Nawal Qasim Baidoun

About The Author

Nawal Baidoun is a lifelong militant and activist from Bint Jbeil, South Lebanon. Before the occupation she graduated from law school; she subsequently worked as a teacher; and today is the Principal of the High School in Bint Jbeil. She is a founding and active member of the Lebanese Association for Prisoners and Liberators (LAPL). A firm advocate of freedom and liberation for all, Baidoun continues to be active in the struggle for prisoners’ rights and other social justice causes in Lebanon and beyond. This memoir is her first published work.

Books by Nawal Qasim Baidoun

Memoirs of a Militant

My Years in the Khiam Women's Prison

By Nawal Qasim Baidoun
Edited by Malek Abisaab / Translated by Caline Nasrallah and Michelle Hartman
  • A first person account of a young woman activist imprisoned for four years in the notorious Khiam Women's Prison
  • Shattering the notion that Muslim women did not play an active role in armed resistance and national liberation struggles
  • A unique and rare insight into t...
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