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- ↑ Houadef, Mohamed (20 October 2010). "Portrait: Hafida Mimi, l'artiste aux dons multiples". Le Soir d'Algérie (in French). Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ↑ "Hafida Mimi". National Festival of Women Creating Algeria (in French). Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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