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Her Mark in History: A Podcast for Pioneer Women’s Voices
Her Mark in History is a multimedia project launched by the Women and Memory Forum (WMF) in December 2024 to narrate women’s history in Egypt through a combination of traditional and contemporary media. A Podcast for Pioneer Women’s Voices is the first phase of Her Mark in History, and on 25 December the first episode was shared on online social media platforms.
The podcast features audio clips from the oral history interviews conducted by the WMF to document the life stories of pioneer Egyptian women in the Women’s Oral History Archive. Clips from interviews recorded across 30 years were selected for 15 short podcast episodes, each dedicated to a pioneer Egyptian woman. A Podcast for Pioneer Women’s Voices gives the wider public, especially the younger generation, access to women’s history narrated in their own voices, aiming to keep women’s memory and life experiences present and heard.
In addition to the podcast, Her Mark in History includes multimedia traveling exhibitions of women’s history in Egypt since the 1930s. This project is part of the WMF’s mission to document and narrate Egypt’s history and collective memory from the perspective of the women who left their mark in history and via sources that bring together the public and the private. The project revives the memory of Egypt’s pioneer women and introduces the younger generation to the public roles and contributions of the women marginalized in official history narratives.
Genevieve Sidarous (1925-2016)
Genevieve is a pioneer of journalism and political activism. She left her mark on Egypt’s history by mobilizing university protests against the British Occupation, writing for major newspapers, and interviewing pioneer women of the women’s movement, in addition to her contributions to the struggle of the leftist movement in Egypt.
Malaka Elisha (1921-2001)
Malaka is a pioneer of education. She left her mark on Egypt’s history through her work as a school principal, dedicating her life to the teaching profession, alongside her advocacy for women’s rights and national liberation.
Amani Farid (1922-2005)
Amani is a pioneer of the women’s right movement. In addition to her work as a schoolteacher, she left her mark on Egypt’s history by writing on the unjust status of women, marching for the right of women to run for parliament, and joining the hunger strike at the Journalists Syndicate to demand women’s political rights. She also founded the magazine Bint al-Sharq.