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Mitra (given Name)
Mitra is a given name. People with the name include: * Mitra Bir (died 1978), freedom fighter and educationist from Goa, India * Mitra Farahani (born 1975), Iranian filmmaker and painter * Mitra Farazandeh (born c. 1976), Iranian disability activist, artist * Mitra Hajjar (born 1977), Iranian actress * Mitra Jouhari (born 1993), American actress, and writer * Mitra Phukan, Indian author * Mitra Tabrizian, British-Iranian photographer and film director See also * Mitra (surname) Mitra is an Indian family name and surname found mostly amongst Bengali Hindus. This surname also has prevalence in Iran and is a popular Persian last name found in America. The surname may have been derived either from the word ''mitra'' meaning ... {{given name Persian feminine given names Indian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitra Bir
Mitra Bir was a freedom fighter and educationist from Goa, who was sentenced to twelve years in jail at the age of 22 when the region was a Portuguese colony. She later opened schools for girls at Margao, Verem, Kakora and other locations in Goa, as well as centres for adult and vocational education for women. She was married to the late Madhav R. Bir, a former member of the Goa assembly and Gandhian. She died in 1978. References 1978 deaths Women educators from Goa Goa liberation activists Year of birth missing Women Indian independence activists 20th-century Indian women politicians Indian human rights activists Educators from Goa 20th-century Indian politicians Indian women educational theorists 20th-century Indian educational theorists 20th-century women educators {{feminism-activist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitra Farahani
Mitra Farahani (in fa, میترا فراهانی; born 1975) is an Iranian filmmaker and painter who currently lives in Paris. Biography Mitra Farahani was born on January 27, 1975 in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran. Farahani has a degree in graphic art (1997) from Islamic Azad University in Tehran. After graduation she moved to Paris in 1998. In 1999, she lived in Hamburg briefly. In 2000, she studied at École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris. The film ''Tabous - Zohre & Manouchehr'' (2004) is about her artistic pursuits. She was arrested on June 17, 2009, by the Iranian government, on her arrival in Tehran from Paris and held in Evin Prison. It is said that her arrest is linked to the crackdown of opposition by the Iranian government following the Presidential election, and by angering the Iranian government by making non-Islamic films outside Iran. The Iranian government released her from prison on 30 June 2009. After having screened several of her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitra Farazandeh
Mitra Farazandeh (born ) is an Iranian disability activist and visual artist. Biography Mitra Farazandeh was born in Iran, she has a physical deformity. She lives in a village in Hashtpar (also known as the city of Talesh) in the Gilan province of Iran. Farazandeh has advocated for the visibility of sexual desire of women with disabilities. She writes about not feeling human due to her physical disability and struggling to recognize a need for love; and how her physical body has created false perceptions of her not having sexual needs. She earns a living by selling her drawings and paintings. In 2018, Farazandeh is on the BBC's 100 Women award list of the most inspiring and influential women in the world. See also * Disability rights movement The disability rights movement is a global social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities. It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitra Hajjar
Mitra Hajjar ( fa, میترا حجار; born February 4, 1977) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, in addition to nominations for three Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award. Career Hajjar started acting with "Strangely" directed by Ahmad Amini. She has also starred in TV series, most notably "Young Police". She has acted in the theatrical show "Uncle Vania" in France. In 2005, she left Iran for France, and then went to America to study directorship. She lived abroad for 3 years, and she also played in an episode of the American Show "Smith". She received a nomination for the best actress in a supporting role for the movie "Long Goodbye". Hajjar was named the best actress in her film Wishbone. Selected filmography * ''The Cry'', 1999 * ''Born under Libra'', 2001 * ''Protest'', 2000 * '' Killing Mad Dogs'', 2001 * ''Nights of Tehran'' 2001 * ''Rokhsareh'', 2002 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitra Jouhari
