Salwa Mahmasani Momina
| Salwa Mahmasani Momina | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1908 Lebanon |
| 19571957 | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Lebanon |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Mohammed Aziz Momina |
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Salwa Mahmasani Momina (Arabic:سلوى محمصاني مومنة) (1908-1957) was a Lebanese women’s rights activist and novelist. She was born and raised in Beirut. She studied in Al-Makassed Philanthropic Islamic Association, a primary school for girls. She studied Arabic literature under Julia Ta’ma and Salma Sayegh, and she studied the Arabic Language under Mostafa Al-Ghailani. She then studied French at St. Joseph School. Later, she taught Arabic for 13 years. She published her literary articles in Arabic newspapers such as the Egyptian Almar’ah Aljadeedah “The New Woman”. She was the vice president of “Lebanese Women Association”. She was a pioneer in the Lebanese women’s movement. She wrote Ma’ Alhayah “With Life”; a collection that includes 15 short stories that discuss social and family issues.[1][2][3]
Biography[edit]
Salwa was born in 1908 in Beirut (which was part of the Ottoman Empire). She grew up in a well-known Muslim family that loved knowledge, and several of its men emerged in the field of law.[4] She studied in Al-Makassed Philanthropic Islamic Association and St. Joseph School. She then taught Arabic in Fatima Al-Zahra school. She passed away in 1957.[1]
Career[edit]
She wrote one collection of short stories “With Life”. She also wrote some critical and social articles in newspapers and magazines, in which she defended Arab and Lebanese women’s rights.[2]
Women's Rights[edit]
She contributed to Lebanese women’s rights activities especially in the Lebanese Women Association, where she held the position of secretary and vice president. Moreover, she presented Lebanon at the Women’s Union UNESCO conference in 1949. She gave a lecture entitled “Women in Politics and sociology”. Furthermore, she represented Lebanon several times in educational and social study meetings in the middle east such as being a delegate in the Arab Women conference in Aliya city, 1950, as well as Beirut, 1954.[5] [1]In Issa Fotooh’s opinion, “The goal of Salwa Mahmasani Momina was to reform society starting with the individual. If the individual controls his actions and directed it to be better, then we got closer to the desired society”.[2]
writer[edit]
Since childhood, she was interested in writing. She first wrote for “The New Woman” magazine, which belonged to Julia Ta'ma Dimashqiya. In her works intended for adults, she was concerned with children, especially in her short story “The boy”. Her collection “With Life” contains short stories that discuss social, educational, and humanitarian issues. In that collection, she expressed her views on life in a mostly narrative way. Moreover, she wrote another collection entitled Abra Aldoroob (Across the Paths). Emily Fares Ibrahim said about her: “her predominant writing style is to narrate her thoughts as a story, and after analysis, the reader extracts a moral that is filled with sympathy to minors or victims who are willing to forgive the evils. This comes regardless of story’s style, conflict, or plot”[1]. Later, Salwa published her articles in the Egyptian newspaper Al-Siyasa Al-Osboiya (Weekly Politics) under a pseudonym. She also wrote for the Lebanese Sawt Al-Mar’ah (Voice of Women) magazine. [2]
Personal Life[edit]
In 1941, she got married to Mohammed Aziz Momina, who was responsible for the Al-Azeziyzah school in Basta. She helped him manage the school. They did not have children.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "إميلي فارس إبراهيم", ويكيبيديا (in العربية), 2021-06-30, retrieved 2021-11-03
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Fotooh, Issa (1994). Adeebat Arabiyat: Siyar Wa Dirasat (Arabian Women Writers: Biographies and Studies) (in Arabic). Damascus: Women's Seminar Association. pp. 39–44.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ Juha, Michael (2008). Al-Qissa Al-Qaseera Fi Lobnan: Siyar Wa Nosos (Short Stories in Lebanon: Biographies and Articles) (in Arabic). Lebanon: Lebanese American University. p. 115.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ اللواء, جريدة. "العلاَّمة القانوني الدكتور صُبْحي المَحْمَصانِي (1909-1986)". جريدة اللواء (in العربية). Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "آل مومنة (مومني)". web.archive.org. 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
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