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Shirin Ebadi

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Shirin Ebadi

b. 1947

Iranian-British lawyer, activist (born 1947)

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Birth

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Biography

Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. In 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pioneering efforts for democracy and women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the first Iranian to receive the award.

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1947
Birth

Iranian lawyer, judge, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

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