One of the symbol women of the resistance since the age of 11: Who is Ahed Tamimi?
In 2011, Ahed Tamimi attracted the attention of the whole world when the images of her challenging the Israeli soldier when she was only 11 years old appeared on social media. She was remembered as the "brave girl of Palestine".
Ahed Tamimi, who has become a symbol of Palestinian resistance and is known as the 'brave girl of Palestine', was recently detained.
Ahed Tamimi Born on January 31, 2001, in the village of Nabi Saleh as the daughter of Bassem et-Tamimi and Nariman et-Tamimi, Tamimi first appeared in the press in 2012, when she was only 11 years old when she tried to threaten an Israeli soldier with a punch. In the same year, she was awarded the "Hanzala Courage Award" by Başakşehir Municipality in Turkey. In 2016, she was reported in the press while trying to save her brother from soldiers who were trying to detain him for throwing stones. On December 15, 2017, she was among the women who were filmed shouting, hitting, and kicking two armed Israeli soldiers during the protests following US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Ahed Tamimi (born 31 January 2001) is a Palestinian activist from the village of Nabi Salih in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. She is best known for appearances in images and videos in which she confronts Israeli soldiers, and has been hailed by pro-Palestinian activists as a symbol of Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation.
Later, on December 19, 2017, she was detained by Israeli authorities for slapping a soldier. The incident was filmed and went viral, and her detention was extended 6 times. Tamimi, who was accused of 12 different crimes, was tried in a military court in Israel approximately 3 months later and was sentenced to 8 months in prison. While Amnesty International called for her release, she was compared to Rosa Parks, the symbol of American black people. She was released on July 29, 2018.
On April 4, 2018, a video of Tamimi being harassed and threatened by two Israeli officers interrogating her was published. Tamimi filed a lawsuit against these people.
AHED TAMIMI AWARDS
Ahed Tamimi, the brave girl who came to the world's attention by defying Israeli soldiers in Palestine, received the "Hanzala Courage Award" in Istanbul, where she was invited in 2012.
WHY WAS AHED TAMIM DETAINED?
It was announced that Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi was detained in a raid on her home in the occupied West Bank.