clerics, and later, the even more repressive Ahmadinejad regime, put in place severe restrictions on women throughout Iran in the name of Islam.
She was stripped of her judgeship, but went into private law practice with some devoted colleagues, focusing on legal issues of women and children. Working tirelessly for the rights of women, she was criticized, ostracized, followed, harassed, imprisoned. Her phones were tapped. She received death threats. Her family was threatened, her offices taken over by the government. Her sister and daughter were also taken into custody, had their passports taken, and threatened.
While she clearly loves her native land, she wants it to offer opportunities to all and education for women, laws that uphold the rights of women. Eventually, she lost her property, her husband, who remained supportive of her work, but unable to cope with her eventual exile. And she lost her country, no longer able to return to Iran under threat of never being allowed to leave.
She is a brilliant, strong woman who , despite her myriad losses, continues to fight for a better life for the people of Iran.
Her courage is inspiring.
July 30, 2016
Until We Are Free is the memoir of Iranian human rights lawyer, Shirin Ebadi. It spans the years from 2003 (when she won the Nobel Peace Prize) to the present day, when she lives and works in exile. This is a very straightforwardly written, readable account and, despite there being plenty of shocking events, Ebadi never sensationalises her story. As well as her courage and conviction, what comes across here is her absolute love of Iran, and her sadness at not being able to live there any longer. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the Middle East and Iran.
May 20, 2017
One of those books you wish were simply a novel. It wouldn't be entirely far-fetched to say that it read like a political thriller.
At some point though, I had mixed feelings about Ebadi's journey, considering how it affected her family, friends and colleagues. At one point her husband asks her as much. If your colleagues have to put family first, why not you?
Reading this on the day Iran woke up to a Rouhani re-election, you wish there were a clear answer. Alas, this is why people like Ebadi make the difficult choices they do. Because someone has to, so that the rest of us may live our lives a little more freely.
At some point though, I had mixed feelings about Ebadi's journey, considering how it affected her family, friends and colleagues. At one point her husband asks her as much. If your colleagues have to put family first, why not you?
Reading this on the day Iran woke up to a Rouhani re-election, you wish there were a clear answer. Alas, this is why people like Ebadi make the difficult choices they do. Because someone has to, so that the rest of us may live our lives a little more freely.
March 10, 2016
See full review for International Women's Day here:
Shirin Ebadi鈥檚 Until We are Free is being released today, March 8th. I don鈥檛 know if the publisher did that on purpose, but they could not have picked auspicious day. If you buy any book on International Women鈥檚 Day鈥搈ake it this one. Thank you, Shirin Ebadi.
Shirin Ebadi鈥檚 Until We are Free is being released today, March 8th. I don鈥檛 know if the publisher did that on purpose, but they could not have picked auspicious day. If you buy any book on International Women鈥檚 Day鈥搈ake it this one. Thank you, Shirin Ebadi.
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