Dawnie+Shrin+Summary


 * Summary**
 * Shirin was born on the 21 June 1947 at Hamedan (north-west of Iran).
 * She has 2 sisters and a brother.
 * Father named Mohammad Ali Ebadi


 * Shirin attended Firuzkuhi Primary in Tehran, and Anoshiravn Dadgar and Reza Shah Kabir Secondary.
 * 1975 Tehran Uni entrance exam-first place in the Faculty of Law
 * 1978 Law Degree and 6 months later, began serving as official judge
 * Islamic Revoulution 1979, government forbid woman to serve as judges. They were kicked off
 * 1992 Lawyers licence. She set up her own practise
 * 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Award winner ($1.3 million, but lots taken away by a court in Iran)
 * After departed Iran, she was sent threatning messages warning her to stop working for human rights. Hasn't been arrested, but husband recently sent to jail and severly beaten

Brief re-cap of how Shirin Ebadi has shown courage:]


 * Overcame obstacles - when she was kicked off her post, when the majority of the Nobel Peace Prize was taken away, overcoming the fact that her husband was severly beaten.
 * Her outspoken campaigns. It has brought her in conflict with the Iranian Government and local Authorities.
 * Her hard work to reach her goal
 * For not being silent about what she thinks is right.
 * For standing up in front of the government, protesting to immediately release prisoners who have been arrested simply because of expressing their opinions.(Lack of free speech)
 * Although she is facing many threatning situations, Shirin still does speeches and lectures on human rights at many universities.