Dorra Bouzid

Dorra Bouzid (; 1933 – 24 September 2023) was a Tunisian journalist, art critic, and feminist.

Life Dorra Bouzid was born in Sfax in 1933. After her father died, her mother Cherifa defied family expectations by moving to Nabeul in the early 1930s, riding a bicycle, teaching primary school and marrying the writer Mahmoud Messadi. Bouzid and her sister were educated at a French lycée. In the early 1960s Dorra was sent by Bourguiba on an informal diplomatic mission to Morocco. Death Dorra Bouzid died in La Marsa on 24 September 2023, at the age of 90.

Feminist Ideas Dorra Bouzid argued that the advancement of women's rights did not threaten Islam; rather, it is religion that should adapt to the changes in society.

She advocated for the right to divorce as a tool of emancipation. She was fascinated by Habib Bourguiba, the first president of independent Tunisia, who worked towards equality between men and women in the Arab world and who also admired the journalist's articles.

Published Works Ecole de Tunis: Un âge d'or de la peinture tunisienne, 1995