Researching Parvez Sharma
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3 people with the Sharma surname? In that year Sharma was ranked number 3576 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Parvez Sharma on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Parvez Sharma and the Sharma Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sharma Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sharma family tree.
Study Parish Records for Parvez Sharma at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 7021 people with the Sharma surname in the UK? Sharma is now ranked number 854 for popularity in the UK. |
Sharma Genealogy Databases
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Sharma Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Sharma surname in the USA? Sharma is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sharma Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Parvez Sharma. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Parvez Sharma
Parvez Sharma
Parvez Sharma is a New York-based Indian filmmaker, author, and journalist. He is a recipient of the 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship in the film/video category. He was amongst the 173 fellows selected from 3000 applicants in the 94th year of the fellowship, which originally started in 1925. In an official press release by the foundation, president Edward Hirsch said, "The winners of the 94th annual competition as "the best of the best...This diverse group of scholars, artists, and scientists are appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise." Sharma is best known for his two films A Jihad for Love, A Sinner in Mecca, and his 2017 book A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of Defiance. A Jihad for Love was the world's first film documenting the lives of gay and lesbian Muslims. He received the 2009 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary amongst several other international awards for A Jihad for Love. In 2016, Sharma was named "a human rights defender" by Amnesty International. This was an award given at the Hague in the Netherlands to "worldwide human rights activists" which he shared with the Saudi human rights activist Ensaf Haidar.
His second film, A Sinner in Mecca, premiered at the 2015 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and is a New York Times Critics' Pick amongst other press attention. Over the years, worldwide press have profiled Parvez Sharma and reviewed his work. For example, The New York Times collectively in two excerpts and two reviews, says "There is no doubting the courage and conviction of the New York documentarian Parvez Sharma…We emerge from (Sharma's) films more enlightened, but arranging to meet (this filmmaker) is a little like setting up an appointment with an extremely polite spy. Nothing in his difficult processes -- including the threats to himself -- have destroyed Mr. Sharma's faith in the ability of Islam to tolerate diversity." The newspaper also showcased his short films online. In 2004 the New York Times had said, "threats to the director have become routine." This was almost four years before A Jihad for Love was released. The New York Times said "After A Jihad for Love, Mr. Sharma was labeled a Kafir, and in the intervening years, he has gotten more death threats than he cares to recall."
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