Shirin: 41 books

The first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around the globe through her work as a human rights lawyer defending women and children against a brutal regime in Iran. Now Ebadi tells her story of courage and defiance in the face of a government out to...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The moving, inspiring memoir of one of the great women of our times, Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, whose spirit has remained strong in the face of political persecution and despite the challenges she has faced...

Shirin Ebadi - Iranian, Muslim, Lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate - has personally experienced violence, oppression, and terrorism in the name of religion. Rising above these tribulations, she became a fighter for human rights and an activist for peace and stability. Her weapons are words: the only way to convinve people that religion can never justify violence and murder.

Shirin Ebadi, Iranerin, Muslimin, Juristin, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin, hat Gewalt, Unterdrückung und Terrorismus im Namen von Religion am eigenen Leib erfahren. Da hat sie zur Kämpferin für Menschenrechte, zur Aktivistin für Frieden und Stabilität gemacht. Ihre Waffen sind die Worte. Weil man...

"Rai subjects the projects of both national development and globalization to searching scrutiny through a gender lens. Her emphasis on the intersection of gender and other forms of inequality is very timely. An excellent text for a wide range of courses in politics, sociology and development...

This insider’s view of how North American Muslims think and live goes beyond false stereotypes and provides practical suggestions on how to establish friendships that can point to Christ. Since September 11, 2001, Americans are more curious about the followers of Islam. We can no longer afford to...

This vibrant and entrancing book invites readers on a journey around the world. Artist and globetrotter Shirin Sahba celebrates the diversity of people, places, and traditions, and revels in the joy of the journey itself. In exquisitely detailed paintings, she captures fleeting moments and small treasures—a...

Leading international artists and art educators consider the challenges of art education in today's dramatically changed art world. The last explosive change in art education came nearly a century ago, when the German Bauhaus was formed. Today, dramatic changes in the art world—its increasing...

Challenging the traditional conception of medieval Europe as insular and even xenophobic, Shirin A. Khanmohamadi's In Light of Another's Word looks to early ethnographic writers who were surprisingly aware of their own otherness, especially when faced with the far-flung peoples and cultures they meant...

The human predicament is such that at some time, at some place, during some event, one is forced to introspect about the meaning of life and its experiences. With the help of stories from the epics which are eternally relevant, and poignant personal experiences, Dr. Shirin Venkatramani attempts to...

In The Gender Politics of Development Shirin Rai provides a comprehensive assessment of how gender politics has emerged and developed in post-colonial states. In chapters on key issues of nationalism and nation-building, the third wave of democratization and globalization and governance, Rai argues...

Amal is a young woman just starting college. She hopes to get a degree in business and make her way in the world free of her parents’ socializing and scheming. But a chance encounter with the university’s most notorious player throws her into an unexpected rivalry. Hunter has seen too much of...

Amies, Shirin et Pari voient leurs vies bouleversées par l'avènement de la République islamique, en 1979. Le destin de Pari et de ses trois frères, qui ont choisi des engagements opposés, est la trame de ce récit romanesque. Abas, général de l'armée du Shah, a été contraint de fuir aux...

"Dieser neue islamische Terror übersteigt unser menschliches Verständnis von Grausamkeit und Leid in einem nie dagewesenen Ausmaß. " Prof. Dr. Dr. Jan Kizilhan Shirin wollte gerade ihr Abitur ablegen und anschließend Jura studieren, als Milizen des "Islamischen Staates" in...