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.
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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