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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000029/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Arab was born in Sidon, Lebanon in 1953. Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a homemaker. Both her parents were open-minded. From a young age, she became politically active in Lebanon, joining a Marxist group and then the left-wing of the Palestinian resistance movement. Arab first travelled to Egypt in 1972 to study cinema and became active in the Egyptian student movement. She left Egypt for a few years as she was wanted for questioning for her political activism. She returned in 1982, when she married an Egyptian. During the 1980s, she became involved in the New Woman study group, which later became the New Woman Foundation. Arab is very critical of the NGO-ization of the New Woman group and other leftist groups. As of the interview, Arab still had hopes that the Egyptian revolution could produce real change in Egypt by encouraging and developing popular democracy and not relying on central leaders. ( 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: 29 December 2013
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- Duration: 53 minutes and 46 seconds
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- Language of interview: English
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- Audio transcription 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:
- © 2013 the Interviewer and Interviewee. All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
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