Interview with May Makarem Hilal
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Title:
Interview with May Makarem Hilal
Series Title:
Middle East Women's Activism
Alternate Title:
مقابلة مع مي مكارم هلال
Creator:
Makarem Hilal, May ( Interviewee )
مكارم هلال ، مي ( contributor )
Makarem, May ( contributor )
Pratt, Nicola Christine ( contributor )
Place of Publication:
Qurnayel, Lebanon
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Language:
Arabic

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Abstract:
May Makarem Hilal was born in Ras el Matn in 1948. Her mother was a homemaker and her father was a farmer. After graduating secondary school, she got married when she was 19 years old. At the age of 18, she started teaching at a primary school, but after she graduated university she began to teach English literature at a secondary school. There she was promoted to headmistress. Whilst working, May studied for a degree in English literature at the Lebanese University in Beirut, graduating in 1970. She began her public work in the 1990s, when she helped establish the Qurnayel Women's Society, in order to address the lack of social services and welfare for women in her village. Through her voluntary work she cooperated with the Lebanese Women's Council, organizing various events and conferences for women. May also became a member of the National Committee for the Follow Up of Women's Issues after the Beijing Conference on Women in 1995. At the time of the interview, she was the regional coordinator of the National Committee for the Follow Up of Women’s Issues for the Mount Lebanon municipality. ( 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: 20 October 2013
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Duration: 56 minutes and 59 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 -- لبنان -- جبل لبنان -- بعبدا -- قرنايل
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VIAF (name authority) : Pratt, Nicola Christine : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/49147457

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Source Institution:
University of Warwick
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