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About the Interviewee* 

Marieme Hélie-Lucas (Algeria) is a sociologist, political theorist and author. She was raised in Algeria in a family of feminists in 1940s Algiers and was active in the liberation struggle of Algeria. Hélie Lucas was founder and former International Coordinator of Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML), a solidarity network that provides information, support and a collective space for women, and founder of Secularism Is A Women’s Issue, which focuses on the threat of the erosion of secular spaces and of formal secularism, and challenges all forms of fundamentalism.

*This brief biography was recorded concurrently with the subject’s interview for the WLP Oral History Archive of the Global Women’s Movement.

About the WLP Oral History Project

The WLP Oral History Archive of the Global Women’s Movement preserves stories and lessons of women’s rights activists from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America who have left their mark on the struggle for women’s advancement. We have collected dozens of oral histories from 25 countries, and the project is ongoing. Since 2014, WLP has collaborated with the Sound Archive of the British Library to host the repository.

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