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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000085/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Sana Solh was born in Brummana, Lebanon in 1945. Her father was a Lebanese civil servant in the Ministry of Petroleum, but was assassinated in 1958 during the Lebanese 'crisis'. Her mother was the founder of the Amal school for children with mental disabilities. Sana's first involvement in public work was helping her mother at the school, helping children with disabilities. From 1959 to 1962 Sana was sent to study in Portsmouth, UK. She continued studying in the UK and completed her first degree in history and then studied translation. She then returned to Lebanon and got married in 1963. She continued her social work in Lebanon and was an active member of the Lebanese Council for Women, sitting on various committees. During the civil war, she was involved in activities to resist war and violence. She was involved in advocating and lobbying for women's rights, including changes to Lebanon's personal status laws to enable divorced women to keep custody of their children. She passed away on 24 September 2019. ( 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: 18 October 2013
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- Duration: 1 hour and 5 minutes
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- Language of interview: English
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- Audio transcription by Captivate Arabia, Amman, Jordan , info@captivatearabia.com
- General Note:
- 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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