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Memoirs Of An Early Arab Feminist : By Anbara Salam Khalidi
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- ISBN
- 9780745333571
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pluto Press
ISBN-10
0745333575
ISBN-13
9780745333571
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143659403
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
184 Pages
Publication Name
Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist : the Life and Activism of Anbara Salam Khalidi
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Subject
Women, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Women's Studies, Political
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Library Binding
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
Reading the memoir of Anbara Salam Khalidi is an inspiring and disturbing experience: here is a truly exceptional woman, who was moved throughout her life by those qualqities that remain the highest ethical ideals: courage, love, generosity, independence of spirit--and modesty. But as well as a poignant and forthright picture of an individual woman's life, the book was immediately recognised as a major work of historical testimony when it appeared in 1978. Anbara stands witness to a momentous period [of history]; throughout, she was in the vanguard of reform, present and active at key turning points of the turbulent twentieth century. ... These memoirs have rightly become a classic with the Arabic public, and now, in her son Tarif Khalidi's translation, can at last reach Anglophone readers. The book offers us unparalleled insight into a rare human being, whose fascinating account of her life will make every reader wish to have known her; her story sharpens the sense that the freedoms that some of us are fortunate to enjoy were hard-won by forebears like Anbara., "These memoirs are a fascinating record of experiences witnessed by a pioneer feminist in Beirut whose name is rightly synonymous with the feminist, social and literary renaissance of the Arab East. ... From now on [neither] the history of Beirut in the modern period nor the history of the modern feminist movement in the Arab world [can] be written without reference to these very memoirs." - Kamal Salibi, prominent Lebanese historian and former Professor of History at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon., 'A fascinating record of experiences witnessed by a pioneer feminist in Beirut whose name is rightly synonymous with the feminist, social and literary renaissance of the Arab East', "These memoirs are a fascinating record of experiences witnessed by a pioneer feminist in Beirut whose name is rightly synonymous with the feminist, social and literary renaissance of the Arab East. ... From now on [neither] the history of Beirut in the modern period nor the history of the modern feminist movement in the Arab world [can] be written without reference to these very memoirs." - Kamal Salibi, prominent Lebanese historian and former Professor of History at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. , Anbara Salam Khalidi was a truly exceptional woman. Her book stands witness to a momentous period [of history]; throughout, she was in the vanguard of reform, active at key turning points of the turbulent twentieth century. ... These memoirs have rightly become a classic with the Arabic public, and now can at last reach Anglophone readers. The book offers us unparalleled insight; her story sharpens the sense that the freedoms that some of us are fortunate to enjoy were hard-won by forebears like Anbara., 'A truly exceptional woman. Her book stands witness to a momentous period; throughout, she was in the vanguard of reform', These memoirs are a fascinating record of experiences witnessed by a pioneer feminist in Beirut whose name is rightly synonymous with the feminist, social and literary renaissance of the Arab East. ... From now on [neither] the history of Beirut in the modern period nor the history of the modern feminist movement in the Arab world [can] be written without reference to these very memoirs.
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
305.42092
Table Of Content
Translator's Acknowledgments List of Illustrations 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; The "Yellow" peril; 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 Pasha; Workshops and refugee shelters in wartime; The Muslim Girls' Club and Ahmad Mukhtar Bayhum 4. The war's end Occupation and the Mandate; The Syrian Congress; My father's opposition to the Mandate 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 figures 7. 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
Synopsis
Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist is the first English translation of the memoirs of Anbara Salam Khalidi, the iconic Arab feminist. At a time when women are playing a leading role in the Arab Spring, this book brings to life an earlier period of social turmoil and women's activism through one remarkable life. Anbara Salam was born in 1897 to a notable Sunni Muslim family of Beirut. She grew up in 'Greater Syria', in which unhindered travel between Beirut, Jerusalem and Damascus was possible, and wrote a series of newspaper articles calling on women to fight for their rights within the Ottoman Empire. In 1927 she caused a public scandal by removing her veil during a lecture at the American University of Beirut. Later she translated Homer and Virgil into Arabic and fled from Jerusalem to Beirut following the establishment of Israel in 1948. She died in Beirut in 1986. These memoirs have long been acclaimed by Middle East historians as an essential resource for the social history of Beirut and the larger Arab world in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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