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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000021/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Maha was born in 1960 in Cairo. Her mother was a homemaker and her father was a university professor of chemistry. In 1967, Maha's family moved to Nigeria for her father’s work. She returned to Cairo at the age of 11. Maha studied at Cairo University and received a BA in English literature. Whilst studying, she got married and had 2 children. After finishing her first degree, Maha studied for her masters and began teaching at Hilwan University. She then went on to to do her PhD and started teaching at Cairo University English Department. Maha was a member of Kefaya, the Egyptian Movement for Change, and Egyptian Women for Change. She participated in the 25 January 2011 uprising. After the ousting of Mubarak, she joined the Egyptian Social Democratic Party and became an active member of both the women's committee and the evaluation committee in the Giza branch. At the time of the interview, Maha was scaling down her involvement in the party. ( 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: 21 December 2013
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- Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes and 26 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) : El Said, Maha : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/42146461610627731962
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- University of Warwick
- Rights Management:
- © 2013 the Interviewer and Interviewee. All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
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