"(...) some of my friends and relatives suggest that I should spend some time outside the country. But I am asking myself how I can be better off outside the country. The nature of my work, the role I play in Iran, could I carry it out from a distance? Obviously not. And then I remind myself that the greatest threat of all is my own fear - that it is our fear, the fear of the Iranians that wish for a different future, that turns powerful those who oppose us."Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi.
I am looking so much forward to seeing and hearing her on Saturday.
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