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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000038/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Omaima was born in 1957 in Alexandria. She grew up in Cairo. Her father was a mechanical engineer and her mother was an English teacher. She went to Cairo University, where she studied in the English department. Afterward she married and moved to the United States with her husband. While there, she attained a Masters degree from North Carolina State University and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. After returning to Egypt, she became involved with the Woman and Memory Forum and began to become interested in Islamic feminism. Around 2003, she also joined the Wasat Party. Omaima became involved in the 25 January 2011 Revolution, joining the sit-in in Tahrir Square. She was opposed to the Muslim Brotherhood, which was a reason for leaving the Wasat Party, which she saw as getting too close to the Muslim Brotherhood. However, she was against the 30 June 2013 demonstrations. ( 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: 05 January 2014
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- Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes and 35 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) : Abū Bakr, Umaymah : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/58405420
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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