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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000076/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Haifa Jammal was born on 31 January, 1959, in the Burj El Shamali refugee camp in Lebanon. At 11 years old she became involved with the PFLP girls' division and learned about Marxism and Palestinian national politics. She then studied at university in the field of sociology, but suffered multiple disruptions in her studies due to the civil war in Lebanon in the 1970s and 1980s. Her family was greatly affected by the war, and she lost three of her close relatives. She went back to complete her studies, enrolling for a degree in sociology at the Lebanese University from 1999 to 2002. Haifa was active for a long time with the DFLP and then, after 1979, she became involved with humanitarian work and advocating for women's rights, civil rights and the right of return of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. She worked with Association Najdeh and, at the time of the interview, was working with Norwegian People's Aid. She has advocated for Palestinian rights internationally and has led a number of different campaigns for Palestinian rights. ( 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 October 2013
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- Duration: 2 hours, 56 minutes, and 44 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 -- لبنان -- بيروت -- بيروت
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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:
- © 2013 the Interviewer and Interviewee. All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
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