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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/CVU0000088/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Wafa Al Yassir was born on 18 February 1954 in Lebanon to Palestinian parents born in Yaffa. She graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1978, studying business. During her university years she was active in student and political organizations. However, after the 1982 Israeli invasion she became less involved in political activism. From 1982 she began working for Team International, conducting research on the situation of Palestinian refugees in West Asia. In 1984, she left Team International and established the Vocational Training Committee, conducting vocational training programmes for Palestinians in the camps. During the War of the Camps (1985-86), she was involved in providing humanitarian relief. In 1986, she was appointed Lebanon country director for Norwegian People's Aid, where she has been working ever since. Wafa also advocates for the rights of Palestinians in Lebanon. ( 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: 21 October 2013
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- Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes and 18 seconds
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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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