Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (Somali : Muna Axmed) (born 1972) is a writer from Djibouti, one of the few women writers in the country. [1] Born into a family of five children, she completed her primary and secondary schooling in Djibouti before pursuing higher education in France. She then returned to her native country to teach. [2] Her first novel, Les enfants du khat, was published in 2002. [3]
Inva Mula is an Albanian opera lyric soprano. She began her soprano career at a very early age. Her father and mother were also opera singers. She is also known for providing the voice of the diva Plavalaguna in the film The Fifth Element.
Moundou is the second-largest city in Chad and is the capital of the region of Logone Occidental.
Juliette Gréco was a French singer and actress. Her best known songs are "Paris Canaille", "La Javanaise" and "Déshabillez-moi" (1967). She often sang tracks with lyrics written by French poets such as Jacques Prévert and Boris Vian, as well as singers like Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. Her 60-year career concluded with her final worldwide tour titled "Merci", which began in 2015.
Pont-l'Évêque is a French cheese, originally manufactured in the area around the commune of Pont-l'Évêque, between Deauville and Lisieux in the Calvados département of Normandy. It is probably the oldest Norman cheese still in production.
Yoboki is a town located in the western Dikhil Region of Djibouti. It is situated approximately 179 km (111 mi) west of the nation's capital city of Djibouti, and roughly 59 km (37 mi) northwest of Dikhil, the regional capital.
Mouna Ayoub is a French socialite and businesswoman of Lebanese origin. Frequently in the media, she is often a guest of the Cannes film festival and makes headlines in French gossip magazines.
Patricia Girard is a French athlete who competed mainly in the 100m hurdles.
Christine Pascal was a French actress, writer, and director known for 'The Little Prince Said', 1992.
The Djiboutians are the native inhabitants of Djibouti, as well as the global diaspora of Djibouti. The country is mainly composed of two ethnic groups, the Somali and the Afar. It has many languages - though Somali and Afar are the most widely spoken ones, Arabic and French serve as the official languages. There is a small Djiboutian diaspora in North America, Europe, and Australia.
Christiane Rochefort was a French feminist writer. She was born into a left-wing working class Parisian family; her father joined the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Rochefort worked as a journalist and spent fifteen years as a press attaché to the Cannes Film Festival before publishing her first novel, Le Repos du guerrier, in 1958. Like several of her later novels, Le Repos du guerrier was a bestseller; in 1962 it was adapted into a popular film directed by Roger Vadim and starring Brigitte Bardot. Her novels are divided between social realist satires set in present-day France and utopian or dystopian fantasies. She won the Prix Médicis in 1988. Rochefort's novels also have strong sexual elements.
Sorj Chalandon is a French writer and journalist.
Geneviève Fauconnier was a French novelist who lived in the south of the Charente département (France). She was one of the most sensitive members of the so-called Groupe de Barbezieux. Her brother, Henri Fauconnier and Jacques Chardonne were some of the most famous writers of this group.
Josette Rey-Debove, was a French lexicographer and semiologist. She was the first female lexicographer in France, and held many prominent posts in this field, where she used her influence to promote feminist changes to French language usage. Her husband, Alain Rey, was also her colleague.
Hemed is a mountain in the western part of the Arta Region in south-central Djibouti. It is located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of the capital Djibouti City. The summit is 1,103 metres (3,619 ft) above sea level, is the eighth highest point in Djibouti.
Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui is a Lebanese painter, writer and artist.
Evelyne Sono Epoh Mpoudi Ngolé, also Ngollé, is a Cameroonian French-language author and educator. Her first novel, Sous la cendre le feu, was published in 1990.
Rose Vincent was a French journalist and writer.
Mouna Hachim is a Moroccan writer and journalist. She has published several novels and non-fiction books. She has also created documentaries.
Mouna is a feminine given name. People with the name include: