Moudjahida djamila bouhired biography
Djamila Bouhired: Algerian Resistance Icon...
Moudjahida djamila bouhired biography
Djamila Bouhired
Algerian militant
Not to be confused with Djamila Boupacha.
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 to death, but the sentence was commuted after an international campaign for her to be spared, and she was released from prison in 1962.
Biography
Djamila Bouherid was born into a middle-class family in colonial Algeria.[3] Her brothers were involved with the underground nationalist resistance movement, and Bouhired joined the National Liberation Front (FLN) while a student activist.
During the Algerian War, she worked as a liaison agent for FLN commander Saadi Yacef in Algiers.[4]
In April 1957, before a large planned demons