Anbarah Salam Khalidi: A pioneering feminist activist

Date of Mouvement: 
January 1, 1915 to December 31, 1915

Anbarah Salam Khalidi, a pioneering Lebanese feminist, established the Awakening of the Young Arab Women Association to help finance young women’s education. In 1926, she took off her veil in a public lecture at the American University of Beirut, causing a scandal and contributing to the veiling and unveiling debates in Lebanon.   

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