Adila Bayhum
Adila Bayhum-al-Jazairi (1900-1975) was a Syrian (originally Lebanese) feminist, independence activist and philanthropist. She was a pioneer of the Syrian women's movement, as well as supporter of Syrian independence from France. She was born in a wealthy family in Beirut. She participated as a journalist in the magazine ''Fata al-Arabi''. In 1922, she married a member of the Jaza'iri family and settled in Damascus in Syria. She was a Co-founder of the Damascus Women's Awakening Society in 1927. She was the founder of the Dawhet al-Adab Society in 1928, which founded an Arab nationalist girls' school with the same name. For her effort she was given the Medal of Educational Honor. She was a Co-founder of the Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union, Syrian Women's Union in 1928, and served as its President between 1933-1967 and Honorary President in 1967-1975. She was the Syrian delegate to the Eastern Women's Conference for the Defense of Palestine in Cairo in 1938. In this time period ...
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Damascus Women's Awakening Society
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