Dinnayi, Mirza, 1973-

LC control no.	n 2021061447
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Dinnayi, Mirza, 1973- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Iraq
Associated place	Germany
Birth date	1973
Place of birth	Sinjār (Iraq)
Field of activity	Humanitarian assistance Social advocacy
Affiliation	Luftbrücke Irak
Found in	"Diamo un futuro agli Yazidi", 2020: p.7 (Mirza Dinnayi, founder and director of Luftbrücke Irak; winner of the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, 2019) Aurora Prize website, viewed 11/4/2021: Mirza Dinnayi (Yazidi activist Mirza Dinnayi dedicated his life to saving the victims of the Iraq war, evacuating women and children from territories controlled by ISIS, and providing them with rehabilitation and support; during the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War, he sought asylum in Germany where he became a prominent member of the Yazidi community; After the fall of Saddam Hussein, Dinnayi became Advisor for Minority Affairs to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani) <https://auroraprize.com/en/mirza-dinnayi> Wikipedia website, viewed 11/4/2021: Mirza Dinnayi page (born 1973 in Sinjār, Iraq) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Dinnayi>