Afifa Karam

Afifa Karam (Arabic: عفيفة كرم, ALA-LC: ʻAfīfah 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. Early life Afifa Karam was born in Amsheet, then in the...