Jamilia Bouhired

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  • date of birth

    date of birth
    on 1935 to an Algerian father and a Tunisian mother

  • Algerian independence movement

    In June 1957, before a large planned demonstration, she was captured by the French

  • battle

    battle
    Djamila was involved in the battle for Algiers

  • marriage date

    marriage date
    on 1963 to Jacques Vergès

  • arrested by the French occupation

    arrested by the French occupation
    , when she was raped and severely tortured as the French military occupation electro shocks which resulted in bleeding and amenorrhea.

  • marriage separation

    marriage separation
    Bouhired and Vergès would be married a year after Algeria's freedom, they separated on 1991

  • present day

    present day
    continues to be a militant for several causes of which she participates in protest and marches.