Amanpour: Merav Michaeli, Elif Shafak, Derek DelGaudio and Roya Beheshti

Leader of Israel's Labor Party Merav Michaeli talks to Christiane Amanpour about how she plans to revive her party and her push for equality. And as the news is dominated by violence against women from London to Istanbul, Turkish novelist and women’s rights activist Elif Shafak criticizes the Turkish government for not supporting women. Then turning to a spot of magic, our Michel Martin speaks to magician and writer Derek DelGaudio about card tricks, his new memoir and his show being taken to the small screen. And finally, the late Maryam Mirzakhani remains the only female winner of the prestigious Fields Medal – the highest honor in mathematics. Her lifelong friend Professor Roya Beheshti shares their shared passion for the subject and Maryam’s lasting impacting on women, both in Iran and around the world.

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