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Memoirs of an early Arab feminist : the life and activism of Anbara Salam Khalidi /

The first English translation of the memoirs of Anbara Salam Khalidi, the iconic Arab feminist.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khālidī, ʻAnbarah Salām (Autor)
Otros Autores: Khalidi, Tarif (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Arabic
Publicado: London : Pluto Press, 2013.
Edición:1st English language ed.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword
  • Marina Warner; Translator's Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Upbringing and Family; My first school; Other childhood memories; Means of transport and new inventions; Weddings and funerals; 2. Political Events Before the First World War; The trip to Cairo; My education (continued); Awakenings; The reform movement; The Paris Conference; First signs of a secret revolution; My studies at home; The Society for the Awakening of the Young Arab Woman; 3. An Engagement that was Not Completed; Jamal Pasha and his iniquities.
  • The war period and my meeting with Jamal PashaWorkshops and refugee shelters in wartime; The Muslim Girls' Club and Ahmad Muktar Beyhum; Illustrations; 4. The War's End; Occupation and the Mandate; The Syrian Congress; My Father's opposition to the Mandata and his exile to Duma; French vindictiveness and severe financial losses for the family; The Lake Huleh story; 5. Society for Women's Renaissance; My trip to England; Returning to Beirut / Unveiling; The progress of feminism; Feminist conferences; Some pioneers of feminism; 6. Back to the Literary Scene of the 1920s and Beyond.
  • Some women literary figures7. The Story of My Marriage; Palestine my homeland; British policy in Palestine; Palestinian women; Zionist propaganda; Our literary and social life; Deir Amr; The Jericho project; Jerusalem and the Arab College; Back to family life; My children; 8. Exile; Loss of homeland, loss of partner; Index.