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In this searing memoir, the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize tells her story of courage and defiance in the face of an Iranian government out to destroy her, her family, and her mission: to bring justice to the people and the country she loves. “Shirin Ebadi is quite simply the most vital voice for freedom and human rights in Iran.”—Reza Aslan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of No god but God and Zealot For years the Islamic Republic tried to intimidate Shirin Ebadi, but after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rose to power in 2005, the persecution intensified. The government wiretapped Ebadi’s phones, bugged her law firm, sent spies to follow her, harassed her colleagues, detained her daughter, and arrested her sister on trumped-up charges. It shut down her lectures, fired up mobs to attack her home, and nailed a death threat to her front door. But nothing could keep Ebadi from speaking out and standing up for human dignity. This is the amazing, at times harrowing, simply astonishing story of a woman who would never give up. Just as her words and deeds have inspired a nation, Until We Are Free will inspire you to find the courage to stand up for your beliefs.