Noura Borsali | |
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 Noura Borsali in a demonstration against political violence in Tunisia, on 9 March 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1953 |
| Died | 14 November 2017 |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer |
| Profession | Human right activist |
Noura Borsali (Arabic: نورة البورصالي) (19 August 1953 – 14 November 2017) was a Tunisian academic, journalist, writer,literary critic and film critic, as well as a trade unionist, a human rights activist and a figure of Tunisianfeminism.
Noura Borsali was born into a family of tradeunionists. Her father Tahar Borsali was one of the founders of theTunisian General Labour Union (UGTT). Her mother, Sida Ben Hafidh Borsali, was a trade unionist. and an activist in the same organization.[1]
Borsali was also a journalist known for her researches and for her critical forums inpolitics andculture. From 1980 she worked with various independent Tunisian newspapers and magazines such as Le Phare,Réalités and Le Maghreb. 4. she was a columnist and reporter inAlgeria,Morocco andEgypt.[2] Although her requests, from the Tunisian authorities, for authorization of publication did not get any answer, neither acceptance nor refusal. In March 1991, she created La Maghrébine, an independent women's magazine.[3]
From 2011, she published chronicles and interviews in Tunisian sites and newspapers such asLa Presse of Tunisia, Kapitalis, Jomhouria andNawaat.
Borsali was a member of the union of secondary education within the Tunisian General Labor Union. She was a human rights defender who was also active forAmnesty International.[4] She was also a feminist activist,a founding member of theTunisian Association of Democratic Women and the Tunisian Women's Association for Development Research.[5][6]
After the 2011 revolution, Borsali founded the Tunisian Independent Citizens Forum at Espace El Hamra and a women's workshop on democratic transition at theTahar Haddad Cultural Club whose conferences and debates she ran from January to June 2011.[7] She became an independent member of theHigher Authority for Realisation of the Objectives of the Revolution, Political Reform and Democratic Transition from 17 March to 13 October 2011 and joined the Higher Committee on Human Rights. She was also elected a member of the Truth and Dignity Body by the Constituent Assembly, a position she held from May to November 2014.[8]
Borsali is known for her cultural commitment. From the 1970s, she was a member of the Tahar-Haddad do Cultural Club which she then became organizer, facilitator and moderator of some of her workshops mainly related to theWomen in Tunisia (feminist circle) and the Maghreb cinema (film society).[citation needed]
Fervent about cinema, her critics were published by specialized magazines such asAfricultures and Africiné. She was a member of the Tunisian Association for the Promotion of Film Criticism film, of which she was elected vice-president in June 2000 0and then president from May 2011 to June 2012. On several occasions she was part of juries of national film events such as theKelibia International Amateur Film Festival and theCarthage Film Festival (CGC) and also international as the FIPRESCI prize of theBari International Film Festival and theInternational Istanbul Film Festival. She was also a member of the Tunisian Commission for the Film Production Fund.[9]
Interested about history, she published several interviews and studies on theHistory of modern Tunisia. In 2015, together with her friends, she created the Tunisian Foundation Women and Memory (FTFM), which she presided until her death.[10]
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