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Khadidja Hamdi

Khadidja Hamdi
First Lady of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
In office
30 August 1976 – 31 May 2016
PresidentMohamed Abdelaziz
Preceded byMuieina Chejatu (Acting)
Succeeded byNo Data
Personal details
BornSmara, Spanish Sahara
Political partyPolisario Front
SpouseMohamed Abdelaziz
Alma materMohammed V University

Khadidja Hamdi (Arabic: خَديجة حَمْدي) is a Sahrawi politician and activist. She is one of two women ministers in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Government and holds the post of Minister for Culture.[1]

Political career

Hamdi is an outspoken campaigner for Sahrawi women's rights, the value of cultural heritage and the importance of education to young people, especially those, like many Sahrawi who are displaced from their homeland.[2] Her work in these areas encourages international support for Sahrawi self-determination and in 2009 Hamdi led the delegation to the 2nd Pan-African Cultural Festival, held in Algiers.[3] During the festival, Hamdi publicly called on the Kingdom of Morocco to obey international law to enable self-determination and independence for the Sahrawi people.[4] She has been a vocal critic of the government of Morocco and their treatment of Sahrawi political prisoners, especially about a media black-out that was imposed on a group of 24 activists in 2013.[5]

Women's rights

Speaking in public at international events is an important part of Hamdi's ministerial work. She has travelled widely discussing Sahrawi rights and the rights of Sahrawi women - women who have often taken up leadership roles within refugee camps.[2] In 2013, Hamdi travelled to Nigeria as part of the Global Power Women Network Africa (GPWNA) event. She praised the support the Nigerian government was giving the struggle for independence and commented on how women from all countries in Africa needed to work together to claim, support and expand their human and civil rights.[6] She travelled to the UK in 2007 to lobby Members of Parliament, at the invitation of Jeremy Corbyn. She spoke alongside activists, Aminetou Haidar and Makaela Wallinder.[7] Hamdi had previously led, with her colleague Zahra Ramdan, the 2003 delegation of the National Union of Saharawi Women on their tour of political party conferences in the UK. This tour lasted nineteen days and they canvassed support for the Sahrawi cause and met with political leaders including Tony Blair, Jack Straw and Glenys Kinnock.[8]

In 2006, in the Week of Solidarity with the SADR held in Algeria, Hamdi spoke to the conference under the title "The Saharawi woman: between duty of liberation and demands of the state". She was part of a wider discussion which included Nouria Hafs, the Secretary-General of the National Union of Algerian Women, and Saida Benhabilès, the President of the Algerian Women's Movement for Solidarity with Rural Women.[9] Hamdi had previously led a 2003 delegation of Sahrawi women to the Algerian Popular Assembly, and met with its president Karim Younes.[10]

Children's rights

Educating young people about Sahrawi heritage and culture and the access of Sahrawi young people to wider educational opportunities are important areas that Hamdi supports. In 2007, whilst in London she also spoke about the Sahrawi struggle at two schools.[11] In 2001, Hamdi supported the delegation of Scouting and Guiding in Western Sahara to attend an international forum that eleven young people from the organization attended.[12]

She continues to campaign for better access to education in refugee camps.[2]

Cultural heritage

Hamdi was praised in 2014 for leading a "cultural resistance" to the occupation of the SADR, when she was welcomed to Algiers by the Algerian Minister for Culture Khalida Toumi.[13] She has spoken out publicly about the power of culture, both in terms of identity politics in Western Sahara, but also in term of how art or poetry can be a catalyst for the cause of self-determination.[14] In 2008, Hamdi petitioned Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of the UNESCO, to support educational programs in Sahrawi refugee camps, as well as supporting work to preserve and promote their cultural heritage for the future.[15]

Film

Hamdi is closely involved with the Sahara International Film Festival. She launched the 12th festival in 2015 jointly with SADR Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar and Dennis Thokozani Dlomo, who is South Africa's ambassador to Algeria. Its theme was "Universal Justice" and it had 423 participants from 20 countries.[16] During the 2012 festival, Hamdi presented the festival's highest award, The White Camel, to Javier Bardem and Alvaro Longoria for their documentary film “Sons of the Clouds: Last Colony”.[17]

