Afifa Karam

Afifa Karam
عفيفة كرم
Born(1883-07-22)July 22, 1883
Amsheet, Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
DiedJuly 28, 1924(1924-07-28) (aged 41)
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • novelist
  • translator

Afifa Karam (Arabic: عفيفة كرم, ALA-LC: ʻAfīfah Karam; July 22, 1883 – July 28, 1924)[1][2] 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.

  1. ^ Mike Miller (1999–2000). "Bio: Mrs. Afifa Karam John; Syria, then Caddo Parish, Louisiana". USG War Archives. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Noted woman author, Syrian, dies in city". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. 30 July 1924. p. 10.