Ziba Mir-Hosseini facts for kids
Ziba Mir-Hosseini (born April 3, 1952) is an expert from Iran. She studies how laws, especially Islamic law, affect people, especially women. She also looks at how societies grow and change. Ziba Mir-Hosseini went to Cambridge University and has written many books about Islam, families, and the roles of men and women. She also made two documentary films called Runaway and Divorce Iranian Style.
About Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Ziba Mir-Hosseini was born in Iran. She speaks several languages, including English, French, and Persian. She also knows some Arabic and Kurdish.
She earned her first degree in Sociology from Tehran University in 1974. Later, in 1980, she completed her PhD in Social anthropology at the University of Cambridge. For her PhD, she studied a tourist area in Iran called Kalardasht. She looked at how tourism and changes in the economy affected family life there.
Ziba Mir-Hosseini is an expert in Islamic law, which is a set of rules based on the Islamic faith. She also focuses on how these laws affect women and how societies develop. She is part of a group called the Council of Women Living under Muslim Laws.
| "Women want the same things that everyone wants. They want love, they want happiness, they want to be able to work, to be out in the world. And what's happening is, as more of these women are educating themselves, the sheer groundswell of it coming from below is forcing a change. So it's not a question of the government making concessions to these women – it's women forcing concessions from below." – Ziba Mir-Hosseini |
Her Work and Influence
Ziba Mir-Hosseini is a well-known expert on Iran. She also knows a lot about Islamic family law and the lives of women in Muslim countries. She often appears on radio and TV shows around the world. She has also been featured in many TV documentaries about Iran.
She takes part in many discussions and projects in places like the United States and the United Kingdom. She has written many articles and books on her topics of study.
Awards and Recognition
Ziba Mir-Hosseini has been recognized for her important work. In 2000, she was a judge at the San Francisco International Film Festival. She also became a judge for the International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival that same year.
In 2003, she was a judge for the Amnesty International DOEN Award. This award is given to the best film about human rights at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). In 2015, she received the Martin E. Marty Award. This award is for people who help the public understand religion better.
