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- Title
- Eden Naby oral history, 2022.
- Description
- Oral history, 2022, on growing up in Urmia and Golpashan, the genocide of Assyrians during the First World War, the transfer of mission schools to government control after 1934, her mother Lillie's career as a teacher, and her father Mishael's work as a Presbyterian pastor in Urmia and at Gaston Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). Eden Naby is an Assyrian-Iranian cultural historian of Central Asia and the Middle East. She was born in the Assyrian village of Golpashan, located outside Urmia in Iran. She has conducted research, taught and published on minority issues in countries from Turkey to Xinjiang. Her work on Afghanistan and on the Assyrians stands out in the field of cultural survival.
- Creator Name(s)
- Naby, Eden. (interviewee)
- Date Created
- 2022, April 27, 2022, April 27, 2022
- Name Subject(s)
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Iran--Urūmīyah., Missionaries--Iran--Urūmīyah., Assyrians--Iran--Urūmīyah--History--20th century., Assyrians--Crimes against--Iran--History.
- Physical Location
- ARCHIVES 22-0438; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
- Related Item
- Eden Naby oral history, 2022.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjAyMjA=&sI
- Identifier (local)
- EdenNaby
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:286183