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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000066/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Rania was born in Amman in 1980. Her father was a tradesman and her mother was a teacher. They are both of Palestinian origin. She studied at Al-Zarqa Al-Ahliyya University, in the Islamic Law Faculty, graduating in 2002. At university, Rania was not involved with political activism, which was dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, but would participate in protests related to events in Israel/Palestine. After university, she worked as a teacher but quickly grew disillusioned with the curriculum, which she believed encourages extremist politics. Rania found a job working at Al-Arab Al-Yawm newspaper for 7 years, and then at Aramram TV. Through journalism, she became familiar with leftist political activists and became interested in domestic politics and issues of democratic reform, as well as women’s rights. Rania was excited by the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt and reported on the demonstrations outside the Egyptian embassy in Amman. She participated in the 24 March 2011 protests against the Jordanian regime and witnessed the security crackdown against them. Since then, Rania has focused on her writing and learning more about the history of the women’s movement in Jordan. She is very critical of present-day women’s NGOs that receive external funding. ( 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: 11 May 2014
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- Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes and 18 seconds
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- Language of Interview: Arabic
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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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