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A criminologist, sociologist, poet, film director and political activist, who dedicated her life to the feminist struggle, Mizrahi struggle, and the quest for peace. She was a co-founder of the Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow and My Sister movements. Born in Cairo, Shiran came to Israel with her family at the age of four. They lived in poverty in the Hatikva neighborhood in Tel Aviv and she was forced to quit school to help support them. Shiran later became a senior lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Beit Berl College, where she established the women’s and gender studies program. She advocated equal representation of different population groups in the media, including women. Her research dealt with political corruption and the discrimination of Mizrahi politicians.
