Maung Zarni

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Maung Zarni
မောင်ဇာနည်
Born
Zarni

1963 (age 57–58)
Mandalay, Burma
Alma materUniversity of Mandalay (1984)
University of California, Davis (1991)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (1998)
OccupationHuman rights activist
Spouse(s)Natalie Brinham
ChildrenNilah & Dewi
Websitemaungzarni.net

Maung Zarni (Burmese: မောင်ဇာနည်; born 1963) is a Burmese educator, academic, and human rights activist.[1][2] He is noted for his opposition to the violence in Rakhine State and Rohingya refugee crisis.[3]

Early life and education[]

Zarni was born in 1963 into a Burmese Buddhist family in Mandalay, Burma. He migrated to the United States on the eve of Burma’s 1988 uprisings. He graduated with a BSc (Chemistry) from University of Mandalay in 1984[citation needed], MA from University of California, Davis in 1991[citation needed], and earned his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998.[4]

Career[]

Zarni founded and led the Free Burma Coalition, the then pioneering Internet-based human rights movement and spearheaded a successful international boycott against Myanmar’s military dictatorship from 1995 to 2004. Zarni has held a series of academic positions, or research and leadership fellowships, including at the London School of Economics' Human Security Research Unit.[5] He resigned from an academic post at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam in 2013, citing academic censorship.[5]

Zarni is a member of the board of advisors of Genocide Watch and a non-resident fellow at Genocide Documentation Center in Sleuk Rith Institute, Cambodia.[6]

In 2014, Zarni co-authored an academic paper, "The Slow Burning Genocide of Myanmar's Rohingyas", with Alice Cowley, an academic study that examines the plight of the Rohingya using the genocide framework.[7] In 2015, he was awarded the "Cultivation of Harmony Award," by the Parliament of the World's Religions, an international interfaith dialogue.[8]

Personal life[]

Zarni is married to Natalie Brinham, an English researcher,[9] and has a daughter, Nilah.[10]

Books[]

  • Myanmar’s Enemy of the State speaks: Irreverent Essays and Interviews (2019)
  • Essays on Myanmar's Genocide of Rohingyas (2011-18) (2018)
  • The Free Burma Coalition Manual: How You Can Help Burma's Struggle for Freedom (1997)

References[]

  1. ^ "Maung Zarni: Myanmar feels like a big cage for Rohingyas". Dhaka Tribune. 19 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Maung Zarni". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  3. ^ Tanaka, Chisato (25 October 2018). "Activist for Rohingya Muslims calls on Tokyo to speak out over refugee crisis". The Japan Times Online.
  4. ^ Rahman Khan, Mizanur (11 October 2017). "'Don't be swayed by Suu Kyi's poisonous snakes'". Prothom Alo.
  5. ^ a b Tin Htwe, Nan (14 January 2013). "Myanmar activist, professor resigns over Brunei university 'censorship'". The Myanmar Times.
  6. ^ "Broader global coalition can solve Rohingya issue". Anadolu Agency. 9 December 2018.
  7. ^ Zarni, Maung; Cowley, Alice (2014-06-01). "The slow-burning genocide of Myanmar's Rohingya". Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  8. ^ Parliament of the World's Religions (2016-12-07), Cultivation of Harmony Award - Dr. Zarni, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2017-09-08
  9. ^ "BURMA: "Rohingyas utsätts för ett långsamt folkmord"". AmnestyPress (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  10. ^ Gindin, Matthew (2017-11-27). "Voices from Inside the Rohingya Refugee Camps". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Retrieved 2019-12-27.

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