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HONOURS AND AWARDS
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Iran
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Iraq
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Libia
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shirin Ebadi, (born June 21, 1947, Hamadan, Iran), Iranian lawyer, writer, and teacher, who received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2003 for her efforts to promote democracy and human rights, especially those of women and children in Iran. She was the first Muslim woman and the first Iranian to receive the award.
Detailed explanation-2: -The First Female Peace Prize Laureate from the Islamic World The lawyer Shirin Ebadi was one of Iran’s first female judges. After Khomeini’s revolution in 1979 she was dismissed. Ebadi opened a legal practice and began defending people who were being persecuted by the authorities.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ebadi now lives in exile in the United Kingdom, where she continues her advocacy, through her writings, through her representation of political dissidents, and through her work with numerous human rights organizations, some of which she was instrumental in founding.