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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000003/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Aida was born and raised in Cairo in 1954. Her father was a lawyer and political activist/theoretician, and her mother was a homemaker. She began studying medicine at Cairo University in 1972, where she was active in the student movement, and later transferred to Ayn Shams University after her third year. After graduating in 1978, Aida chose a specialism in psychiatry, registering for a masters’ degree and undertaking an unpaid residency at the university hospital, until she qualified as a psychiatrist. Aida was a co-founder of a feminist study group called the New Woman study group, in 1984, which later became the New Woman Foundation. She was also the co-founder of El Nadeem Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture in 1993. Aida was still involved in managing the El Nadeem Centre at the time of the interview. She was an active member of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights after it initially formed and was previously involved in underground leftist groups, including Al Shaab political party and the Revolutionary Socialists. She participated in political and social struggles throughout the 2000s, as well as participating in the 25 January 2011 uprising. ( en )
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- Funding : Women's Activism in the Arab World (2013-2016). This project, funded by a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship, examines the significance of middle-class women's activism to the geo/politics of Arab countries, from national independence until the Arab uprisings. It was based on over 100 personal narratives of women activists of different generations from Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon.
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- Interview conducted on: 01 February 14
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- Duration: 2 hours, 13 minutes and 55 seconds
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- Language of interview: English
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- Audio transcription and translation by Captivate Arabia, Amman, Jordan , info@captivatearabia.com
- General Note:
- آسيا -- مصر -- القاهرة -- القاهرة
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- VIAF (name authority) : Pratt, Nicola Christine : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/49147457
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- VIAF (name authority) : El-Dawla, Aida Seif : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/282090981
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- University of Warwick
- Rights Management:
- © 2014 the Interviewer and Interviewee. All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
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