Faouzia Charfi

 ( 1941 Births ) 

Faouzia Farida Charfi (born 1941 in Sfax, Rekik) is a scientist, intellectual and politician. She was Minister of State for Education in 2011.

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Life Charfi graduated from the Sorbonne, Paris, in 1963 in physical sciences, then gained doctorates in 1978 and 1984 from the which is part of Tunis El Manar University. She became the Tunisian Minister of State for Education in 2011.

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Recognition

In 1997 she was appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, and in 2001 a Commandeur des Palmes Académiques. In 2019 she was awarded the Chair's medal of the Arab World Institute in recognition of her work against islamic fundamentalism.

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Personal life

Charfi's husband was Mohamed Charfi (1936–2008), a Tunisian academic and politician.

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Selected publications

• Faouzia Farida Charfi (2026). 9782738129895, Odile Jacob. ISBN 9782738129895
• Faouzia Farida Charfi (2026). 9782738134868, Odile Jacob. ISBN 9782738134868
• Faouzia Charfi (2026). 9782738156723, Odile Jacob. ISBN 9782738156723
• Faouzia Charfi (2026). 9782227498235, Bayard. ISBN 9782227498235

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External links

• Première partie : la science dans les contextes islamiques Conversation between the Islamologist Ghaleb Bencheikh and Faouzia Charfi at France Culture on January 16, 2022.
• Deuxième partie : la science dans les contextes islamiques Conversation between the Islamologist Ghaleb Bencheikh and Faouzia Charfi at France Culture on January 23, 2022.

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