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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000041/00001
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- Abstract:
- Hala was born in Kuwait in 1968. Her father was Egyptian and worked in the Ministry of Culture. Her mother was Polish and an academic. Hala attended Cairo University, studying English Literature. She then did an MA at the University of Leeds, UK, before returning to her alma mater to work as an assistant lecturer and to study for a PhD. She also studied at Smith College in Massachusetts. During her PhD, Hala became interested in women's rights and feminism. For her PhD, she focused on autobiographical works by women of different nationalities and backgrounds. Hala also became a member of the Women and Memory Forum, working as a research assistant under Hoda Elsadda. Hala co-founded the March 9th Movement for the Independence of Universities. During the 25 January 2011 Revolution, she helped coordinate demonstrations amongst university professors on university campuses and in the streets. With the WMF, Hala was involved in studying and proposing gender-sensitive articles for the 2012 Egyptian constitution. As of the interview, Hala was still involved with the WMF, helping to create an archive of the voices of women activists from before and during the Revolution. ( 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: 29 December 2013
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- Duration: 1 hour, 46 minutes and 19 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) : Kamāl, Hālah : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/301681785
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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