"To Talat Bey, Minister of Interior of the Turkish government, justice prevailed in your state's judiciary for once, so you took revenge for injustice against justice and exiled the just judge to Sivas. Woe to you, and woe to ourselves from you." - Shibli Shumayyil

Equipped with enlightening legal knowledge, a bold and eager spirit, and during a difficult historical era, Judge Saeed Zain Al-Din confronted the tyranny of an arrogant political authority that considered the judiciary one of its areas of influence and a tool of its system. He refused to compromise on his professional and ethical convictions, even if it cost him exile to the far reaches of Anatolia, suggesting that the profession of a judge is closer to the concept of a mission than to a job.

Since the concept of justice is indivisible and not limited to the courtroom, Saeed Zain Al-Din adopted the project of his daughter, Nazira Zain Al-Din (author of the books "Unveiling and Veiling" and "The Girl and the Sheikhs"), which aimed to remove the niqab from women's faces and put an end to their neglected existence and their exile within outdated, erroneous customs and beliefs. He fought with her a harsh intellectual and social battle, realizing that the tyranny of the community rivals and mimics that of the influential authority.

By not limiting the concept of justice, right, and democracy to resolving disputes assigned to the judiciary, and by linking written laws with oral ones that are almost more potent and comprehensive, Saeed Zain Al-Din, in a harmonious dialectical movement, simultaneously unmasks the abusive, despotic authority that negates the concept of right, and the faces of forcibly veiled women. He repudiates the inherited archaic ideas and representations that, under various pretexts, perpetuate male dominance over women, leading to their isolation from the public sphere and the vibrant pulse of life.

Perhaps the prevailing belief that politicians and warriors alone make history and influence events, without other social forces and actors, including judges, is where the flaw lies. Therefore, this book traces the personal and professional path of Saeed Zain Al-Din, exploring the historical and cultural background that shaped his personality, and revisiting the political, cultural, and media climates of that era that played a role in embracing his unique judicial struggle, as well as his dual struggle to establish the concept of right in both public and private spheres.

• Publishing house: Sharikat Al Matbouat for Distribution and Publishing
• Number of Pages: 292
• Year of publication: 2014