Mehnaz Afridi

Dr. Afridi is an Associate Professor of Religious studies and Director of the Holocaust, Genocide, and
Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College.  She teaches courses on Islam, the Holocaust,
Genocide, comparative religion, and Feminism.  Her articles have appeared in books such as:  “A
Muslim’s Response to Frank H. Littel” in Legacy of an Impassioned Plea Franklin H. Littel’s Crucifixion of
the Jews, Ed. David Patterson, (Paragon Press, 2018); She is the co-editor of a book entitled: Orhan
Pamuk and Global Literature: Existentialism and Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). Her recent
book Shoah through Muslim Eyes (Academic Studies Press, 2017) was nominated for the Yad Vashem
International Book Prize for Holocaust Research and the Jacob Schnitzer Book Award. She is currently
working on a book, The Wounded Muslim, (Lexington Books, forthcoming) and a co-edited book on
“International Approaches to the Holocaust”, (Nebraska University Press, forthcoming). In 2019 she was
awarded the Costello Award for teaching excellence in the School of Liberal Arts at Manhattan College.
Dr. Afridi obtained her Ph.D. from University of South Africa, her M.A. and B.A. from Syracuse University.