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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000035/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Nihal was born in Cairo in 1985, growing up in Nasr City. Her mother was a project officer for an international organisation and her father was an accountant but they divorced when she was young. She got a bacherlor's degree in electronics and communication engineering at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology. She graduated in 2009. While there, she was the head of the student council for two years, getting involved in charity and development work with the university. After graduating, she joined a nonprofit organisation called Solia as an IT consultant for three years. After this she travelled around Europe for a time. When she came back she began working with Mawared. She also co-fonded Basma/Imprint Movement. It aimed to tackle issues such as sexual harassment and discrimination against women. They ran workshops and awareness programs. Nihal was not initially involved with the 25 January 2011 uprising, but became involved due to the levels of police violence she witnessed. However her attitude toward the revolution soured, particularly as she sees groups fighting each other over political power rather than working together. In 2013, she became involved with Ikhtiyar ('Choice'), a group that researches gender. However, she doesn't consider herself as a feminist, but rather a humanist. ( 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: 30 December 2013
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- Duration: 1 hour, 7 minutes and 25 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
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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