Djemila Benhabib ( ar, جميلة بن حبيب) (born 1972) is a Canadian journalist, writer, and politician who lives in Bruxelles, Belgium. She is of

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n and

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descent, and is known for her opposition to Islam.

Biography

She was born in

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in 1972, but grew up in Algeria. Her father is Algerian and her mother

Greek Cypriot Greek Cypriots or Cypriot Greeks ( el, Ελληνοκύπριοι, Ellinokýprioi, tr, Kıbrıs Rumları) are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community. According to the 2011 census, 659,115 r ...

. She was a finalist for the 2009 Governor General's Literary Awards for her non-fiction book ''Ma vie à contre-Coran: une femme témoigne sur les islamistes''. Her second book is ''Les soldats d'Allah à l'assaut de l'Occident''. In 2010, she appeared on the ''Jean-Marie Colombani invite'' show on

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, the television channel of the

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. In 2012, she received ''Le Prix international de la laïcité''. She was the

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candidate for

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in the

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, but narrowly failed to defeat the sitting member, Danielle St-Amand. She was again candidate in

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, this time in

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, but was defeated by Liberal candidate

Francine Charbonneau Francine Charbonneau (born 22 March 1962) is a Canadian politician. Charbonneau was elected to represent the riding of Mille-Îles in the National Assembly of Quebec The National Assembly of Quebec (officially in french: link=no, Assemblée ...

.Victoire éclatante de Francine Charbonneau dans Mille-Îles
, ''Courrier Laval'', 7 April 2014.

References

1972 births Canadian non-fiction writers Algerian women writers Algerian writers Algerian people of Greek Cypriot descent Canadian women non-fiction writers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Parti Québécois candidates in Quebec provincial elections Canadian people of Algerian descent Canadian people of Greek Cypriot descent Canadian secularists Former Muslim critics of Islam Canadian critics of Islam {{Quebec-politician-stub