Cherifa Messadi

Cherifa Messadi (Arabic: شريفة المسعدي; 1908 – 20 July 1990)[1] was a Tunisian trade union leader. She was the first woman to become a union leader in the Arab world.[2][3] Her daughter, Dorra Bouzid, was a prominent journalist, art critic, and feminist.

References

  1. ↑ Belhadi, Abdelmajid. "Cherifa Messaadi". Encyclopedia of Tunisian Women. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Kallander, Amy Aisen (2021). "Between State Feminism and Global Sisterhood". Tunisia's Modern Woman: Nation-Building and State Feminism in the Global 1960s. Cambridge University Press. pp. 38–79. ISBN 978-1-108-84504-5.
  3. ↑ Ben Hassine, Boutheina (31 March 2020). "Women in Tunisia". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.511}.