Egyptian women's long history of leading in struggle and losing after victory.

Length: 0:28:46
Uploaded: 28 Mar, 2011

Recording Date: 27 Mar, 2011
Recording Location: Oakland, California USA; Vancouver BC Canada
Logsheet: none
Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
Copyright:
WINGS #48-10 Women and the Egyptian Revolution by WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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Program Title: WINGS #48-10 Women and the Egyptian Revolution
Description: An activist in her 80s and a young scholar each recount parts of the history of women's struggle for rights in Egypt, both triumphs and reverses, from the struggle for independence from Britain until today.

Host(s): Kyung Jin Lee
Featured Speakers/Guests: Nawal El Saadawi, physician, author, activist and re-founder of the Egyptian Women’s Union; Melanie Tanielian, Ph.D. candidate in history of the Middle East at UC Berkeley, adjunct professor at University of San Francisco; cameo by Omar Suleiman, Vice President of Egypt, and a crowd of thousands.

Credits: Adapted for WINGS from an original production by Making Contact Producer/Host: Kyung Jin Lee
Producer: Andrew Stelzer
Producer/Online Editor: Pauline Bartolone
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Associate Director: Khanh Pham
Production Interns: Shaunnah Ray and Courtney Supple
Organizational Volunteers: Judy Huang, Dan Turner, Ron Rucker, Alfonso Hooker & Alton Byrd. WINGS series producer, Frieda Werden

Comments: Related audio also online at http://www.radioproject.org/2011/03/egyptian-women-on-the-frontlines-of-change/