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A Conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Recipient, Dr. Shirin Ebadi

Please join us for a conversation with Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner (2003), about her new book Until We Are Free.

Dr. Shirin Ebadi was born in 1947 in Hamadan, Iran. Educated in Tehran, she became one of Iran’s first female judges, and then in 1975 the youngest and first female chief magistrate of Iran’s 26th Divisional Court. Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, all female judges were dismissed. In 1992, Dr. Ebadi set up a private practice handling contentious cases and was incarcerated, charged with spreading lies against the Islamic Republic. In 2003, Dr. Ebadi won the Nobel Peace Prize. She used some of the prize money to set up the Defenders of Human Rights Center. Dr. Ebadi left Iran for a conference shortly before the June 2009 presidential election and did not return. The government filed a legal case against her, confiscated her properties on the pretext of unpaid taxes, and arrested her sister and husband. Dr. Ebadi continues her activities in de facto exile. She is married with two daughters.

Moderated by Dr. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak.

This lecture will be followed by a book signing. The event is free and open to the public.