Djamila Bouhired
Djamila Bouhired (Arabic: جميلة بوحيرد, born 1935) is an Algerian militant.Bouhired is a nationalist who opposed the French colonial rule of Algeria. She was raised in a middle-class family, having attended a French school. She would go on in her youth to join the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) while a student activist. There she worked as a liaison officer and personal assistant of FLN commander Yacef Saadi in Algiers. Despite her fame and being widely considered as one the faces of the Algerian Revolution, very little is known about her life.
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Birth date | January 01, 1935 |
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Birth name | Djamila Bouhired |
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