Nahla El Fatiha Naili (in Arabic: نهلة الفاتحة نايلي, in Amazigh: Nahla El-Fatiḥa Naili, in Tifinagh: ⴻⵍ ⴼⴰⵜⵉⵃⴰ ⵏⴰⵉⵍⵉ, born 14 November 1986) is an Algerian sculptor.

Nahla El Fatiha Naili
Nahla El Fatiha Naili in 2018
Naili in 2018
Born (1986-11-14) 14 November 1986 (age 37)
Occupation
  • Sculptor
Signature
Nahla El Fatiha Naili

Early life edit

Naili was born the daughter of Rabah Naili, professor in electronic engineering and specialist in meteorology from Azefoun in Tizi Ouzou province, and Hafida Bouhired, model designer from El Aouana in Jijel whose family lived at the Casbah of Algiers.[1] After Naili's parents divorced, she moved with her mother and younger brother Arslan Larbi Redouan, to the family home, Bouhired, located in the heights of Algiers. She is raised by her mother and maternal aunts Zina, Leila, and Houria Bouhired.

Education edit

In 2007 Naili had her general French Baccalaureate S series studies in the Lycée International of Alexandre-Dumas in Algiers and graduated from the Higher School of Fine Arts in Algiers in 2016. In 2018[2] she was preparing a doctoral thesis under the theme "Creation and urban heritage: For a practice of contemporary art through the rehabilitation of Algiers "at the Panthéon-Sorbonne University.[3][4]

Naili has also undertaken various training courses in Morocco and Tunisia on the rehabilitation of medinas.[5][6] She also participated in several trainings with UNESCO, such as the workshop "Volunteer Management and Public / Private Participation Projects", in July 2017, and at the Med Culture Training "Community Awareness" Resilient to Cultural Heritage Values," in Amman, Jordan in October 2018 and the Net Med Youth Training Program "Increasing appetite for creative digital technologies among young cultural heritage defenders" held in Tunis in December 2018.[7]

Career and projects edit

Naili is a member and Secretary General of Save the Casbah Association of Algiers.[3] She is also the cofounder of the Awakened Youth Movement.[8]

In 2016, Nahla with her brother Arslan and her cousin Selma Bouhired, initiated The NAS Workshop, a space for reflection for all artistic expressions.[9]

Exhibitions edit

  • participation in l'exposition de la Commedia dell'arte au Centre culturel italien à Alger, 2011
  • participation in festival d’art Contemporain (MOST ‘ART) à Mostaganem, 2011
  • exposition des « Beaux arts à Didouche Mourad » avec la commune d'Alger-Centre, 2012
  • participation in festival National de la création féminine par la réalisation d’une sculpture monumentale à 6 mains, 2012
  • participation in palais de la culture Moufdi Zakaria à Alger,[10] 2015
  • exposition in l'atelier N.A.S. Casbah d'Alger, Algérie,[11] 2017
  • participation in printemps des arts, inauguration d’un marché de l’art Algérien , en qualité d’artiste sculpteure exposante avec la galerie el Yasmine

, 2018

Family edit

 
Maternal grandmother Fatiha Bouhired

Her mother, Hafida Bouhired, was the youngest of five siblings from her grandmother's first marriage.[1][12] Naili's maternal grandfather Mustapha Bouhired was a player in the Racing Club de Paris and sports journalist for Alger Républicain. He fought in the Second World War for the liberation of France before becoming an FLN militant of the Algerian revolution. He was shot dead in the Casbah of Algiers, on 14 March 1957, after his arrest.[13]

Her maternal grandmother Fatiha Bouhired, born Hattali Oukhiti, was also militant like her husband, and throughout the Algerian war the family houses were used as a refuge for the main leaders of the urban guerrillas in Algiers.[12] She was arrested twice at the family home, one with Yacef Saâdi, Zohra Drif,[13] as well as with her six-month-old daughter Hafida Bouhired, who was imprisoned in Serkadji Prison and released.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Brahimi, Feu Hamidou (2008). "À la mémoire d'un héros". El Watan (in French). ISSN 1111-0333. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. ^ Ibersiene, Arezki (2018). "Nahla Naili, ancienne étudiante de l'école des Beaux-arts d'Alger: "On a trop laissé pourrir la situation à l'ESBA"". Le Temps d'Algérie. ISSN 1112-9344. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b Hafid Azouz (18 April 2018). "L'association " Sauvons la Casbah d'Alger " organise une résidence d'artistes". Live News Algérie. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. ^ Hocine, Achour (8 June 2018). "Nahla Naïli : " Il y a des contraintes réelles à exercer le métier de sculpteur en Algérie "". Culture Dz. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  5. ^ Nouveau numéro "Culture Club" on YouTube à 1ː55 seconde sur la chaîne officiel de Canal Algérie
  6. ^ Hind, O. (2018). "Résidence d'artistes "mémoires de la Casbah d'Alger" : " L'art au service du patrimoine "". L'Expression. ISSN 1112-3397. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Increasing appetite for creative digital technologies among young cultural heritage defenders" (PDF). netmedyouth.org. 13–14 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Conférence régionale de l'UNESCO, Patrimoine culturel et identité: perspectives de la jeunesse de la région arabe" (PDF). unesco.org. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  9. ^ Abada, Latifa (2016). ""ورشة ناس" un nouvel atelier à la Casbah crée un pont entre l'histoire et l'art". HuffPost. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  10. ^ O., H. (3 December 2015). "8e édition du salon d'automne : " Variation esthétique à découvrir "" (PDF). L'Expression: 21. ISSN 1112-3397. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  11. ^ Yasmine, Azzouz (6 June 2017). "Maison des Bouhired à la Casbah, l'art pour préserver notre patrimoine : " Elle a été transformée en atelier pour artistes "". Liberté. ISSN 1111-4290. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  12. ^ a b c Amrane-Minne, Danièle Djamila (1994). Des femmes dans la guerre d'Algérie, entretiens, préface de Michelle Perrot. Paris: Éditions Karthala. pp. 127, 128. ISBN 978-2865375103.
  13. ^ a b Brahimi, Feu Hamidou (2008). "À la mémoire d'un héros". El Watan. ISSN 1111-0333. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

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