Interview with Linda Matar
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Material Information

Title:
Interview with Linda Matar
Series Title:
Middle East Women's Activism
Alternate Title:
مقابلة مع ليندا مطر
Creator:
Maṭar, Līndā, 1925- ( Interviewee )
مطر ، ليندا ، ‎1925- ( contributor )
Matar, Linda, 1925- ( contributor )
Pratt, Nicola Christine ( contributor )
Place of Publication:
Beirut, Lebanon
Publication Date:
Language:
Arabic

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Lebanese League for Women's Rights ( UW-MEWA )
رابطة حقوق المرأة اللبنانية ( UW-MEWA )
Saad, Maarouf, 1957- . Assassination ( CAOONL )
سعد, معروف, 1957- . اغتيال ( UW-MEWA )
Burj al-Barājinah (Refugee camp) ( EGAXA )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Lebanon -- Beirut Governate -- Beirut
Coordinates:
33.886944 x 35.513056

Notes

Abstract:
Linda Matar was born in 1925 in Furn al-Shabbak, in the suburbs of Beirut. Linda attended a convent school as a child but was forced to leave school at the age of 12 because her parents could not afford school tuition fees. Until the age of 14 she worked in factories. After this she was employed by the convent school to teach elementary school students. At the age of 17 she got married and became a homemaker. Towards the end of the 1940s she became involved in the struggle for Lebanese women's right to vote and joined the Lebanese League for Women's Rights, which works for gender equality in all spheres. She remains a member of the League and has been the League president and, at the time of the interview, was responsible for foreign affairs in the League. Linda also helped establish the Lebanese Women's Council, of which she became president in 1996. The same year, she ran for parliamentary elections as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. She was active in opposing the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 through an international speaking tour. ( 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.
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Interview conducted on: 25 October 2013
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Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes, and 38 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.
General Note:
آسيا -- لبنان -- بيروت -- بيروت
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VIAF (name authority) : Pratt, Nicola Christine : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/49147457
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Maṭar, Līndā, 1925- : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/306483604

Record Information

Source Institution:
University of Warwick
Rights Management:
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