Salem Ben Hmida
Tunisian philosopher, mystic, nationalist and trade unionist
About Salem Ben Hmida
Lived 1882 – 1961 (aged 78–79). Salem Ben Hmida was a Tunisian philosopher, mystic, nationalist and trade unionist.
Salem Ben Hmida was a Tunisian poet. He was born in 1882 and died in 1961.
Born in Akouda, just north of Sousse, he studied at the University of Ez-Zitouna. In 1947, he chaired the Sahelian cooperation within the Tunisian General Labour Union.
He published a book of poems entitled Azzahriyyet. Today there is a road in Sousse and several schools named after him.
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Tunisian philosopher, mystic, nationalist and trade unionist (1882–1961)
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Salem Ben Hmida was born in 1882 in Akouda.
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Salem Ben Hmida died in 1961.
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Salem Ben Hmida was a philosopher, mystic, nationalist and trade unionist.
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Salem Ben Hmida was Tunisian.
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