Zoulikha Oudai

Zoulikha Oudai
زوليخة أوداي
Born	Yamina Echaïb (1911-05-07)May 7, 1911 Hadjout
Died	1957
Cause of death	Death flights
Burial place	Menaceur
Other names	Lalla Zoulikha Oudai
Political party	FLN
Children	5
Father	Zoulikha El Hadj Si Larbi Oudai

Zoulikha Oudai or Lalla Zoulikha Oudai ^{[1] [2]} was an Algerian Chenouas woman who died during the Algerian War of Independence. ^{[3] [4]}

Biography

Zoulikha Oudai was born 7 May 1911 in Hadjout, and grew up in Cherchell. She had five children; after her husband and one of her sons were executed by French forces, she became committed to the independence cause and joined the National Liberation Front (Algeria) as the Cherchell regional head. She then went underground and became a noted intelligence operative for the Front. She was captured by French forces in 1957 and executed after 10 days of unfruitful torture. Her body was not recovered until 1984; she is now interred in a martyrs' cemetery in Menaceur. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

References

1. "Wayback Machine". www.djazairess.com. Archived from the original on 2025-05-30. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
2. "From militants to student activists: The women who fought for Algeria". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
3. "Lalla Zoulikha Oudaï, la mère des résistants, d'après Kamal Bouchama". Djazairess.
4. "Femmes algériennes sans visages !: Toute l'actualité sur liberte-algerie.com". www.liberte-algerie.com/. Archived from the original on 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
5. "From militants to student activists: The women who fought for Algeria". www.middleeasteye.net.
6. Assia Djebar, The Woman Without Burial, A. Michel, 2002
7. "Dalle militanti alle studentesse attiviste: le donne che hanno combattuto per l'Algeria". July 13, 2020.

External links

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