[3] In 1975 she published Ash at Dawn (Cendres à l’aube), one of the first novels by a Tunisian woman to be written in French.

[4] Hafsia was an admirer of Simone de Beauvoir, with whom she corresponded.

[5] In 2019 she was named a grand officer of the Tunisian Order of the Republic for her cultural achievements.

[6] Jalila Hafsia died on 10 August 2023 in Tunis, at the age of 95.

[7] In 2019, Jalila Hafsia was awarded the insignia of Grand Officer of the Tunisian Order of Merit.