Zulaija Al-Shahabi

Palestina-born Arab women's rights activist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroPalestina-born Arab women's rights activist
PlacesIsrael
wasActivist Women's rights activist
Work fieldActivism
Gender
Female
Birth1901, Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
Death13 May 1992Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel (aged 91 years)
The details

Biography

Zulaija Al-Shahabi

Zulaija Al-Shahabi (1901-1992), was a Palestinian women's rights activist.

She was a founding member of the pioneer women's organization Arab Women's Association of Palestine in 1929, and served as its first treasurer. The pioneers of the Palestinian women's movement generally came from the minority of unveiled modernist middle class women with Western education, who advocated women's emancipation in order to contribute to the success of a future free Palestine.

She arranged and participated in a number of demonstrations in favor of Palestinian independence. She was also a major contributor in humanitarian work in favor of Palestinitians.

She was one of the co-founders of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1964.

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