Aïcha Mohamed Robleh ( so, Caasha Maxamed Rooble; born 1965) is a

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti 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 ...

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 ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. The practice is found ...

, was premiered in 2015.

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