Feminist Theory Website

Feminism in Algeria

Algeria

Feminists on
Other Websites:

Salima Ghezali

Other Feminists:

Assia Djebar

Khalida Messaoudi

      Bibliography

      Alloula, Malek. The Colonial Harem. 1986.

      Danesh, L. "Algerian Women in Politics." Middle East Times [You can read this article here.]

      Djebar, Assia. Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade. Trans. by Dorothy S. Blair. Heinemann, 1993.

      Djebar, Assia. A Sister to Scheherezade. Trans. by Dorothy S. Blair. Heinemann, 1993.

      Djebar, Assia. Women of Algiers in Their Apartment. Trans. by Marjolin de Jager. Univ. Press of Virginia, 1992.

      Galesne, Nathalie and Alessandra D'Asaro. "Primary Targets: An Interview with Algerian Feminists," WIN: Women's International Net Issue 6A (Feb 1998). You can read this article here.

      Lazreg, Marnia, ed. The Eloquence of Silence: Algerian Women in Question. Routledge, 1994.

      Mahl. "Women on the Edge of Time." New Internationalist No. 270 (1995).

      United Nations Reports. "Algeria to Adopt Progressive Approach to Women's Rights." 1999. [You can read this article here.

      United Nations Reports. "Algerian Women Full Actors in Political, Economic Life." 1999. [You can read this article here.

      United Nations Reports. "Progress for Women is Linked to Question of Democracy." 1999. [You can read this article here.

      Woodhull, Winifred. Transfigurations of the Maghreb: Feminism, Decolonization, and Literatures. 1993.

      Filmography

      "Algerian Women at War." Dir. by Parminder Vir, 1992. [You can read about this film here.]

      "A Veiled Revolution." Dir. by Elizabeth Fernea and Marilyn Gaunt, 1982. [You can read about this film here.]

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