Djamila Bouhired (Arabic: جميلة بوحيرد, born June 1935[2]) is an Algerian nationalist militant,[2] who opposed the French colonial rule of Algeria as a member of the National Liberation Front.

[3] Her brothers were involved with the underground nationalist resistance movement, and Bouhired joined the National Liberation Front (FLN) while a student activist.

At the time the French lawyer Jacques Vergès, sympathetic to the cause of the Algerian nationalists, heard of her case and decided to represent her.

During the trial, Vergès waged a public relations campaign on Bouhired's behalf and accused the French government of having committed the bombing themselves.

[citation needed] Vergès claimed to have become a target of the French colonial government, which allegedly launched several failed assassination attempts against him, including a bomb placed in his apartment and another in his car.