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- Country of residence: Portugal
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No matter how successful the writer is in writing about Faiza Abdel-Magid, he will still fall short, not only because her activity in the field of public service continued for six decades, but also because her performance was distinguished, profound, and diverse.
She initiated the establishment of numerous committees and organizations since 1948, including the Wounded Fighter Association and the Veterans Association, which operated on a pan-Arab level. She also contributed to the founding of the Palestine School in Tulkarm and the Child Welfare and Mother Guidance Association in Nablus. Furthermore, she participated in establishing the first committee dedicated to the care of prisoners and the families of martyrs in 1967. She played a distinguished and influential role in monitoring the affairs of prisoners and their families and supporting them during their hunger strikes, earning her the title "Mother of the Detainees."
Her home served as a beacon of support for detainees, monitoring their concerns, conditions, and hunger strikes. It was a refuge for every mother or wife of a detainee. She maintained a constant and vibrant presence in support of the detainees, encouraging and motivating all institutions and organizations to stand with them, mobilizing public opinion, and stirring emotions in their support. She initiated the establishment of the first committee (for the winter campaign) and numerous other committees dedicated to the vulnerable. She also wrote, spoke, and mobilized alongside the refugees expelled from the coast, the Negev, and the Galilee in 1948.
She led and participated in awareness campaigns, mobilization efforts, and support for the Algerian people and their revolution. Her political, social, charitable, and feminist activities extended to several Arab countries, and she participated in numerous Arab conferences in Cairo and other Arab capitals. Faiza Abdel-Magid is a steadfast fighter, a strong citizen, and an eloquent speaker.
She has hundreds of articles and lectures to her credit, is fluent in both French and English, and has gained high credibility in her various activities because she has resisted being molded by a specific political force and has insisted on starting from the general national, pan-Arab, and humanitarian horizon.
Faiza Abdel-Majid contributed seriously to moving feminist activism from the level of women’s concerns and collecting donations to the level of commitment to a great, comprehensive, and militant mission.
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