Leila Aouchal

Background

She was born to a middle-class French family in Caen, France in 1936, and married an Algerian immigrant at the age of 19, moving with him to Algeria.

Career

In 1970, Aouchal published Une Autre Vie, an autobiographical account of her experience of integrating into Algerian society amidst a civil war.

Achievements

• Upon the country"s 1962 achievement of independence, Aouchal became an Algerian citizen.