Fatima Hamed Hossain (born 1978) [1] is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She founded the Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC) in 2014 and has served as a member of the Assembly of Ceuta since 2015, the first Muslim woman to lead a group in the assembly. In 2021, she was one of five founders of Sumar.
Born in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa, Hamed was raised by Moroccan parents in Los Rosales, a neighbourhood with social problems. In 1998, she enrolled with the National University of Distance Education (UNED), where she qualified as a lawyer and later joined the faculty. [1] [2]
In late 2014, Hamed left the Caballas Coalition, and set up the Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC) ahead of the 2015 Ceuta Assembly election. [3] [4] The party came fourth with 11% of the votes and three seats, making her the first Muslim woman to lead a group in the assembly. [5] In 2019, the party fell to 7% and lost a seat. [6]
In 2021, Hamed received attention during a Spanish–Moroccan border crisis when she criticised the arrival of Vox leader Santiago Abascal in Ceuta and labelled him persona non grata . She was attacked by Carlos Verdejo, the party's spokesman in the Assembly of Ceuta, who called her an advocate of Jihad and Sharia and proposed her deportation to Morocco. [7]
In November 2021, Hamed was one of five left-wing women who set up a new political platform, alongside deputy prime minister Yolanda Díaz, mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau, vice president of the Valencian Community Mónica Oltra and member of the Assembly of Madrid Mónica García. [1]
Ceuta is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast.
Melilla is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi). It was part of the Province of Málaga until 14 March 1995, when the Statute of Autonomy of Melilla was passed.
Morocco and Spain maintain extensive diplomatic, commercial, and military ties. The Morocco–Spain border separates the plazas de soberanía on the Mediterranean coast from the Moroccan mainland. Morocco's foreign policy has focused on Western partners, including neighboring Spain. Relations have, however, been historically tense and conflictive.
The Caballas Coalition was a left-wing regionalist party in the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta in north Africa.
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The Movement for Dignity and Citizenship is a left-wing autonomist party in the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta.
The 2015 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 6th Assembly of the Autonomous City of Ceuta. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The 2019 Ceuta Assembly election, was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 7th Assembly of the Autonomous City of Ceuta. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.
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The 2023 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 8th Assembly of the autonomous city of Ceuta. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The 2023 Melilla Assembly election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 8th Assembly of the autonomous city of Melilla. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Events in the year 2021 in Spain.
The 2023 Barcelona City Council election, also the 2023 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 12th City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Juan Sergio Redondo Pacheco is a Spanish historian and politician who has been the leader of Vox in the Assembly of Ceuta since 2019.
Yolanda Merelo Palomares is a Spanish politician who is a member of the Assembly of Ceuta and a designated Senator for the Vox party.
Sumar is a left-wing to far-left electoral alliance constituted for the 2023 Spanish general election, founded by Spanish second deputy prime minister and labour minister Yolanda Díaz, provisionally registered as an association on 28 March 2022 and publicly unveiled on 18 May. After a series of nationwide public events from July 2022 to 25 March 2023, the association presented its manifesto and officially announced Díaz's candidacy for the election on 2 April. On 30 May, after a snap general election was called, the association registered as a political party under the name Movimiento Sumar.
The 2021 Morocco–Spain border incident was a migratory incident caused by the massive crossing of people along the beaches of the border between both countries in the direction of Ceuta and Melilla in Spain that began on 17 May 2021. It originated due to a deterioration in diplomatic relations between the governments of Morocco and Spain, after the latter admitted the transfer of the president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Brahim Ghali, to a Spanish hospital in La Rioja, in April 2021. A month after the hospitalization, the Moroccan security forces located on the border in Ceuta relaxed the last control mechanisms, allowing the passage of migrants from Morocco to the Spanish city, most of whom made the journey by swimming.
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