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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000016/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Karima was born on 25 February 1953 in Cairo. Her parents both came from a farming background. From the age of 10, Karima was involved in theatre. She entered university in October 1971 and graduated in 1978 in pharmacy, during which time she was very active in the student movement. After graduation, Karima established a small pharmacy and also worked in theatre productions around Egypt, until 2002, when she left the theatre to concentrate on political activism. After 2000, Kairma participated in the Egyptian Popular Committee in Solidarity with the Palestinians and the Cairo International Conference against the US occupation of Iraq. She was one of the founders of the Kefaya Movement for Change in 2004 and the Egyptian National Society for Change in 2010. She was active in the 25 January 2011 uprising and, afterwards, was one of the founders of the Egyptian Socialist Party and one of two female candidates on the party’s list for parliamentary elections in 2011. Karima founded the Egyptian Women's National Front in 2012, a coalition bringing together female political party members, which also was part of the hearing sessions for the writing of the 2014 constitution. ( en )
- General Note:
- 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: 13 January 2014
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- Duration: 1 hour, 17 minutes and 36 seconds
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- Language of interview: Arabic
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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
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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