Matiel Mogannam (Arabic: متيل مغنم; 1900–1992) was a Lebanese 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).
Matiel Mogannam | |
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Born | 1900 |
Died | 11 August 1992 | (aged 91–92)
Occupations |
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Known for | Secretary of the Arab Women’s Executive |
Notable work | The Arab Woman and the Palestine Problem (1937) |
Spouse | Mogannam Mogannam |
Children | 2 |
Early life and education
editMatiel was born in Lebanon into a Christian family in 1900.[1] Soon after her birth the family moved to the USA.[1] There she obtained a law degree.[2]
Career and activities
editMogannam and her husband settled in Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine, in the 1921.[3] 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.[4]
Mogannam was one of the participants of the Palestine Arab Women's Conference held in Jerusalem in 1929.[3] She also participated in the Arab Women's Conference in Beirut in 1930.[3] She made a speech on Palestinian nationalism at the Mosque of Omar in April 1933.[4] The same year she delivered another speech in Jaffa when there were nationalist demonstrations.[1]
Mogannam published articles in the Palestinian newspapers and was the author of a book entitled The Arab Woman and the Palestine Problem.[5] The book was first published by the London-based Herbert Joseph in 1937.[2][6] It is the only book about the women's movement during the Mandate period.[3]
Mogannam and her husband settled in Ramallah in 1938.[1] She returned to the USA in 1980 and lived in Falls Church, Virginia.[7]
Personal life and death
editShe married Mogannam Mogannam in the USA.[3] He was a lawyer and was a member of the Arab Anglican family from Jerusalem.[8] Matiel's husband was an officer of the National Defense Party. He died in 1943.[7] They had two children, Theodore and Leila.[7]
Matiel died of congestive heart failure at Arlington, Virginia, on 11 August 1992.[7]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Arab woman and the Palestine problem". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Matiel E.T. Mogannam". The Washington Post. 12 August 1992. ProQuest 307564484. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Media related to Matiel Mogannam at Wikimedia Commons