Hafsa Zinaï Koudil (born 1951) is an Algerian novelist, journalist and film director living in France.[1][2]
Hafsa Zinaï Koudil | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1951 Aïn Beïda, Oum El Bouaghi, French Algeria |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | Algerian |
Life
editHafsa Zinaï Koudil was born on 13 September 1951 in Aïn Beïda in the East of Algeria.[3]
She worked for Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne until dispute over her first 16mm feature film.[2] Le démon au féminin treated the true story of Latifa, a confident professional Algerian who refused to wear a headscarf. At the request of her husband, Latifa was violently exorcised by Islamic fundamentalists in 1991: her torture lasted for six hours, leaving her with injuries which confined her to a wheelchair. While shooting the film between September 1992 and January 1993, Hafsa Zinaï Koudil received death threats. After an attempted kidnapping, she fled into exile in Tunisia and was followed by her family.[1] She needed a police escort at the Amiens International Film Festival, where her film shared the Prix du Public.[4][5]
Works
editNovels
edit- La fin d'un rêve [The end of a dream], 1984
- Le pari perdu [The lost bet], 1986
- Papillon ne volera plus [The butterfly will no longer fly], 1990
- Le passé décomposé [The imperfect past], 1992.
- Sans voix [Voiceless], 1997
Films
edit- Le démon au féminin / al-Shaytan imra`a [Woman as the devil], 1993/1994.
References
edit- ^ a b Rebecca Hillauer (2005). "Zinai-Koudil, Hafsa (1951-)". Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. pp. 320–. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3.
- ^ a b Roy Armes (2008). "Zinaï-Koudil, Hafsa". Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
- ^ Zinaï-Koudil Hafsa, afrocine.com. Accessed 5 October 2019.
- ^ Lisa Nesselson, as the Devil, Variety, November 27, 1994. Accessed 5 October 2019.
- ^ Reda Sadki, Hafsa Zinaï Koudil. «Je suis entrée le cinema par bravade", Libération, 20 February 1995. Accessed 5 October 2019.
Further reading
edit- Anna Marie Miraglia, 'Maghrebian Women: Violence, Silence and Speaking Out', in Lorna Milne. ed., Postcolonial Violence, Culture and Identity in Francophone West Africa, the Maghreb and the Antilles, Berne: Peter Lang, 2007, pp.123-142