 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (October 2020) |
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| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Education | Lund University SOAS, University of London (BA) University College London (MA, PhD) |
| Employer | University College London |
| Organization | Horn Heritage Organization |
| Awards | 2011 Sweden Supertalent Awards |
| Website | www |
Sada Mire (born July 1976) (Somali: Sacda Mire, Arabic: سعدة ميرة) is a Swedish-Somali archaeologist, art historian and presenter[1] from the Arap clan, who is currently a professor of Heritage Studies at University College London.[2] She is a public intellectual and heritage activist who has argued that cultural heritage is a basic human need in her 2014 TEDxEuston talk.[3] In 2017, Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts selected Mire as one of their 30 international thinkers and writers.[4] She became the Director of Antiquities of Somaliland in 2007. Raised in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Mire fled the country at the start of the civil war at the age of 15. She then traveled to Sweden seeking asylum. She has since returned to the Horn of Africa as an archaeologist.
- ^ "Coursera - Free Online Courses From Top Universities". Coursera. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ "Sada Mire". UCL. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "Watch "Cultural heritage: a basic human need - Sada Mire at TEDxEuston" Video at TEDxTalks". TEDxTalks. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ "Hay 30". www.hayfestival.com. Retrieved 2017-08-02.