Arab Women by Nationality - Algerian

 

Assia Djebar

(real name Fatima-Zohra Imalayen )

Algerian

b.1936

Novelist, poet, film director

  • first Algerian woman to be admitted to the prestigious Ecole Normale Superieure de Sevres in Paris
  • first novel "La Soif" published in 1957, she has since published numerous novels and collections of stories, a collection of poems and the essay "Chronicle of an Algerian Summer" (1993)
  • directed "La nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua"/Noubat Nissa Jabal Chnouwwa in 1978. This innovative film explores time, legend and collective memory as it weaves together the stories of the various characters
  • Zerda wa Aghani al-Nisyan/The Zerda and the songs of forgetfulness (1982) is a personal work which views women's place in history and society and focuses on music as a factor of Maghreb life
  • 1990 co-directs Femmes en mouvement/Women on the move

http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/Djebar.html

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/djebar.htm

Assia Djebar. Wikipedia. Retrieved September 2, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assia_Djebar

Leaman, Oliver, ed. Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. London: Routledge, 2001. Print. p. 463 (DWC collection PN1993.5.A65 C66 2001)
Chafika Meslem

Algerian

1934 -2000

Diplomat

  • educated at University of Algiers
  • Minister Plenipotentairy, and Deputy Chief Div of International Organizations and Chief of Service for Multilateral Co-operation 1971-77
  • Deputy Permanent Representative to UN in charge of UNCTAD 1977-81
  • Deputy Secretary General to Third Women's World Conference 1983-5
  • Director of Division for Advancement of Women 1981-87
  • Director for Division for Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries and Special Programmes

International Who’s Who of Women. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2002. Print. p. 374-375 (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2002)

Fatima Gallaire

Algerian

 

Playwright

  • educated at University of Algiers, Paris VIII, and Cinematheque (Algiers)
  • Arletty Prize for Drama in French 1990
  • AMIC Prize Academie Francaise 1994
  • Plays include Les co-epouses, La fete virile, Molly des sables, Au coeur,le brulure, Les riches de l'hiver, Le secret des vielles

http://www.ziplink.net/~irinar/PrinDramaturg.html

Wikipedia. Retrieved September 2, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_Gallaire
Hafsa Zinai Koudil

Algerian

1951

Writer and film maker

  • campaigns for rights of women
  • participant at Amiens Film Festival 1994 and International Women's Film Festival 1995
  • publications include La fin d'un reve 1984 and Le passe decompose 1993 and Le mariage de jouissance
  • film Le demon au feminin 1993

The International Who's Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p.465 (DWC collection REF CT 3202.I58 2008)

Hassiba Boulmerka

Algerian

1968

Athlete (Middle Distance Runner)

  • won the 800 and 1500 meter African championships in 1988-9
  • participated in Olympic Games (Seoul) 1988
  • wins world championship in 1500 meters in 1991 and 1995
  • wins Gold medal in 1500 meters at Olympic Games (Barcelona) 1992
  • first Algerian to win an Olympic gold medal
  • participated in Olympic Games (Atlanta) 1996
  • elected to International Olympic Committee's(IOC) Athletes' Commission 1996
  • serves on the Algerian National Olympic Committee's Althletes' Commission and on the IOC's Women and Sport Working Group 2000-

Hassiba Boulmerka. (n.d.) Wikipedia. Retreived September 6, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassiba_Boulmerka

"Boulmerka, Hassiba." International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports . Ed. Karen Christensen, Allen Guttmann, and Gertrud Pfister. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. 161-162. Print. 3 vols. (DWC collection REF GV709.I58 2000)
Houria Niati

Algerian

b.1948

Artist

  • educated at National School of Tixeraine, Algiers,and Croydon College of Art and Design, London
  • exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Algeria, France, United Kingdom, United States, and United Arab Emirates since 1984
  • 1984 became First Artist in Residence at Riverside Studios, London
  • works in mixed, installation, performance, painting and drawing

http://people.cornell.edu/pages/sh40/Niati.html

Lloyd, Fran, ed. Contemporary Arab Women’s Art: Dialogues of the Present. London: WAL (Women’s Art Library), 1999. Print. p.238, 203-208. (DWC collection N6260.C65 1999)

Salima Ghezali

Algerian

1958 -

 

Journalist

  • editor in chief of La Nation weekly newspaper 1994 - 1996, 2001 -
  • La Nation was closed by the Algerian goverment 1996 -2001 and Salima was arrested and detained
  • International Press Club Award 1996
  • 1997 awarded the Sakahrov Prize by the European Parliament
  • 1989 founded the Association for Women's Emancipation,
  • created the feminist magazine "Nyssa"
  • one of the founding members of "Women of Europe and of the Maghreb", of which she is vice-president.

International Who’s Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p.312 (DWC collection REF CT 3202.I58 2008)

Salima Ghezali. (n.d.) Wikipedia. Retrieved September 2, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salima_Ghezali

http://www.newint.org/issue306/interview.htm
Wassyla Tamzali

Algerian

1941-

Lawyer and Diplomat

  • educated at University of Algiers and Institute of Sciences Politiques (Algeirs)
  • lawyer 1967-76
  • writer and feminist political journalist
  • UNESCO official in Division of Human Rights and Peace specializing in Women's Rights 1979-

International Who’s Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p.833 (DWC collection REF CT 3202.I58 2008)