Aïcha Mohamed Robleh Explained

Aïcha Mohamed Robleh
Office:Minister of Promotion of Women, Family Well-Being, and Social Affairs
Term Start:2005
Term End:?
President:Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Predecessor:Hawa Ahmed Youssouf
Successor:?
Birth Date:1965
Birth Place:Djibouti, French Somaliland (now the present-day Djibouti)

Aïcha Mohamed Robleh (Somali: Caasha Maxamed Rooble; born 1965) is a Djiboutian writer.

Robleh was born in Djibouti, and holds a degree in the field of workplace relations, focusing on work-health matters. She was a departmental head in the office of the Minister for Employment until in 2003 she was elected to the National Assembly.[1] In 2005 she became the Minister of Promotion of Women, Family Well-Being, and Social Affairs.[2] She has written numerous plays, and is the founder of the stage company La Voix de l'Est.[1] In 1998 UNESCO recognized her play La Dévoilée.[3] A film which she directed based on her work, on the subject of female genital mutilation, was premiered in 2015.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aïcha Robleh. 22 November 2016.
  2. Book: Publitec Publications. Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. 1 January 2007. Walter de Gruyter. 978-3-11-093004-7. 888–.
  3. Book: Amina Saïd Chiré. Djibouti contemporain. 2013. KARTHALA Editions. 978-2-8111-0824-3. 311–.
  4. Web site: La dramaturge Aïcha Mohamed Robleh signe son premier film de long métrage - La Nation. 18 June 2015. 22 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170331012318/http://www.lanationdj.com/la-dramaturge-aicha-mohamed-robleh-signe-son-premier-film-de-long-metrage/. 31 March 2017. dead.