Azza Filali (born 1952, in Tunisia) is a Tunisian doctor and writer in the French language. Her novels and stories especially reflect the history of the last years of

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Career

Azza Filali was born around 1952 in Tunisia and trained in the medical field of

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. In 2012 she published the novel ''Ouatann,'' reflecting the era of pre-revolutionary Tunisia in 2008. With this work, she received the Golden Comar Awards in 2012. In February 2012 she organized a colloquium with the

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on writing about themes in post-revolutionary Tunisia. In 2014 she published ''Les Intranquilles'' in which she narrates a story with the background of the

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of 2011. Her three women protagonists in ''Les Intranquilles'' were the reflection of the struggle of Tunisian women for their freedom during the revolutionary period. The novel was revised in 2015. Besides being a doctor and writer, Azza Filali since 2011 has also collaborated in the writing of several articles in the media. She is a regular contributor to the newspaper

La Presse de Tunisie ''La Presse'', founded in 1934, is a large-circulation French-language daily newspaper published in Tunis, Tunisia. History ''La Presse de Tunisie'' was founded in 1934 by Henri Smadja, a Tunisian and French Jewish doctor and lawyer, born ...

References

1952 births Living people Tunisian gastroenterologists Tunisian writers in French Tunisian women writers {{Tunisia-bio-stub