Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist: The Life and Activism of Anbara Salam Khalidi

Title: Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist: The Life and Activism of Anbara Salam Khalidi Author: Anbara Salam Khalidi ISBN: 9780745333564 Publisher: Pluto Press Published: 2013 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Memoir 1623044 Publisher Description: * Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2016* 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 the effects of the revolution and counterrevolution of the Arab Spring loom heavy over Middle Eastern politics, 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 and cross-cultural exchange between Beirut, Jerusalem an