Personal accounts of the violent attacks on women by several hundred men in Hassi Messaoud, southern Algeria, in July 2001, following an imam's sermon.
Fatiha Maamoura Livres
Left for Dead: The Lynching of the Women of Hassi Messaoud
- 232pages
- 9 heures de lecture
On July 13, 2001, in Hassi Messaoud, an oil-rich town in southern Algeria, following a virulent preaching by the imam, some 500 men assaulted and tortured around 50 women. Among them are Rahmouna Salah and Fatiha Maamoura. This is their story.