I just heard this awful news: Lina was a vital and powerful feminist. I met her years ago and interviewed her in Tunis for a documentary I made with @gemmanewby for the BBC on women and the revolutions in our region. Rest in power, Lina. We will miss you.
Rest in power: Lina Ben Mhenni, activist who chronicled #Tunisia uprising, dies at 36 france24.com/en/20200127-li… via @FRANCE24
For the BBC documentary I made with Gemma, Lina told us this, which I also quote in Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution:
"freedom means all freedoms, including women's freedom, sexual freedom, individual freedom," @benmhennilina #Tunisia
"freedom means all freedoms, including women's freedom, sexual freedom, individual freedom," @benmhennilina #Tunisia
Women are central to revolutions. And yet so often women’s names are erased and it is male heroes who are remembered and lionized. That’s why I’m so glad Gemma and I made a documentary on women. Lina Ben Mhenni is a name we must always remember as a revolutionary hero.
When we met Lina in the capital #Tunis in March 2014, for previous 6mths she had been under round-the-clock police protection because her name was found on an assassination list. She was targeted because she defended women’s rights, was secular, opposed mixing politics & religion
Rest in power, Lina. We will miss you. This is us in Oslo 2012
This is the documentary that Gemma Newby and I made for the BBC on women and for which I am so glad we interviewed Lina Ben Mhenni. It’s in two parts. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02…
