Shirin Ebadi: The role of women in promoting peace in the Middle East

This is a review of a lecture given by Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi. It took place at the School of Oriental and African Studies on 2 February 2011. When she came into the room, Shirin got a rapturous welcome from the crowd, packed into the stairwells, in the [...]

Feb 09, 2011 | Categories:Middle East | Tags: Bahrain, Committee of Mothers for Peace, Committee of Mothers in Mourning, democracy, Dictatorship, economic growth, Guardian Council, Hamas, Islamic Fundamentalism, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Nobel Peace, Oslo Agreement, Palestine, patriarchal, Reporters without Frontiers, rights of women, Saudi Arabia, women, Yemen | Leave A Comment »