Interview with Ferial Abu Hamdan
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Title:
Interview with Ferial Abu Hamdan
Series Title:
Middle East Women's Activism
Alternate Title:
مقابلة مع فريال أبو حمدان
Creator:
Abu Hamdan, Ferial ( Interviewee )
أبو حمدان ، فريال ( contributor )
Pratt, Nicola Christine ( contributor )
Place of Publication:
Baakline, Lebanon
Publication Date:
Language:
English

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Lebanon ( LCSH )
Women's activism ( UW-MEWA )
Women -- Political activity ( LCSH )
Syria ( LCSH )
United States ( LCSH )
NGOs ( UW-MEWA )
Non-governmental organizations ( LCSH )
منظمة غير حكومية ( UW-MEWA )
Political parties ( LCSH )
Political participation ( LCSH )
Lebanese Civil War (Lebanon : 1975-1990) ( LCSH )
Human rights ( LCSH )
Women's rights ( LCSH )
Special needs ( UW-MEWA )
Women's roles ( UW-MEWA )
Women -- Social conditions ( LCSH )
Hizballah (Lebanon) ( LCSH )
حزب الله (لبنان) ( UW-MEWA )
Weapons ( LCSH )
Israel ( LCSH )
Gharifeh (Lebanon) ( LCSH )
غريفة (لبنان) ( UW-MEWA )
Government ( UW-MEWA )
Politics and government ( LCSH )
Law ( LCSH )
Humanitarianism ( LCSH )
Peace ( LCSH )
UNDP ( UW-MEWA )
United Nations. Development Programme ( LCSH )
برنامج الامم المتحدة الانمائي ( EGAXA )
Social Work ( UW-MEWA )
Social service ( LCSH )
Volunteerism ( UW-MEWA )
Voluntarism ( LCSH )
Lebanese Nationalist Movement ( UW-MEWA )
الحركة الوطنية اللبنانية‎ ( UW-MEWA )
Progressive Socialist Party ( UW-MEWA )
Ḥizb al-Taqaddumī al-Ishtirākī (Lebanon) ( LCSH )
حزب التقدمي الإشتراكي (لبنان)‏ ( UW-MEWA )
Jumblatṭ, Walīd, 1949- ( UW-MEWA )
جنبلاط، وليد, 1949- ( UW-MEWA )
Elections ( LCSH )
Amal (Movement) ( LCSH )
حركة امل‏ ( UW-MEWA )
Jordan ( LCSH )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Lebanon -- Mount Lebanon Governorate -- Chouf District -- Baakline
Coordinates:
33.679722 x 35.558333

Notes

Abstract:
Ferial was born on 10 March, 1955 in Amman, Jordan, to Lebanese parents. Her father was a contractor working in Jordan at that time and her mother was a housewife. She left Jordan in 1975 and went to England and then to America to study environmental design and architecture. Ferial moved to Beirut in 1987, and lived there during the civil war. She got to know Anissa Najjar, founder of the Village Welfare Society, and the Lebanese branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Through these networks, Ferial became involved in her community and women's rights activism. She was one of the few women in Lebanon who ran in municipal elections in the early 1980s but declined a position as mayor. Ferial has volunteered her time for many projects such as training women in organic farming and advocating for women's rights. She is an active member of the Lebanese branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Ferial received a United Nations award for her volunteer work in 2004. ( 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: 13 October 2013
General Note:
Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes, and 39 seconds
General Note:
Language of interview: English
General Note:
Audio transcription by Captivate Arabia, Amman, Jordan , info@captivatearabia.com
General Note:
آسيا -- لبنان -- جبل لبنان -- جبل الشوف -- بعقلين
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Pratt, Nicola Christine : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/49147457

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Source Institution:
University of Warwick
Rights Management:
© 2013 the Interviewer and Interviewee. All rights reserved. Used here with permission.