New bimetallic circulating commemorative:
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Hassiba Ben Bouali (1938-1957)
Hassiba Ben Bouali (18 January 1938 – 9 October 1957) was a
leader and fighter in the
Algerian independence war (1954–62). She was born in El-Asnam (Today, Chlef), Algeria. Her parents moved to Algiers in 1947, where she studied at the Lycée Delacroix (high-school). She joined the Scout Movement, and her travels made her aware of the conditions of the Algerian people under the colonial government. This motivated her to join the Union générale des étudiants musulmans algériens (General Union of Algerian Muslim Students) in 1954, at the age of 16. She participated in the nationalist struggle until her death. In the 1957
Battle of Algiers, she and three companions including Ali Ammar (aka Ali La Pointe) were killed when French forces bombed their hideout in the Casbah.
Photograph of
Hassiba Ben Bouali:
(news and image by
Zine Merouane)
(data taken from
Wikipedia)
