Lina Ben Mhenni
Lina Ben Mhenni (Arabic: 'لينا بن مهني'; May 22, 1983 – January 27, 2020) was a Tunisian Internet activist, blogger and assistant lecturer. She worked in linguistics at Tunis University.[1]
In January 2011, she covered the early weeks of the Tunisian Revolution from Sidi Bouzid Governorate in the interior of the country. In 2011, Ben Mhenni was reported to have been a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize,[2] for her works and activism during the Tunisian Revolution.
Mhenni died on January 27, 2020 of a stroke caused by an autoimmune disease at a hospital in Tunis, aged 36.[3]
Lina Ben Mhenni Media
Ben Mhenni with fellow blogger Wissem Tlili and British journalist Gideon Rachman in 2018
Stamps with Ben Mhenni's portrait
Ben Mhenni's funeral procession
References
- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
- ↑ "Voice behind a revolution". Sydney Morning Herald. 2012-01-21. http://www.smh.com.au/world/voice-behind-a-revolution-20120120-1qa20.html. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ↑ Lina Ben Mhenni n'est plus - Réalités Online (27 January 2020). Retrieved 27 January 2020.