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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000011/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Marie was born in Cairo in 1932. In her youth, she was a member of the Young Women’s Christian Association and was involved in voluntary charitable work. She studied at the American University in Cairo. Marie became aware of women’s issues through her work for the Worldwide Young Women's Christian Association and the World Council of Churches. She was the first woman to serve as deputy general secretary within the Council. Marie was one of the first to write about female genital mutilation (FGM) (or 'cutting' - FGC) in Egypt, in 1978, in a report for UNICEF. In preparation for the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in 1994, Marie helped to initiate the FGM Taskforce, which included different activists concerned with tackling female genital cutting. After 1986, Marie volunteered in the 'zabbaleen', rubbish collectors, community in Cairo to improve the living conditions and welfare of the community's residents. She passed away in 2018. ( 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: 09 January 14
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- Duration: 59 minutes and 62 seconds
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- Language of interview: English
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- Audio transcription by Captivate Arabia, Amman, Jordan , info@captivatearabia.com
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- 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) : Assaad, Marie : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/1441730
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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