Interview with Souad Jarrar
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Material Information

Title:
Interview with Souad Jarrar
Series Title:
Middle East Women's Activism
Creator:
Jarrar, Souad ( Interviewee )
Pratt, Nicola Christine ( contributor )
Place of Publication:
Beirut, Lebanon
Publication Date:
Language:
English

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Sabra and Shatila Massacre (Lebanon : 1982) ( LCSH )
Lebanon ( LCSH )
Women's activism ( UW-MEWA )
Women -- Political activity ( LCSH )
Palestinian embroidery ( UW-MEWA )
Palestinian Arabs -- Embroidery ( LCSH )
INAASH ( UW-MEWA )
Palestinian heritage ( UW-MEWA )
Palestinian culture ( UW-MEWA )
Palestinian Arabs -- Heritage ( LCSH )
Palestinian Arabs -- Culture ( LCSH )
Lebanese Civil War (Lebanon : 1975-1990) ( LCSH )
Lebanon War (1982) ( UW-MEWA )
حرب لبنان 1982 ( UW-MEWA )
מלחמת לבנון הראשונה ( UW-MEWA )
NGOs ( UW-MEWA )
الحريري ، رفيق ، 1994-2005 -- اغتيال ( EGAXA )
سلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية ( UW-MEWA )
Children ( LCSH )
Volunteerism ( UW-MEWA )
Voluntarism ( LCSH )
Civil society ( LCSH )
Education ( LCSH )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Lebanon -- Beirut Governate -- Beirut
Coordinates:
33.886944 x 35.513056

Notes

Abstract:
Souad Jarrar was born in Saudi Arabia in 1960 to Palestinian (West Bank) parents. Her father worked in a bank and her mother was a teacher. After completing high school in Saudi Arabia she moved to Lebanon and attended the American University of Beirut graduating with a BA in Agriculture and a Master's in information technology. As a student in AUB, she became active in the Palestinian national cause and volunteered in the Palestinian refugee camps. After graduation, she moved briefly to Jordan and worked as a teacher of sciences and maths and later in public relations. Then she married and returned to Lebanon and began volunteering with a Palestinian NGO called Inaash, focusing on the revival and preservation of Palestinian embroidery and building kindergartens in the camps. She trained in fashion design and art and then worked with Palestinian refugee women training them to design Palestinian embroidery products. Souad also volunteers in other initiatives to help youth and children in Lebanon. ( 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.
General Note:
Interview conducted on: 02 November 2013
General Note:
Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes, 6 seconds
General Note:
Language of interview: English
General Note:
Audio transcription by Captivate Arabia, Amman, Jordan , info@captivatearabia.com.
General Note:
آسيا -- لبنان -- بيروت -- بيروت
General Note:
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.