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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000063/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Maha was born in Ramallah, West Bank, circa 1955. She left to (East Bank) Jordan after 1967 to study English literature. She married at the age of 18 and had four children. She worked as a teacher for 4 years, before resigning to pursue a BA in music, after which she began teaching music to children. Maha was encouraged to volunteer and undertake charitable work by her mother, which she did for many years. She has helped people in need (the poor, people with disabilities, orphans, refugees, amongst others) in all aspects of their lives. In 2008, she co-founded the association Ibdaa (meaning, ‘creativity’) in order to support children and young adults in realizing their creativity. She organized the First Arab Creativity Conference. The association has won a number of awards for its work. ( 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: 22 May 2014
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- Duration: 1 hour, 14 minutes and 46 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
- General Note:
- آسيا -- الأردن -- عَمّان -- عَمّان
- General Note:
- 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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