Prof. Behnaz Mirzai
@BehnazMirzai
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Prof@Brock U, Author & filmmaker Africans & slavery in Iran Founder of https://t.co/hynZqKMGVq https://t.co/dCN66ViqA7
Niagara Falls, CANADA
Joined May 2016
Here is a professional one @classic_dean. My podcast interview about my book https://t.co/1SI9bbyxRp
#slavery #Africanhistory #Africandiaspora #MiddleEast #Iran
#centralasia
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In England, you’d assume that every football game, every train and every road would be closed in these conditions. In Ottawa, Canada a player has just scored an overhead kick to level the game 👏🤣 Superb.
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Edward A. Alpers, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 69, No. 1 (2006), 198. Review of Abolition and Its Aftermath in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia
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signpost in the movement towards complete abolition of slavery in 1926 in Imperial Persia. Mirzai's research is based upon previously unexploited Persian sources that open up an entirely new comparative context for the study of slavery and abolition in an important Muslim society
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In 2006, Edward Alpers, the distinguished scholar wrote: "Behnaz Mirzai presents the first scholarly account in English of the way in which both British external and Persian internal factors combined to shape the important 1848 abolitionist farman that marked an important
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Conference will be held @BrockUniversity Canada. For more information see: https://t.co/MXePxKa5bF
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For the @NewBooksNetwork podcast, Morteza Hajizadeh speaks with UTP author @BehnazMirzai about her new book Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian. Listen here: https://t.co/pMXoV3gHte
#Podcast #CriticalTheory #NewBooks
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Conference Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery 6-7 July, 2027 @BrockUniversity @BrockHistorical
#slavery #africandiaspora
https://t.co/MXePxKa5bF
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“There are hardly any reports of slaves or former slaves from the #Islamic world. The autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian is therefore a great addition to our knowledge.” Stephan Conermann University of Bonn Read more: https://t.co/gsI8ITDiTY
@HistoryBrockU
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“Thanks to Behnaz A. Mirzai, we have the first #autobiography of an enslaved African who lived and worked in Iran at the turn of the twentieth century.” Janet Afary @UCSBReligion Explore The Life of an Enslaved African in the #OttomanEmpire and Iran: https://t.co/gsI8ITDiTY
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My book is published and ready for purchase.
Explore The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran, a poignant and compelling account of one man’s journey through struggle, resilience, and unimaginable suffering. Read more: https://t.co/gsI8ITDiTY
@HistoryBrockU #MiddleEasternStudies
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It was a sad news to hear the passing of Prof. Gary Libben Brock’s former Research Vice President. @BrockUniversity He was a big supporter of my research. We take good people for granted. He had visited my photo exhibition in the photo below. May his soul rest in peace.
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Newly translated text by #BrockU Professor of History Behnaz Mirzai unearths history of slavery in the Middle East. @utpress @brockhumanities Discover more ➡️ https://t.co/etZBEs8Ysu
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My recent book on the Brock News @BrockUniversity #Africandiaspora #slavery #Iran #ottomanempire
https://t.co/ULTVXNzCba
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For decades, the story of Mahboob Qirvanian sat untold, leaving its historical significance unrecognized — until now. Born in Tunisia in 1894, Qirvanian was enslaved as a child and brought to the...
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To order a copy of my book @UofT @utpress #slavery #africandiaspora #ottomanempire #middleeast #iran #indianocean #Mediterranean #slavenarrative
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