Notable Figures
- Kahina - 7th century female Berber religious and military leader, who led indigenous resistance to Arab expansion in Northwest Africa.
- Djamila Bouhired and Djamila Boupacha - Algerian revolutionaries and nationalists who opposed French colonial rule of Algeria in the 1960s.
- Khalida Toumi - Current Minister of Communication and Culture and outspoken feminist activist.
- Assia Djebar - Nobel Prize nominee, novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance.
- Souad Massi - Singer, songwriter and guitarist known for her political views and currently signed to UK-based "Island" records.
- Khadija Benguenna - Journalist and news reporter for the AlJazeera International channel. Known for criticizing Algeria's corrupt politicians.
- Zohra Drif - Retired lawyer and the vice-president of the of the Council of the Nation, the upper house of the Algerian Parliament.
- Louisa Hanoune - The head of Algeria's Workers' Party (Parti des Travailleurs, PT). In 2004, she became the first woman to run for President of Algeria. Hanoune won 4.22% of the vote coming second out of six candidates. Though the elections are widely believed to have been fraudulent as a means of reelectingv President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
- Sofia Boutella - Dancer, mainly hip-hop and street dance, known as the Nile Girl from Nike Women advertising and backup for Madonna.
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