'Afifa Karam
(1883-1924)
Lebanese-American journalist, novelist
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Afifa Karam (Arabic: عفيفة كرم, ‘Afīfah Karam; July 22, 1883 – July 28, 1924) was a Lebanese-American journalist, novelist, and translator. A writer for the New York City-based Arabic-language daily newspaper Al-Hoda, Karam authored three original Arabic novels as well as a number of Arabic translations of novels from English and French. She was an advocate for women's rights in the Mahjar, or Arab diaspora, and of Arab Feminism.
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22 July 1883 Amsheet, Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Syria
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28 July 1924 (aged 41) Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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