Iranian Winner of Nobel Peace Prize Not Able to Publish in the U

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The book is to be a memoir, and was intended "help correct Western stereotypes of Islam, especially the image of Muslim women as docile, forlorn creatures."

Ellen Goodman writes, "let's take the bungled case of Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This Iranian dissident is being prevented from publishing her memoirs in the United States because of regulations that prohibit 'trading with the enemy.'"