Majida Boulila
Majida Boulila (مجيدة بوليلة) (maiden name Majida Baklouti (مجيدة البقلوطي)) (born November 12, 1931 in Sfax ; † September 4, 1952 ibid) was a Tunisian activist.
Boulila was an activist of the Tunisian national movement that achieved Tunisian independence in 1956 . It was the symbol of the liberation of Tunisian women at a time when tradition restricted women to a subordinate role. She was kidnapped from her home that night and arrested by the French colonial authorities for her political activities as a Neo-Destour activist . She was initially held in Rba't Prison in one of the suburbs of Sfax and then transferred to Téboursouk Detention Center while pregnant with her second daughter. When she reached the end of her pregnancy, the colonial authorities decided to take her to the regional hospital in Sfax, where she died of postpartum bleeding on September 4, 1952 .
Today the largest avenue in Sfax, avenue Majida Boulila and a high school, the Lycée Majida Boulila, are named after her. Furthermore, an association of the regional cultural committee of the city of Sfax, which works for the emancipation of Tunisian women, bears her name.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yassine Bellamine: 8 mars - 8 femmes qui ont marqué l'Histoire contemporaine de la Tunisie. Al Huffington Post Maghreb, accessed April 20, 2017 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boulila, Majida |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baklouti, Majida (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tunisian activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sfax |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th September 1952 |
| Place of death | Sfax |