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​**Shirin Ebadi-Punching a hole in the brick wall** // Your Biography Assessment // Courage is not all about having guts. Part of it is, but the other part is about overcoming obstacles which appear in your path, whether big or small. When you combine both parts together, it forms a type of courage, best described as personal courage. I think Shirin Ebadi has shown courage. Shirin Ebadi was born in the city of Hamedan (northwest of Iran) in 1947. Her parents were academics and practising muslims. Shirin's father, Mohhamad Ali Ebadi, was the head of Hamedan's Registry Office at the time of her birth. He was one of the first lecturers in commercial law and had written a few books, but unfortunately he passed away in 1993. Her parents were filled with passion and affection, whom her mother dedicated all her time towards their upbringing. Shirin had 3 siblings-2 sisters and a brother. Because of all the passion and dedication towards the family, all the children were highly educated. When Shirin was 1 yrs old she moved to Tehran with her family. Shirin began her education at Firuzkuhi Primary School and continued Anoshiravn Dadgar and Reza Shah Kabir Secondary School. In 1975 she sat the exam for Tehran University and gained first place at the Faculty of Law. Within 3 and a half years, she recieved her law degree﻿. After six months apprenticeship in adjudication, she began to serve officially as a judge. Soon Shirin held a variety of positions in the Justice Department and became president of Bench 24 of the Tehran City Court.Shirin was the first woman in Iranian history of Justice to have served as a judge. ﻿Would you be proud? The first woman to have served as a judge!!! But then... Following the Islamic Revoulution in Feb 1979, there was a belief that Islamic woman were forbidden to serve as judges, so Shirin and a few other later female judges were escorted out of their posts and given clerical duties. They made Shirin a clerk in the court she once presided over. Since she was once the president, they made Shirin and other ex-female presidents 'experts'. Shirin could not tolerate this situation, so she requested to have an early retirement. Imagine if, say you were the School Captain and suddenly one day the principal set up a rule that anyone younger than 15 wasn't qualified with enough leadership skills. So you were suddenly kicked off, and made a non-respected student instead. How would you react? This is simarlar of how Peekay was treated. He was under-estimated because of his size. Not many people understood his ability. The tennant smitt had not let Peekay be in the ring for a long time, but when Peekay won the fight, people began to respect him. After reading my biography, can you relate Peekay to Shirin Ebadi? Lukily, her request was accepted. Since the Bar Association had closed for some time since the revoloution, and managed by the Judiciary, Shirin's application for pracising law was turned down. She was housebounded for many years which affected her a fair bit. Imagine if your love of playing sport or drawing or music, or just whatever you really love was turned down. So it's like turning down your dream of your future career. How depressed would you be? Having your life ruined? Well Shirin coped with all this. Despite her discourage, in 1992 Shirin was finally succeeded in being granted a lawyers licence and began setting up her own practise. This included many established non-government organizations in Iran.(A well known one is the 'Million Signatures Campaign', a campaign demanding for an end to legal discrimmination against women in Iranian Law. Shirin, at that time(1992), was unemployed, but she used her time wisely, writing books and articles which many of them were published. After recieving her lawyers licence, Shirin was employed to defend numerous cases. Some were national cases. Among the cases, she reprsented the families of serial muderer victims, who were killed during the attack on the university dormitory. Shirin also took on a large number of social related cases, including child abuse. As well as being a lawyer, Shirin also teaches at universities. Each year a number of students from outside of Iran join her courses of human rights. In 2003, Shirin recieved the Nobel Peace Prize Award. They awarded her because:"As a judge, lawyer, lecturer, writer and activist, she has spoken clearly and strongly for her country, Iran, and far beyond." After her departure of Iran, had been sent threatning messages, warning her to stop working for human rights. Although she hasn't stopped and still hasn't been arrested, her husband was recently sent to jail and severely beaten. How sad! Your loved family member being taken away from you and even severly beaten, just because of defending for what you think is right! Shirin has shown courage from her outspoken campaigns which have brought her in conflict with hte Iranian government and her pioneering efforts to promote democracy and human rights. I also think she has shown courage when she was kicked out of her post- she started writing books, since she couldn't talk on behalf of the people, she would have to write it to still get her point across. Her writings toucehed many laborers, women, and refugees. So in summary, I selected Shirin because seh has faced death threats and persecution, but her campaign against justice continues. Now Shirin, although she still faces fear, lives a happy life with 2 daughters, and is married. For more information, see below:

PRESENT INFORMATION

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Shirin is now married and lives in France. Her husband is an electrical engineer and they have 2 daughters. One is 23 and another is 20. The 23 yrs old daughter studies in Canada at McGill University. She is studyng for a doctorate in telecommunications. The second daughter who is 20, is presently studying for her third year at Tehran University, where she reads law. Quotes

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Dictionary: Pioneer**: The first person to develop it** e.g I pioneered the computer

Promote: **To lift in a higher position** e.g Someone told me to promote football

Democracy: **A system where the people of the country choose their leaders by voting for them in elections**. e.g The teachers promote democracy Campaign: ** A set of actions aiming to achieve a particular result ** e.g. A campaign to invade all the iPads Escort: To go with someone somewhere, esp. to guide or protect them e.g. ﻿I need to escort the prisoners to their homes, since they are released media type="youtube" key="6XE2bhzplQw?fs=1" height="337" width="396"

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Source:http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2003/ebadi-autobio.html {Shirin Biography} Source:http://www.peaceheroes.com/PeaceHeroes/shirinebadi.htm {Peace Heroes.com} Source:http://www.writespirit.net/authors/shirin_ebadi/ {Write Spirit} Source:www.youtube.com {Youtube}