Fatiha Maamoura Bücher

On July 13, 2001, in Hassi Messaoud, an oil-rich town in southern Algeria, following a virulent preaching by the imam, some 500 men assaulted and tortured around 50 women. Among them are Rahmouna Salah and Fatiha Maamoura. This is their story.

Personal accounts of the violent attacks on women by several hundred men in Hassi Messaoud, southern Algeria, in July 2001, following an imam's sermon.