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Afifa Karam

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Lebanese-American journalist, novelist, and translator

United StatesJournalistsLived 1883 to 1924 · aged 41
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Afifa Karam 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.

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Afifa Karam 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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United States
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Journalists
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Journalist
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deceased
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Lived 1883 to 1924 · aged 41
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7 languages

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