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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000079/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Leila Zakharia was born in Beirut on 4 November, 1945. Her father was a diamond cutter from Yaffa, Palestine, and her mother was a homemaker, born in Beirut. She studied art at the American University of Beirut, becoming politicized by the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. She graduated in 1968, and went to Sweden to study art for a year. Leila then returned to Lebanon to work for the Institute for Palestine Studies. In 1972 she received a graduate assistantship at the University of Illinois and became head of the Arab Students Organization, which is when she became more active in the Palestinian cause. Leila returned to Lebanon in 1978 and began working in the private sector. She worked as an art director in a Lebanese art company, and with several advertising companies. She also worked for the Institute for Palestine Studies, editing international documents. After the 1982 Israeli invasion and the departure of the PLO, it was increasingly difficult for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Motivated to do more for Palestinian refugees, Leila began working with NGOs, like Association Najdeh, where she taught Palestinian women refugees the fundamentals of design and embroidery so that they would be able to create embroidered products for income generation. Leila has also worked with the Welfare Association and spoken at numerous international conferences, advocating for Palestinian rights. At the time of the interview, she was a freelance development consultant. ( 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: 14 October 2013 and 15 October 2013
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- Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes
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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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