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Djamila Boupacha

By Simone de Beauvoir, Gisèle Halimi
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A searing denunciation of French torture in Algeria by a classic feminist intellect

In 1960, as the Algerian War for Independence entered its sixth year, 22-year-old Djamila Boupacha was arrested for allegedly planting a bomb in a university cafeteria. While in custody, she was tortured and raped by French soldiers. Her case would have been buried like countless others had it not been for the efforts of her lawyer, Gisèle Halimi, and the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir to transform it into an...

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