Fadéla M'rabet (12 April 1935 – 14 May 2025) was an Algerian writer, teacher and feminist.

Life and career

M'rabet was born in

Skikda Skikda (; formerly Philippeville from 1838 to 1962 and Rusicade in ancient times) is a city in northeastern Algeria and a port on the Mediterranean. It is the capital of Skikda Province and Skikda District. History The Phoenicians and Carthagi ...

on 12 April 1935, and grew up in

Constantine, Algeria Constantine (), also spelled Qacentina or Kasantina, is the capital of Constantine Province in northeastern Algeria. During Roman times it was called Cirta and was renamed "Constantina" in honour of Emperor Constantine the Great. Located somewh ...

. Her family was religious Islamic, and her father worked in the Algerian state radio station. M'rabet attended the

University of Algiers The University of Algiers 1 (), commonly called Benyoucef Benkhedda, is a public research university based in Algiers, Algeria. Founded in 1909 from the amalgamation of different French colonial educational institutions, it has become the oldes ...

where she got her degree and later attended university in Strasbourg where she completed a doctorate in biology. After university M'rabet worked as a teacher before joining the radio station with her father where she ran a women's program. Her work there inspired her first books ''La Femme algérienne'' and ''Les algériennes''. She became known as a leading feminist in Algeria. As a result, she was dismissed from her job and moved to France where she has worked as a lecturer. On 14 May 2025, she died at the age of 90.

Bibliography

*''La Femme algérienne'', 1965 *''Les algériennes'', 1967 *''L'Algérie des illusions'', 1973 *''Une femme d'ici et d'ailleurs'', 2005 *''Une enfance singulière : récit'', 2009 *''Le muezzin aux yeux bleus'', 2013 *''Une poussière d'étoiles'', 2014 *''Le bonheur d'être Algérien'', 2019

References

1935 births 2025 deaths People from Skikda 21st-century Algerian women writers 21st-century Algerian writers University of Algiers alumni People from Constantine, Algeria 20th-century Algerian women writers 20th-century Algerian writers {{Algeria-writer-stub