Djamila Bouhired was raised in a middle-class family by a Tunisian mother and an Algerian father, having attended a French school in Algeria.
11 Facts About Djamila Bouhired
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Djamila Bouhired would go on in her youth to join the Algerian National Liberation Front while a student activist.
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Djamila Bouhired Bouherid was born in a middle-class family in colonial Algeria.
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From this time, Djamila Bouhired was drawn to the revolutionary cause.
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Djamila Bouhired's brothers having already been involved with the underground nationalist struggle, Bouhired was quick to join and her profile would quickly rise in stature.
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Djamila Bouhired did not divulge any information under torture and reportedly repeated "Algeria is our mother" while being tortured.
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Djamila Bouhired separated from Verges in 1970, after 7 years together.
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Djamila Bouhired became chairwoman of the Algerian Women Association in independent Algeria, and was constantly at odds with then-Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella.
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Djamila Bouhired was one of the many women fighting for emancipation and equality in the newly independent Algeria.
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Djamila Bouhired was one of the trio of FLN female bombers depicted in the 1966 film The Battle of Algiers.
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Djamila Bouhired was depicted in the film Jamila, the Algerian by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine and in Terror's Advocate, a documentary film about Jacques Verges.