Meskiana is a town and
commune in
Oum El Bouaghi Province,
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
near the Tunisian border. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 25,849.
Statoids
/ref> It was the birthplace of novelist Yamina Méchakra
Yamina Méchakra (1949 in Meskiana – 2013 in Algiers) was an Algerian novelist and psychiatrist.
Early life
Méchakra was born in 1949 in Meskiana in northern Aures. At age nine, she began writing; taking notes in a "log-book" that grew o ...
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References
Communes of Oum El Bouaghi Province
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