Draft:Salwa Salem

Salwa Salem
Salwa Salem
Born	1940; Kafr Zibàd, Palestine
Died	5 March 1992; Parma

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Salwa Salem (1940-1992) was a Palestinian writer and activist.

Biography

Early Life

Salem was born in Kafr Zibàd, a village in Palestine close to Jaffa. Her family had to abandon their home in 1948 due to the Arab-Israeli conflict and took refuge in the city of Nablus in the West Bank. Here she spent part of her youth in a very lively cultural climate. She became involved in activism through her brother, who was arrested several times for his political commitment to Palestinian rights. Simone de Beauvoir inspired her to study existentialism at university. Through reading, she was confronted with many female role models from her own culture and from the Western ones, by which she was influenced, developing a determined personality and a strong desire for affirmation and freedom.

Activism

Salem rebelled against the restrictive gender roles of her culture, refusing the family imposition of the Hijab. At fifteen, she joined the Ba'ath party, a secular and socialist party that believed in the economic unity of the Arab world. There, she began to organize meetings and student strikes. She organized a demonstration against the British consulate, during which the police killed a classmate and wounded Salem in the leg.

Life Abroad

Salwa Salem in Kuwàit, 1966

In Kuwait

After graduating from a women's college in Ramallah, she decided to join her brother in Kuwait. From 1959 to 1966, she taught literature in a women's school and studied philosophy at the University of Damascus.

In Austria

In 1966, she married and moved to Vienna. There, she learned German and completed her degree, returning to Damascus to take her exams. The hostility of the Austrians and the exile imposed by the Israeli victory led her to move to Italy with her family in 1970 .

In Italy

In Parma, she returned to active politics, specifically raising awareness of Palestinian oppression and engaging in solidarity with the intifada.

Writings

With the Wind in Her Hair: Life of a Palestinian Woman

Bibliography

Malika Mokeddem, Gente in cammino, Firenze, Giunti editore, 1990, p. 318
Ogni volta l'emozione di un inizio nuovo [Every time the emotion of a new beginning] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)^{[non-primary source needed]}
"Salwa Salem "La Signora gentile"". Toponomastica femminile.^{[dead link]}+"Salwa Salem "La Signora gentile"". Toponomastica femminile.
"Memoria non ipocrisia. Con il vento nei capelli". Donne e conoscenza storica.^{[dead link]}
"Storia e letteratura della Palestina: alla ricerca di una patria perduta".^{[failed verification]}
Mediterranean crossroads, Migration letterature in Italy. London: Faileight University Press. 1999. pp. 121–129.

Category:1992 deaths Category:1940 births Category:20th-century Palestinian people Category:20th-century writers Category:Palestinian activists Category:Palestinian writers