El Moudjahidate, Invisible to Visible

Born 28 December 1940, Souk Ahras (close to the Tunisian border).

 

Farida is the fifth daughter in her family to enlist in the War of Liberation.  She completes a five month training programme to become a nurse and then works at Habib Thameur Hospital in Tunis, caring for the wounded.

 

She is transferred to the Algerian-Tunisian frontier where tends to FLN fighters. She regularly travels from village to village to help villagers and war-affected families and also to make sure that everything is okay.

 

When the War of Liberation ends she continues with her nursing career.

 

She now lives in Algiers.