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Fatima Ouassak

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Fatima Ouassak in 2019

Fatima Ouassak, born in 1976 in the Rif region (Morocco), is a French essayist, speaker, public policy consultant, and environmentalist, feminist and anti-racist activist, of Moroccan origin. She is co-founder of the Front de Mères[1] collective, a parents' union in working-class neighborhoods. Her book The Power of Mothers received the Public Prize for Feminist Essay in 2021.[2]

Biography

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Fatima Ouassak was born in the Rif region, in the north of Morocco. In 1977, at the age of one, she left Morocco with her family to join her father in France. She grew up in Lille-Sud and studied at the Lille Institute of Political Studies; she became an author and activist.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Fatima Ouassak - Éditions la découverte". www.editionsladecouverte.fr. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  2. ^ "La puissance des mères (French Edition)".
  3. ^ "Fatima Ouassak". Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  4. ^ Reporterre (2019-06-15). "Fatima Ouassak : " Dans les quartiers populaires, l'écologie semble réservée aux classes moyennes et supérieures blanches "". Reporterre, le média de l'écologie - Indépendant et en accès libre (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-10.