Saida Menebhi

Saida Menebhi (1952, Marrakesh - 11 December 1977, Casablanca) was a Moroccan poet and activist of a Marxist revolutionary movement Ila al-Amam. In 1975, she, together with five other members of the movement, was sentenced for seven years of imprisonment for anti-state activity. In the jail in Casablanca, she went on hunger strike and died on the 34th day of the strike.^[1]

Her poetry, collected and published in 2000, is considered a prime example of Moroccan revolutionary and feminist literature. She wrote in French.^[2]

References

1. Regina, Giusy (12 December 2011). "Marocco: 34° anniversario della morte di Saida Menebhi, icona d'attivismo" (in Italian). ArabPress. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
2. Elaiss, Hanane (2 February 2015). "The Rise of Feminist Consciousness in Morocco during the Lead years" (PDF). International Journal of Education and Research. 3: 657–666.