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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000052/00001
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- Abstract:
- Leila was born in Amman in 1944. Her father was a merchant and her mother was a home maker. She first became interested in politics and political work during the Suez Crisis and attended rallies in Jordan in support of Gamal Abdel-Nasser. She was politically active at university and was involved in supporting Palestinian women refugees after the 1967 war. This led to the creation of the Arab Women Organization wih her sister, Emily, where she has worked since 1970 and of which she is currently the director. She is also a member of the Jordanian Communist Party, sitting on the central committee and working to mobilise women’s participation in the party. Due to her work on women's issues, she has been attacked by the government, Islamist groups and the tribes of Jordan. Her organization is particularly in conflict with the Islamists, who are opposed to CEDAW. Leila was initially hopeful about the Arab uprisings as a springboard for improving the situation of women, but, with the rise of Islamist parties, she has become more sceptical. She participated in the demonstrations in Jordan in 2011, for political reform as well as for women’s rights. She was involved in the campaign to give Jordanian women married to foreigners the right to pass on their nationality to their children. At the time of the interview, Leila expressed concerns over the lack of solidarity between women’s rights NGOs in Jordan and the wider Arab world. ( 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: 08 May 2014
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- Duration: 1 hour, 1 minute and 35 seconds
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- Language of Interview: English
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- Audio transcription and translation by Captivate Arabia, Amman, Jordan, info@captivatearabia.com
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- آسيا -- الأردن -- عَمّان -- عَمّان
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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:
- © 2014 the Interviewer and Interviewee. All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
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