Interview with Azza Soliman
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Title:
Interview with Azza Soliman
Series Title:
Middle East Women's Activism
Added title page title:
مقابلة مع عزة سليمان
Creator:
Soliman, Azza ( Interviewee )
Pratt, Nicola Christine ( contributor )
Place of Publication:
Cairo, Egypt
Publication Date:
Language:
Arabic

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Nasserism ( UW-MEWA )
التيار الناصري‎ ( UW-MEWA )
at-Tayyār an-Nāṣerī ( UW-MEWA )
Arab Studies Association ( UW-MEWA )
Palestinian cause ( UW-MEWA )
Palestinian Arabs -- Civil rights ( LCSH )
Arab Organization for Human Rights ( UW-MEWA )
Munaẓẓamah al-ʻArabīyah li-Ḥuqūq al-Insān ( LCSH )
المنظمة العربية لحقوق الانسان ( J9U )
Economic rights ( UW-MEWA )
Civil rights -- Economic aspects ( LCSH )
Legal awareness ( UW-MEWA )
Law -- Comprehension ( LCSH )
CEWLA Foundation ( UW-MEWA )
Markaz Qaḍāyā al-Marʾah al-Miṣrīyah ( LCSH )
مركز قضايا المرأة المصرية ( UW-MEWA )
New Woman Foundation ( UW-MEWA )
مؤسسة المرأة الجديدة ( UW-MEWA )
Bulaq al-Dakrour (Cairo, Egypt) ( UW-MEWA )
حي بولاق (القاهرة، مصر) ( UW-MEWA )
New Civic Forum ( UW-MEWA )
المنتدى المدني الجديد ( UW-MEWA )
Coalition of Egyptian Feminist Organizations (Egypt) ( UW-MEWA )
تحالف المنظمات النسوية المصرية ( UW-MEWA )
حركة شباب 6 أبريل ( UW-MEWA )
Women and Memory Forum ( UW-MEWA )
Multaqá al-Marʼah wa-al-Dhākirah ( LCSH )
ملتقى المرأة والذاكرة ( NII )
Muʼassasat al-Marʼah wa-al-Dhākirah ( LCSH )
مؤسسة المرأة والذاكرة ( UW-MEWA )
Torture ( LCSH )
Kefaya ( UW-MEWA )
Kifāyah (Organization) ( LCSH )
الحركة المصرية من أجل التغيير ( UW-MEWA )
January 25 2011 Revolution (Egypt) ( UW-MEWA )
Thawrat 25 Yanāyir 2011 (Egypt) ( UW-MEWA )
ثورة 25 ياناير 2011 (مصر)
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Egypt -- Cairo Governate -- Cairo
Coordinates:
30.033333 x 31.233333

Notes

Abstract:
Azza was born in Giza in 1966. Her father was a small business owner and her mother was a housewife. She studied law at Cairo University, graduating in 1989. During her university studies she became politically active, joining the Nasserist Arab Studies Association. She also joined the Tagammu` Party at this time. After graduating, she worked with the Arab Organization for Human Rights and was briefly arrested after exposing a case of torture by the Egyptian Ministry of Interior whilst interviewed on the BBC. She founded the Centre for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA) in the 1990s in order to address women’s legal rights. In addition to providing legal assistance, the centre has also tackled taboo subjects such as ‘honour’ crimes, early marriage and advocating new interpretations of Islam. CEWLA has also worked with other civil society organizations, such as the New Woman Foundation and Al-Nadeem Centre. She participated in the 18-day sit-in in Tahrir Square in 2011. At the time of the interview, Azza was worried about the growing power of Salafists and the growing influence of the Ministry of Interior in Egypt. ( 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.
General Note:
Interview conducted on: 23 December 2013
General Note:
Duration: 35 minutes and 32 seconds
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Language of Interview: Arabic
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Audio transcription by Captivate Arabia, Amman, Jordan , info@captivatearabia.com
General Note:
آسيا -- مصر -- القاهرة -- القاهرة
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Pratt, Nicola Christine : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/49147457

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Source Institution:
University of Warwick
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