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Matiel Mogannam

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Matiel Mogannam
Born1900
Ottoman Syria
Died11 August 1992(1992-08-11) (aged 91–92)
Arlington, Virginia, USA
Occupations
  • Lawyer
  • Writer
Known forSecretary of the Arab Women’s Executive
Notable workThe Arab Woman and the Palestine Problem (1937)
SpouseMogannam Mogannam
Children2

Matiel Mogannam (Arabic: متيل مغنم; 1899–1992) was a Palestinian Arab lawyer who headed the women's movement in the 1920s and 1930s in the Mandatory Palestine. She served as the secretary of the Arab Women's Executive (AWE).

Early life and education

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The Arab woman and the Palestinian problem (1937)

Matiel was born in Lebanon into a Palestinian Christian family in 1899.[1][2] Soon after her birth the family moved to the USA.[2] There she obtained a law degree.[3]

Career and activities

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Mogannam and her husband settled in Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine, in the 1921.[4] She served as one of the two secretaries of the AWE, which financed the Arab Women's Association (AWA) and Arab women's movement in Palestine.[5]

Mogannam was one of the participants of the Palestine Arab Women's Conference held in Jerusalem in 1929.[4] She also participated in the Arab Women's Conference in Beirut in 1930.[4] She made a speech on Palestinian nationalism at the Mosque of Omar in April 1933.[5] The same year she delivered another speech in Jaffa when there were nationalist demonstrations.[2]

Mogannam published articles in the Palestinian newspapers and was the author of a book entitled The Arab Woman and the Palestine Problem.[6] The book was first published by the London-based Herbert Joseph in 1937.[3][7] It is the only book about the women's movement during the Mandate period.[4]

Mogannam and her husband settled in Ramallah in 1938.[2] She returned to the USA in 1980 and lived in Falls Church, Virginia.[8]

Personal life and death

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She married Mogannam Mogannam in the USA.[4] He was a lawyer and was a member of the Arab Anglican family from Jerusalem.[9] Matiel's husband was an officer of the National Defense Party. He died in 1943.[8] They had two children, Theodore and Leila.[8]

Matiel died of congestive heart failure at Arlington, Virginia, on 11 August 1992.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Matiel Mogannam - Feminist Figures (1899 - 1992)". Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Ellen L. Fleischmann (2005). "Mogannam, Matiel". In Philip Mattar (ed.). Encyclopedia of The Palestinians (Revised ed.). New York: Facts On File, Inc. p. 322. ISBN 978-0816057641.
  3. ^ a b Rosemary Sayigh (Summer 1981). "Encounters with Palestinian Women under Occupation". Journal of Palestine Studies. 10 (4): 13. doi:10.2307/2536386. JSTOR 2536386.
  4. ^ a b c d e Matiel E.T. Mogannam (2011). "The Struggle for National Rights (1937)". In Maureen Moynagh; Nancy Forestell (eds.). Documenting First Wave Feminisms: Transnational Collaborations and Crosscurrents. Vol. 1. Toronto; Buffalo, NY; London: University of Toronto Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-8020-9134-5.
  5. ^ a b Ellen L. Fleischmann (2000). "The Emergence of the Palestinian Women's Movement, 1929-39". Journal of Palestine Studies. 29 (3): 19, 24. doi:10.2307/2676453. JSTOR 2676453.
  6. ^ Julie Peteet (1992). Gender in Crisis: Women and the Palestinian Resistance Movement. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-231-51605-1.
  7. ^ "The Arab woman and the Palestine problem". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d "Matiel E.T. Mogannam". The Washington Post. 12 August 1992. ProQuest 307564484. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  9. ^ Seth J. Frantzman; Benjamin W. Glueckstadt; Ruth Kark (2011). "The Anglican Church in Palestine and Israel: Colonialism, Arabization and Land Ownership". Middle Eastern Studies. 47 (1): 107, 123. doi:10.1080/00263201003590482. S2CID 144408286.
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