Bchira Ben Mrad
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Bchira Ben Mrad 🇹🇳

بشيرة بن مراد (Known as "Ben Mrad")
Feminist Pioneer, Founder of the Union of Muslim Women of Tunisia, Reformer
Born 1913 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunisia
Passed Away May 04, 1993 Tunis, Tunisia
Lifespan 80 years old
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"A nation cannot soar to freedom with one of its wings bound in ignorance."

Archival Overview

Pioneering founder of the first women's organization in modern Tunisia, the Union of Muslim Women of Tunisia (UMFT) in 1936, who mobilized thousands of women for education and national liberation.

Biographical Record

Daughter of the eminent Hanafi Sheikh al-Islam Mohamed Salah Ben Mrad, Bchira grew up in an intellectually vibrant environment in the Medina of Tunis. In 1936, defying colonial restrictions, she established the Union of Muslim Women of Tunisia (UMFT).

Her organization provided scholarships for impoverished girls, raised funds for striking workers and political prisoners, and coordinated mass female participation in the independence movement, creating the foundations for Tunisia's pioneering Code of Personal Status.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Djellaz Cemetery
Tunis, Tunisia
GPS: 36.7833, 10.1833
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