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Behnaz Mirzai
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Professor, Author, Filmmaker, Historian, Ethnographer, Middle East, Africa, and swimmer

Founder of UNESCO/Brock Project
http://unescobrockproject.ca
https://brocku.ca/humanities/history/behnaz-mirzai/#contribut

Niagara Falls- CANADA
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My podcast interview about my recent book.

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Mahboob Qirvanian and Behnaz Mirzai, "Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian" (U Toronto Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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Join the upcoming talk and documentary film on African slavery in Iran by Behnaz Mirzai!

📅 Thursday, 11.12. 25
⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 GHL, Poststraße 26, 53111 Bonn
👉 buff.ly/602OkbG
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December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Talk by Behnaz Mirzai: African Slavery in Iran
What did the Constitutional Revolution in Iran and the Ottoman Tanzimat reforms mean for the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern slavery? The neighboring empires of the Qajar and Ottoman we...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Forever in Your eyes | Like, Share, Comment, Subscribe
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November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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My podcast interview about my recent book.

newbooksnetwork.com/life-of-an-e...
Mahboob Qirvanian and Behnaz Mirzai, "Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian" (U Toronto Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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October 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Do You Miss Me Too ( Lyrics ) || Beautiful Slow Rock Love Song 2025
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October 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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We invite scholars to contribute to the conference “Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery”, taking place at Brock University, Canada, in collaboration with the BCDSS.

More info: buff.ly/lPj8S4f

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September 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Spoke in Izmir
September 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Will give a talk during the Afro-Turkish event in Turkey this week.
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17. Dana Bayramı Kutlanıyor
Afrotürkler'in kültürünü tanıtmayı ve geleneklerini yaşatmayı amaçlayan 17. Uluslararası Dana Bayramı 20-21 Eylül tarihlerinde düzenlenecek...
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September 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Conference
Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery
6-7 July, 2027
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Conference: Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery | UNESCO/Brock Project for the Study of the Slave Trade and Slavery in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Indian Ocean
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September 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Beautiful Rhine
August 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Only an Iranian immigrant can truly feel how meaningful this song is!!

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July 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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July 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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The conference boat dinner with friends and colleagues in Prague.
June 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Beauties which do not fit in a picture!
June 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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With Dr. Nelly Masayi from Kenya
June 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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The conference events and presentations are in spectacular historical building in Prague.
June 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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June 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Prague is magical.
June 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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ECAS in Prague
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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In beautiful Prague. Nice day after the ceasefire !!!
June 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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If ceasefire allows for some break to get back to work! Am in Prague for a great large conference. Also I have been invited to Turkey for an important meeting. I am producing my 3rd documentary film on Afro-Turks.
June 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Thank you for organizing & attending the book launch. Great questions from the audience!! @araujohistorian.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de @unibonn.bsky.social @laurahartmann.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Today, we were honoured to have BCDSS Guest Researcher @behnazmirzai.bsky.social launch her recently published monograph, 'The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian' as part of our Fellows Seminar.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Book Launch of The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian by @behnazmirzai.bsky.social @dependencybonn.de #slaveryarchive
June 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM