Ziba Mir-Hosseini with Diana Eck on Islamic Law, Gender, and Women's Rights (2015 Marty Award Forum)

Scholar and filmmaker Ziba Mir-Hosseini, a specialist in Islamic law, gender and development and Professorial Research Associate at the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Law, University of London, is the recipient of the 2015 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion. At the Marty Forum, Professor Mir-Hosseini will be interviewed by Diana L. Eck, Harvard University. The Marty Award recognizes extraordinary contributions to the public understanding of religion. Michael Kessler (Georgetown University) and Ayesha S. Chaudhry (University of British Columbia), Presiding