Tarab Abdul Hadi (also transliterated Tarab 'Abd al-Hadi) (1910 - 1976) was a Palestinian Muslim activist and feminist. In the late 1920s, she co-founded the Palestine Arab Women's Congress (PAWC), the first women's organization in British Mandate Palestine, and was an active organizer in its sister group, the Arab Women's Association (AWA).
Tarab Abdul Hadi was the wife of 'Auni Abdul Hadi, who was himself active in politics and went on to becom...
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Tarab Abdul Hadi (also transliterated Tarab 'Abd al-Hadi) (1910 - 1976) was a Palestinian Muslim activist and feminist. In the late 1920s, she co-founded the Palestine Arab Women's Congress (PAWC), the first women's organization in British Mandate Palestine, and was an active organizer in its sister group, the Arab Women's Association (AWA).
Tarab Abdul Hadi was the wife of 'Auni Abdul Hadi, who was himself active in politics and went on to become a prominent member of the Istiqlal party. Abdul Hadi and other women from notable Jerusalem families, established the Palestine Arab Women's Congress (PAWC) to make clear their opposition to the Zionist presence in Palestine and their support for the men's national struggle for independence. The first meeting of the PAWC was held at Abdul Hadi's home in Jerusalem on October 26, 1929, with the event since heralded as the "first time" that Palestinian women entered the political arena. Abdul Hadi became one of the members of PAWC's Executive...
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