Djamila Bouhired, born in 1937 to middle-upper class parents in Algiers, Algeria, would prove to become the undisputedly most famous woman active in the FLN resistance of the Algerian Revolution (1952-62). She was the only figure that rose to international fame during the Revolution (Djamila Boupacha, another FLN (the Algerian National Liberation Front) member, reached similar fame post-independence).