Wassyla Tamzali (born 1941) is an Algerian writer, lawyer, and feminist.
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Biography
The daughter of an Algerian father of Turkish origin, and a Spanish mother,Béjaïa
Béjaïa ( ; , , ), formerly known as Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean seaport, port city and communes of Algeria, commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province.
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.[ She was raised by her Spanish mother after the murder of her father. From 1966 to 1977, she was a lawyer in the Algerian court system.
In 1979, she joined ]UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...
, responsible for the program dealing with violations of women's rights. In 1989, she became part of the leadership of the Socialist Forces Front
The Socialist Forces Front (; ) is a social democratic and secularist political party, mainly supported by Berbers in Algeria. The FFS is a member of the Socialist International and the Progressive Alliance. It led an unsuccessful rebellion agai ...
. She was a founding member of the Collectif Maghreb Égalité in 1992. In 1996, she became director of the program for promoting the status of women in the Mediterranean area.
In 2001, she became vice-president of the Forum international des Femmes de la Méditerranée.
In 2006, she became executive director for the Collectif Maghreb Égalité.
Selected works[ ]
* ''En attendant Omar Gatlato'' (1979)
* ''Abzim'', with Claude Ber (1984)
* ''Une éducation algérienne. De la révolution à la revanche des tribu'' (2007)
* ''Une femme en colère'' (2009)
* ''Burqa?'' (2010)
References
1941 births
Living people
People from Béjaïa
Algerian feminists
21st-century Algerian women writers
21st-century Algerian writers
Algerian people of Turkish descent
Algerian people of Spanish descent
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