A woman you will want to know is Marina Nemat. She is impressive in multiple ways. She is a human-rights champion. She was once a political prisoner in her native country, Iran. She was arrested at 16. She spent more than two years in one of the worst places on earth, Evin Prison. Since 1991, she has lived in Canada, and has written two books: Prisoner of Tehran and After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed.

I have known her for several years. This week, we have both been at the Oslo Freedom Forum. I have recorded a Q&A podcast with her, here. We talk about her early life, her imprisonment, and her decision to tell her life story. (“It was either that or jump off a bridge.”) We also talk about today’s Iran, the Bomb, and other pertinent matters.

As I said, you will want to know her — a chic, lovely, lighthearted lady who is dead-serious and tough as nails.