Professor Mustafa Mirzeler

What an interesting man! He is very knowledgable, which surpised me because of what he told us was his home town and the little his town had. It is extremely respectable that a man from such a poor background can accomplish so much in his lifetime. He must have worked very hard to get where he is now. It was extremely interesting how much he knew about honour killings. He himself actually being chosen to kill his own sister. I cannot not imagine being as young as he was and being given the command to kill my sister. However, it seemed as if he was going to do it because of the predicament his father was in. Which constitutes the honor he has for his father and it proves many family member truely have no choice but to kill a loved one to redistinguish ones honor. This just seems crazy to me.. but its someones religion and culture. A side note on what he mentioned was he does not know his actual birthdate because they do not have birth ceritificates. Therefor this proves even more once someone is killed it is really easy for them to go forgotten because of their lack of birth certificate. There are many people that many do not even know are alive. I researched Professor Mirzeler and found that he is a very established man! His story was featured in a book written by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea called Remembering Childhood in the Middle East. While reading his story of his childhood in the Middle East, which is much more indepth than what he told us in class, he tells the readers that his father was called Blind Memed since he was cross-eyed. Which may be why he likes the book Memed my hawk so much! haha From the little reading I did through his childhood memories in the book he was featured in, he really had a large amount of respect and love for his father. His father was a very important man and was looked up to by all sorts of people.