FWD: “Between Art and Activism: Inji Efflatoun’s Life Revisited” [Community Presentation]
In this afikra FWD, Batoul Khalifeh talks about the article “Between Art and Activism: Inji Efflatoun’s Life Revisited” from Ahram Online. Batoul talks about how Efflatoun's art changed along the years between her upbringing, activism, and imprisonment.
About the afikra Community Presentations
A community member delivers an in-depth presentation on a topic related to the Arab world’s history and culture during a one-hour online event. The presentation is the culmination of a month-long afikra coaching process to help identify a topic, find research, and develop the presentation. The goal is to showcase the presenter’s curiosity, research, and share some knowledge. Each presentation is followed by a moderated Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience on Zoom.
Sources and Further References
Overlooked No More: Inji Efflatoun, Egyptian Artist of the People
Hope is Contagious in Prison: Inji Efflatoun in Isolation between 1959-1963, Egypt
Abaza, Mona (Introduction). Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art: The Private Collection of Sherwet Shafei, Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2011.
Badran, Margot. Feminists, Islam and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1995.
Sac īd Khayāl (ed.). Mudhakkirāt Injī Aflātūn (The Memoirs of Inji Efflatoun). Kuwait: Dar Sucād al-Sabāh, 1993.
Note: All community presentations are prepared & presented by non-experts on the subject. They are sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in that subject.