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Djamila Bouhired (Arabic: جميلة بوحيرد, born June 1935 [2]) is an Algerian nationalist militant, [2] who opposed the French colonial rule of Algeria as a member of the National Liberation Front. In 1957, she was convicted alongside another Algerian rebel, Djamila Bouazza, of bombing a cafe and killing 11 civilians. She was sentenced ...
Jamila, the Algerian (Egyptian Arabic: جميلة) is a 1958 Egyptian historical film about one of the most important figures in the history of Algeria, Djamila Bouhired. The film was directed and produced by Youssef Chahine and written by Abd al-Rahman Sharqawi , Ali al-Zarqani, and Naguib Mahfouz .
Vergès, a French-Vietnamese lawyer, left his wife Djamila Bouhired and cut off all ties with friends and family. He was last seen on February 24, 1970, until he reappeared in 1978 and refused to explain his disappearance or whereabouts during that period. [98]
Women like Djamila Bouhired, due to the incapacitation of men, were also charged with carrying out terrorist attacks ordered by FLN leadership and did so by again using changes in dress to their advantage. The desire to pull off the veil by the French manifested because the Algerian woman was a target of French male lust.
The Battle of Algiers [a] (also called the great repression of Algiers) [b] [5] was a campaign fought during the Algerian War.It consisted of urban guerrilla warfare and terrorist attacks carried out by the National Liberation Front (FLN) against the French authorities in Algiers, and by the French authorities, army, and French terrorist organizations against the FLN. [6]
Djamila Bouazza (Arabic: جميلة بوعزة; 1938–2015), also spelled Jamila Bouaza, was an Algerian militant who supported Algerian nationalism, opposing French colonial rule. She is remembered for planting a bomb in April 1957 on the terrace of the Coq Hardi café in Algiers , killing four people and injuring many more.
The most notable instance was the Battle of Algiers, which began on September 30, 1956, when three women, including Djamila Bouhired and Zohra Drif, simultaneously placed bombs at three sites including the downtown office of Air France. The FLN carried out shootings and bombings in the spring of 1957, resulting in civilian casualties and a ...
Djamila Bouhired and Djamila Boupacha - Algerian revolutionaries and nationalists who opposed French colonial rule of Algeria in the 1960s. Assia Djebar - Novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance.