Aïcha Mohamed Robleh

Aïcha Mohamed Robleh
Minister of Promotion of Women, Family Well-Being, and Social Affairs
In office
2005–?
PresidentIsmaïl Omar Guelleh
Preceded byHawa Ahmed Youssouf
Succeeded by?
Personal details
Born1965
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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Aïcha Robleh". Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  2. ^ Publitec Publications (1 January 2007). Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 888–. ISBN 978-3-11-093004-7.
  3. ^ Amina Saïd Chiré (2013). Djibouti contemporain. KARTHALA Editions. pp. 311–. ISBN 978-2-8111-0824-3.
  4. ^ "La dramaturge Aïcha Mohamed Robleh signe son premier film de long métrage - La Nation". 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2016.


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