Hassiba ben bouali biography definition

Hassiba Ben Bouali (Arabic: حسيبة بن بوعلي) (18 January – 9 October ) was a leader and fighter in the Algerian independence war (–62). She was born in El-Asnam (Today, Chlef), Algeria.

Her parents moved to Algiers in , where she studied at the Lycée Delacroix (high-school).

Hassiba ben bouali biography definition

She joined the Scout Movement, and her travels made her aware of the conditions of the Algerian people under the colonial government. This motivated her to join the Union générale des étudiants musulmans algériens (General Union of Algerian Muslim Students) in , at the age of She participated in the nationalist struggle until her death.

In the Battle of Algiers, she and three companions including Ali Ammar (aka Ali La Pointe) were killed when French forces bombed their hideout in the Casbah.