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In March 2021, the Women and Memory Forum launched an online campaign in protest against the draft personal status law, with the campaign's slogan "Guardianship is My Right" going viral, and becoming one of Egypt's most popular hashtags used by men and women to voice their protest.
Women's Oral History Archive
Uncovering women's voices in an oral archive has changed the way we look, not only at women's history, but at history in general.
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Who Is She in Egypt
"Who Is She in Egypt" is a database of distinguished Egyptian women. The database offers profiles, in Arabic and English, on Egyptian women experts in their particular fields and specializations.
Spotlights on Forgotten Memory
"Spotlights on Forgotten Memory" is a writing contest launched by the Women and Memory Forum. Through the contest, participants produce a research article on a forgotten female figure, or a woman who has not received adequate attention in the official Arab history.
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2019
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Workshop: The Feminist Perspective & Egalitarian Qur’anic Interpretation

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