Jamila Ksiksi Explained

Jamila Debbech Ksiksi (Arabic: جميلة دبش كسيكسي; 14 August 1968 – 19 December 2022) was a Tunisian politician from Ennahda. In 2014, she was elected to the Assembly of the Representatives of the People becoming the country's first Black woman MP.^[1] She was a prominent activist in the Tunisian anti-racist movement and supported Law 50 which criminalizes racial discrimination.^{[2] [3]}

On 19 December 2022, she was killed alongside her sister in a traffic collision near Sfax, at the age of 54.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: 27 August 2022 . Tunisia racism: 'I lost the will to leave my home' . en-GB . BBC News . 28 August 2022.
2. Web site: Remembering Jamila Debbech Ksiksi—An Interview with the Late Tunisian Lawmaker and Anti-Racist Activist . . 2023-12-07.
3. Web site: Man can drop part of name denoting slave ancestry, Tunisian court rules . . 2023-12-07.
4. https://news.gnet.tn/tunisie-deces-de-lex-deputee-jamila-ksiksi-et-de-sa-s%C5%93ur-dans-un-accident-de-la-route/ Tunisie : Décès de l’ex-députée Jamila Ksiksi et de sa sœur dans un accident de la route