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Ksiksi in 2014

Jamila Debbech Ksiksi (Arabic: جميلة دبش كسيكسي; 14 August 1968 – 19 December 2022) was a Tunisian politician from Ennahda. In 2014, she was elected to the Assembly of the Representatives of the People becoming the country's first Black woman MP. She was a prominent activist in the Tunisian anti-racist movement and supported Law 50 which criminalizes racial discrimination.

On 19 December 2022, she was killed alongside her sister in a traffic collision near Sfax, at the age of 54.

References

  1. "Tunisia racism: 'I lost the will to leave my home'". BBC News. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. "Remembering Jamila Debbech Ksiksi—An Interview with the Late Tunisian Lawmaker and Anti-Racist Activist". Middle East Research and Information Project. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. "Man can drop part of name denoting slave ancestry, Tunisian court rules". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. Tunisie : Décès de l’ex-députée Jamila Ksiksi et de sa sœur dans un accident de la route (in French)


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