Mitra Jouhari is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for starring in the television series ''Three Busy Debras'', based on the sketch comedy group she co-founded. Jouhari has written for the television series ''Big Mouth'', '' High Maintenance'', and ''Miracle Workers''. Early life and education Jouhari was raised in West Chester, Ohio and is Iranian-American. She was a fan of comedy from childhood and considers the television shows '' The Daily Show'' and ''M*A*S*H'' pivotal to developing her interest. She attended Lakota West High School, graduating in 2011. Jouhari attended college at Ohio State University and began to perform improv comedy as a member of 8th Floor Improv, as well as writing for the Sundial Humor Magazine. After taking internships at the TV shows ''The Daily Show'' and '' Late Night'', she moved to New York City without graduating to pursue a career in comedy. Career She contributes writing to the website The Reductress, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitra Phukan
Mitra Phukan ( Assamese: মিত্ৰা ফুকন) is an Indian author who writes in English. She is also a translator and columnist. Biography Her published literary works include four children's books, a biography, two novels, "The Collector's Wife" and "A Monsoon of Music" (Penguin-Zubaan) several volumes of translations of other novels and a collection of fifty of her columns, "Guwahati Gaze". Her most recent works are a collection of her own short stories "A Full Night's Thievery" (Speaking Tiger 2016) and a collection of short stories in translation, "Aghoni Bai and Other Stories" (2019). She writes extensively on Indian music as a reviewer and essayist. Her works have been translated into many languages, and several of them are taught in colleges and Universities. As a translator herself, she has translated into English the works of some of the best known Assamese writers of fiction, including "Blossoms in the Graveyard", a translation of Jyanpeeth Awardee Birend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitra Tabrizian
Mitra Tabrizian (born in Tehran) is a British-Iranian photographer and film director. She is a professor of photography at the University of Westminster, London. Mitra Tabrizian has exhibited and published widely and in major international museums and galleries, including her solo exhibition at the Tate Britain in 2008. Her book, ''Another Country'', with texts by Homi J. Bhabha, Homi Bhabha, David Green, and Hamid Naficy, was published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Hatje Cantz in 2012. Early life and career Born in Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ..., Iran, Tabrizian studied at the Polytechnic of Central London in the 1980s. Tabrizian published her first monograph, ''Correct Distance'', in 1990. In 1992, she was included in a survey edition of ''Ten.8 ''magazine "Cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitra (surname)
Mitra is an Indian family name and surname found mostly amongst Bengali Hindus. This surname also has prevalence in Iran and is a popular Persian last name found in America. The surname may have been derived either from the word ''mitra'' meaning friend or ally or from the name of an important Indo-Iranian deity in the Vedas and in ancient Iran. Mitras belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. Bengali Kayasthas evolved as a caste from a category of officials or scribes, between the 5th/6th century CE and 11th/12th century CE, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins. Mitras are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Vishvamitra gotra, along with Bose, Guha and Ghosh. Notables *Amit Mitra (অমিত মিত্র), politician and current Finance Minister of West Bengal * Abhik Mitra, Indian cricketer *Amit Mitra, Indian politician * Amitabh Mitra, Poet / Artist, South Africa *Antara Mitra, Indian singer *Arun Mitra (অরুণ মিত্র) (1909–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Feminine Given Names
Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the Indo-European family, native language of ethnic Persians *** Persian alphabet, a writing system based on the Perso-Arabic script * People and things from the historical Persian Empire Other uses * Persian (patience), a card game * Persian (roll), a pastry native to Thunder Bay, Ontario * Persian (wine) * Persian, Indonesia Persian is a populated place in Jepara Regency, Central Java on the island of Java, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of ..., on the island of Java * Persian cat, a long-haired breed of cat characterized by its round face and shortened muzzle * The Persian, a character from Gaston Leroux's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Feminine Given Names
Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asian ethnic groups, referring to people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the greater South Asia region prior to the 1947 partition of India * Anglo-Indians, people with mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent * East Indians, a Christian community in India Europe * British Indians, British people of Indian origin The Americas * Indo-Canadians, Canadian people of Indian origin * Indian Americans, American people of Indian origin * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and their descendants ** Plains Indians, the common name for the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains of North America ** Native Americans in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
