Louisa Hanoune

Overview

Louisa Hanoune born al-Shafiqa, Hegal, Algeria April 8, 1954. As head of Workers Party, first woman to run for Algerian presidency, 2004. Nobel Peace Prize nominee, 2005. Opposed Libya War and American military bases in Africa.

Quotations

“[E]xtending NATO’s mission paves the way for the embodiment of the establishment of the U.S. forces to Africa—AFRICOM—which was rejected by the Algerian state and the neighboring states. . . paving the way for “total chaos and the somatization of Libya. . . a time bomb and the entire region is a fuel tank for chaos.” (Islam Times, Nov. 1, 2011; photo Wikipedia)