
“Every Tunisian should have the right to express himself freely”, is the strong opinion expressed by Ms. Lina Ben Mhenni that has shaped her path in society. She is an example of how resistance and movement for change can be done by the simple touch of a button. Ms. Ben Mhenni nominated along with Israa Abdel Fattah for a Nobel Prize, is a blogger and cyber activist, who has been fighting for human rights and struggling against censorship.
She was recently awarded the prestigious BOBs Award (Best of the Blogs Award of Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle) for her influential blog “A Tunisian Girl”, which was one of the most revealing and scathing criticisms of Tunisian society, focusing particularly on issues like women’s rights and press freedom.
When unrest began in Tunisia in January 2011, she began traveling across the country to take photos and video footage of both the protests and people she says were killed in the ensuing government crackdowns. She visited local hospitals and took pictures of those injured or killed by the police.
In 2008, she spent one year in the USA as a Fulbrighter (FLTA), she taught Arabic at Tufts University, MA. The same year, she was invited to write for Global Voices Online. Since then she became Tunisia’s contributor for global Voices.
Ms. Ben Mhenni is also an assistant professor of linguistics at the University of Tunis, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences. She is an athlete with several medals in the World Transplant Games, as she has had a kidney transplant in 2007.
Established in 1909, Al Hasnaa accompanied the Arab Woman in her march and covered her evolution, highlighting in its pages issues about various facets and aspects of her life and identity, standing apart in its openness and objective coverage of different ideas and lifestyles.
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