Shirin Ebadi
(see also Iran: Islamic Revolution, Iran since 1998 & Human Rights Advocacy)
Basics
Bio.
On the Web: Articles
Peace Prize Winner at JFK Jr. Forum. Ken Gewertz, Harvard Gazette (5/13/05).
Attack on Iran would be Human Rights Disaster. Iran Mania (2/8/05).
Silencing Ourselves By Censoring Others. Paul K. McMasters, First Amendment Center (12/26/04).
Iranian Has a Story to Tell, But She Can't Sell It Here. Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe (12/12/04).
Beatty Lecture at McGill U. (2004). Follow with Part 2.
Bound but Gagged. PEN American Center (11/16/04). Publication of her memoir forbidden in both Iran & the US!
Shirin Ebadi (Interview). Amitabh Pal, Progressive (9/04).
How About Just Doing Your Job? Faye Farhang, Iranian.com (8/4/04). Harsh Iranian American critique of Ebadi's "failure" at Nobel ceremonies to slam Iranian government.
Excerpts: Women's Rights in the Laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran [2002]. Bad Jens (9/04).
Shirin Ebadi: "The Same People Who Gave Saddam Hussein these Weapons Used them as an Excuse to Attack Him". Democracy Now (6/9/04).
Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Prize Speech. International Federation for Human Rights (1/04).
Interview with Shirin Ebadi. Frontline (11/03).
Shirin Ebadi & Iran's Women: In the Vanguard of Change. Nazila Fathi, Open Democracy (10/30/03).
What Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Means to Progressive Muslims. Omid Safi, Muslim Wakeup! (10/11/03).
Profile of Shirin Ebadi. BBC (10/10/03).
A Short Visit with Shirin Ebadi. Lily Farhadpour, Bad Jens (10/03).
A Tough Place to Be a Woman with a Cause. Michael Theodoulou, Christian Science Monitor (10/15/99).
Evin (Prison) Is Not a Bad Place. Iran Press Service (10/03).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
In the Library: Articles
Casey, Maura. "Behind the veil with a Nobel Prize winner," Christian Science Monitor (10/17/03):11.
Enssani, Elahe. "Nobel award affirms struggle of Iranian women," San Jose Mercury News (10/20/03):7B.