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Guardianship Is My Right
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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The Women and Memory Center for Books and Documents deals with resources in the field of gender studies in Egypt and the Arab world, in addition to rare books and magazines published in the Arab world, and special collections on pioneering women
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A short documentary on the Women and Memory Forum, reviewing its activities and projects since its establishment in 1995.
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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2 May
2024
Jean Said Makdisi at WMF to Discuss the Arabic Translation of her Memoir Teta, Mother, and Me Published by Egypt’s National Center for Translation
23 April
2024
WMF Organizes a Seminar in Cairo on “Feminist Readings of Arab Cultural History”
14 January
2023
Celebration for the Feminist Oral History Project “Documenting the Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs””
24 February
2019
WMF workshop on gender studies
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2019
“Doing Well, Don’t Worry.” exhibition in Aswan

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