Djemila Benhabib (Arabic: جميلة بن حبيب) (born 1972) is a Canadian journalist, writer, and politician who lives in Bruxelles, Belgium.

[2][3][4] She was a finalist for the 2009 Governor General's Literary Awards for her non-fiction book[5] Ma vie à contre-Coran: une femme témoigne sur les islamistes.

[6][7] Her second book is Les soldats d'Allah à l'assaut de l'Occident.

[8][9][10][11] In 2010, she appeared on the Jean-Marie Colombani invite show on Public Sénat, the television channel of the French Senate.

[citation needed] She was the Parti Québécois candidate for Trois-Rivières in the 2012 Quebec general election, but narrowly failed to defeat the sitting member, Danielle St-Amand.