Mariam Behnam (Persian: مریم بهنام, 25 February 1921 – 4 December 2014) was an Iranian-born Emirati writer, diplomat and women's rights activist. After graduating from high school and beginning her career as a teacher in Pakistan, she returned to Iran and began to work on social improvement projects first in Teheran and later in Bandar Abbas. In the 1960s, she returned to Pakistan and served for eight years as a cultural attaché establishing cultural centers, libraries and promoting Iranian culture. She was honored with the Iranian Order of the Crown and a Pakistani badge of courage for remaining in the country and continuing her work during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, when other diplomats fled the country. Returning to Iran in 1972, she worked with the Ministry of Arts and Culture in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province and later the Hormozgan Province developing programs to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the areas.
In 1978, Behnam fled Iran during the Iranian revolution and settled in Dubai. She worked as a newspaper writer and then co-founded the cultural magazine Al Juma to promote the arts. She joined women's organizations and advocated for improved rights for women and helped instigate training programs to preserve traditional crafts. Beginning in the 1990s, she published several novels and an autobiography, as well as poetry. In 2010, Behnam was honored as the Emirates Woman of the Year.
MariamBehnam (Persian: مریم بهنام, 25 February 1921 – 4 December 2014) was an Iranian-born Emirati writer, diplomat and women's rights activist. After...
sociologist, writer and translator MariamBehnam (1921–2014), Iranian-born Emirati writer, diplomat and activist Rostin Behnam, American lawyer and government...
Peter Jackson, Windtower: Houses of the Bastaki, pg 12-13-14-15 (2007) Behnam, Mariam (1994). Zelzelah: A woman before her time. Dubai, UAE: Motivate. p. 19...
the Sheikh Sultan Al Ulama family. Abdulkarim Farooq Farooq family Behnam, Mariam (1994). Zelzelah: A woman before her time. Dubai, UAE: Motivate. p. 19–20...
was a rich, noble citizen from Persia, who founded a monastery nearby. Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs — were 4th-century Christians who suffered...
Mart Shmune and a church of Mar Michael. The 4th century monastery of Mar Behnam was located near the village, but was destroyed by Iraqi soldiers during...
has a precious library containing Syrianic scriptures. Monastery of Mar Behnam: Also called Deir Al-Jubb (The Cistern Monastery) and built in the 12th...
1760. Maphriyano Sakralla came to India in 1751 and was buried at Marth Mariam Cathedral Kandanad (Kizhakkinde Yerushulem) in 1764 AD. He was declared...
special place in the rite of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It is known as the "Mariam Month" ("Month of Mary") because the Nativity according to the Coptic calendar...
Mother of God Church or Surp Mariam Asdvadzadzin Church (Armenian: Թավրիզի Սուրբ Մարիամ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի, T’avrizhi Surb Mariam Astvatsatsin yekeghets’i...
Armenian Christians of Tabriz used to bury their deceased at the cemetery near Mariam-Nanna Church in Maralan. In the 1850s, the land of the new Armenian cemetery...
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