Fadéla M'rabet

Fadéla M'rabet
Born	1935 Skikda
Nationality	Algerian

Fadéla M'rabet (born 1935) is an Algerian writer, doctor of biology, teacher and feminist.

Biography

M'rabet was born in Skikda in 1935, and grew up in Constantine, Algeria. Her family was religious Islamic and her father worked in the Algerian state radio station. M'rabet attended the University of Algiers where she got her degree and later attended university in Strasbourg where she completed a doctorate in biology.[1] After university M'rabet worked as a teacher before joining the radio station with her father where she ran a women's program. Her work there inspired her first books La Femme algérienne and Les algériennes. She became known as a leading feminist in Algeria. As a result, she was dismissed from her job and moved to France where she has worked as a lecturer.[2][3][4][5][6]

Bibliography

• La Femme algérienne, 1965
• Les algériennes, 1967
• L'Algérie des illusions, 1973
• Une femme d'ici et d'ailleurs, 2005
• Une enfance singulière : récit, 2009
• Le muezzin aux yeux bleus, 2013
• Une poussière d'étoiles, 2014
• Le bonheur d'être Algérien, 2019

Sources

1. "Fadéla M'RABET". www.dictionnaire-creatrices.com. Dictionnaire créatrices.
2. Naylor, Phillip C. (5 September 2006). Historical Dictionary of Algeria. Scarecrow Press. p. 359. ISBN 978-0-8108-6480-1.
3. Uglow, Jennifer (27 June 1991). Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography. Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-12704-7.
4. Adam, André (1967). "Fadéla M'rabet, Les Algériennes". Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée. 4 (1): 200–202.
5. "Entretien avec l'écrivaine algérienne Fadela M'Rabet". TV5MONDE (in French). 24 December 2014.
6. "L'enfance singulière de Fadéla M'Rabet". Afrik.com (in French). 1 April 2003.