Aïcha Mohamed Robleh (; born 1965) is a

Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...

an writer. Robleh was born in

, and holds a degree in the field of workplace relations, focusing on work-health matters. She was a departmental head in the office of the Minister for Employment until in 2003 she was elected to the

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. In 2005 she became the Minister of Promotion of Women, Family Well-Being, and Social Affairs. She has written numerous plays, and is the founder of the stage company ''La Voix de l'Est''. In 1998

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recognized her play ''La Dévoilée''. A film which she directed based on her work, on the subject of

female genital mutilation Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva for non-medical reasons. Prevalence of female ge ...

, was premiered in 2015.

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