Archives

In 2008, Hamdi visited Austria, where a team from GEZA were working to build a National Electronic Archive for Western Sahara.[18] She has led on a variety of cultural programmes for the population in exile, from projects around violence against women, to an oral history project called "Tell Me, Grandfather" to continually build up Sahrawi cultural heritage with young people.[2]

Arts

In 2013, Hamdi travelled to Finland to raise awareness about women's rights in Western Sahara, especially in refugee camps and to open a new exhibition of artwork by Sahrawi artist Fadel Jalifa.[19]

Accusations of aid misappropriation

In November 2011 it was rumored that a CD-ROM was being sent around refugee camps and on it were details of financial misappropriation of humanitarian aid, led by the Khadidja Hamdi.[20]

Personal life

Khadidja Hamdi was married to the president of the SADR, Mohamed Abdelaziz until his death in 2016.[21]

She is also a writer, and her book "Wedding in a Prison" was one amongst 7000 that was donated to the SADR, by the Algerian Minister of Culture.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Government of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)". un-sadr. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  2. ^ a b c d Errazzouki, Samia (2014-06-04). "A Moroccan's Week With the Polisario Front". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  3. ^ Unknown (2009-07-17). "SAHARAWI WOMEN (Western Sahara): SOUKEINA EL IDRISI WITH OTRER SAHARAWI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN THE ALGERIAN CAPITAL". SAHARAWI WOMEN (Western Sahara). Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  4. ^ Unknown (2009-07-09). "SAHARAWI WOMEN (Western Sahara): MINISTER KHADIDJA HAMDI IN THE PANAFRICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL". SAHARAWI WOMEN (Western Sahara). Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  5. ^ "Authorities Impose Media Black Out On Gdeim Izik Prisoners' Trial, Says Saharawi Minister". All Africa. 2013.
  6. ^ Unknown (2013-07-01). "SAHARAWI WOMEN (Western Sahara): MINISTER KHADIDJA HAMDI IN AN IMPORTANT AFRICA´S EVENT HELD IN ABUJA - NIGERIA -". SAHARAWI WOMEN (Western Sahara). Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  7. ^ "WESTERN SAHARA - News 2007,October, weeks 40-44". www.arso.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  8. ^ "WESTERN SAHARA - weekly news 2003- october 2003, weeks 40-44". www.arso.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  9. ^ "WESTERN SAHARA - weekly news 2006, weeks 27-28". www.arso.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  10. ^ "WESTERN SAHARA - weekly news 2003- week 11". www.arso.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  11. ^ Will (2007-11-06). "One Hump or Two?: Mrs. Abdelaziz does London". One Hump or Two?. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  12. ^ "WESTERN SAHARA - weekly news 2001 - week 29". www.arso.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  13. ^ "Khalida Toumi Hails Sahrawi Counterpart's "Cultural Resistance"". All Africa. 2014.
  14. ^ Interview with Khadija Hamdi, SADR Minister of Culture, retrieved 2019-12-17
  15. ^ "WESTERN SAHARA - News 2008, Resume January". www.arso.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  16. ^ "Western Sahara International Film Festival (fisahara) Kicks Off in Dakhla". All Africa. 2015.
  17. ^ Unknown (2012-05-09). "SAHARAWI WOMEN (Western Sahara): THE SONS OF THE CLOUDS WINS THE " WHITE CAMEL" AWARD". SAHARAWI WOMEN (Western Sahara). Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  18. ^ "The Sahrawi Minister of Culture visits GEZA". Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Österreichs (in German). 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  19. ^ "Länsi-Saharan ministeri: Krooninen konflikti haittaa Pohjois-Afrikan vakautta". Kansan Uutiset (in Finnish). 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  20. ^ "Exclusive: Khadija Hamdi at the heart of humanitarian aid misappropriation". Morocco World News. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  21. ^ "WESTERN SAHARA - weekly news 2003- week 11". www.arso.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  22. ^ "Algerian Minister of Culture hands over books to SADR". Sahara Press Service. 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2019-12-17.

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