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An Interview with Fatma el-Mehdi: Western Sahara Peace and Women’s Rights Activist

Fatma el-Mehdi is a Western Saharan activist who has been a refugee in Algeria for more than forty years. Muftah spoke with her in the Smara refugee camp near Tindouf in southwestern Algeria.

Oct 01, 2018
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by Frank Elbers and Lisa Söderlindh

Fatma el-Mehdi is a Western Saharan activist who has been a refugee in Algeria for more than forty years. She is the secretary general of the National Union of Sahrawi Women. She was recognized as a Woman PeaceMaker in 2016 by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice in San Diego, California. Muftah spoke with …

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