 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Shirin Ebadi |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 2006 |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9780307369024 |
'Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope' is a memoir written by Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi. [1] [2]
In her book, Ebadi recounts her public career and reveals her private self: her faith, her experiences, and her desire to lead a traditional life, even while serving as a rebellious voice in a land where such voices are muted and even silenced by brute force. Ebadi describes her girlhood in a modest Tehran household, her education, and her early professional success as Iran's most accomplished female jurist in the mid-1970s. She speaks eloquently about the ideals of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and of her deep disillusionment with the direction Iran has taken since. [3]
