Médéa Province ولاية المدية
—  Province  —
Map of Algeria highlighting Médéa
Coordinates: 36°16′N 2°45′E / 36.267°N 2.75°E / 36.267; 2.75Coordinates: 36°16′N 2°45′E / 36.267°N 2.75°E / 36.267; 2.75
Country	Algeria
Capital	Médéa
Government
• PPA president
• Wāli
Area
• Total	8,866 km2 (3,423 sq mi)
Population (2008)[1]
• Total	830,943
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01)
Area Code	+213 (0) 25
ISO 3166 code	DZ-26
Districts	19
Municipalities	64

Médéa (Arabic: ولاية المدية‎) is a province (wilaya) of Algeria. The capital is Médéa.

Administrative divisions[link]

The province is divided into 19 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 64 communes or municipalities.

Districts[link]

Communes[link]

References[link]

1. ^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.

v t e Médéa Province Capital: Médéa Districts Aïn Boucif Aziz Béni Slimane Berrouaghia Chahbounia Chellalat El Adhaoura El Azizia El Omaria Guelb El Kébir Ksar El Boukhari Médéa Ouamri Ouled Antar Ouzera Seghouane Si Mahdjoub Sidi Naâmane Souaghi Tablat Communes Aïn Boucif Aïn Ou Ksir Aissaouia Aziz Baata Benchicao Beni Slimane Berrouaghia Bir Ben Laabed Boghar Bou Aiche Bouaichoune Bouchrahil Boughezoui Bouskene Chahbounia Chellalat El Adhaoura Cheniguel Damiat Derrag Deux Bassins Djouab Draa Essamar El Azizia El Guelbelkebir El Hamdania El Omaria El Ouinet Hannacha Kef Lakhdar Khams Djouamaa Ksar Boukhari Meghraoua Médéa Medjebar Meftaha Mezerana Mihoub Ouamri Oued Harbil Ouled Ouled Antar Ouled Brahim Ouled Deide Ouled Hellal Ouled Maaref Oum El Djalil Ouzera Rebaia Saneg Sedraia Seghouane Sidi Mahdjoub Sidi Damed Sidi Errabia Sidi Naamane Sidi Zahar Sidi Ziane Souagui Tablat Tafraout Tamesguida Tlatet Eddouair Zoubiria

v t e Provinces of Algeria Adrar Aïn Defla Aïn Témouchent Algiers Annaba Batna Béchar Béjaïa Biskra Blida Bordj Bou Arréridj Bouira Boumerdès Chlef Constantine Djelfa El Bayadh El Oued El Taref Ghardaïa Guelma Illizi Jijel Khenchela Laghouat Mascara Médéa Mila Mostaganem M'Sila Naâma Oran Ouargla Oum El Bouaghi Relizane Saïda Sétif Sidi Bel Abbes Skikda Souk Ahras Tamanrasset Tébessa Tiaret Tindouf Tipaza Tissemsilt Tizi Ouzou Tlemcen

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A street scene in Médéa

Algéria's map (Médéa location)

Médéa (Arabic: المدية, pronounced Lemdiya‎), population 123,535 (1998 census) is the capital city of Médéa Province, Algeria. It is located roughly 90 km south of Algiers.

The present-day city is situated on the site of an ancient Roman military post and has a history dating back to the 10th century. The town is French in character, with a rectangular city plan, red tile-roofed buildings, and beautiful public gardens. The hills surrounding Médéa are covered with vineyards, orchards, and farms that yield abundant grain. Médéa’s chief products are wines, irrigation equipment, and various handicrafts.

Etymology[link]

Médéa could be the ancient Roman post "Medix" or "ad Médias", so called because it was equidistant from Tirinadi (Berrouaghia) and Sufnsar (Amoura).

History[link]

Médéa was the capital of Titteri; a Bey, deputy of the Dey of Algiers, was resident there. The beylik of Titteri (chief Medea) was established in 1548. The last Bey Mostefa Boumezrag ran it from 1819 to 1830, when the French arrived. In 1837, after the Treaty of Tafna, Abd El-Kader Medea became one of its capitals.

Economy[link]

One of the largest pharmaceutical production units in Algeria (Saidal-Antibiotical) is located in Medea.

Shoe factories also established in Takbou and M'salah.

Medea Under Snow-2012 winter

Famous people[link]

• Amine Megateli - Professional footballer
• Jean Richepin - French poet and writer, member of Académie française
• Djamel Tlemçani - Professional footballer

See also[link]

• Médéa Province

v t e Provincial seats of Algeria Adrar Aïn Defla Aïn Témouchent Algiers Annaba Batna Béchar Béjaïa Biskra Blida Bordj Bou Arréridj Bouïra Boumerdès Chlef Constantine Djelfa El Bayadh El Oued El Taref Ghardaïa Guelma Illizi Jijel Khenchela Laghouat Mascara Médéa Mila Mostaganem M'Sila Naâma Oran Ouargla Oum el-Bouaghi Relizane Saida Sétif Sidi Bel Abbès Skikda Souk Ahras Tamanrasset Tébessa Tiaret Tindouf Tipaza Tissemsilt Tizi Ouzou Tlemcen

v t e Médéa Province Capital: Médéa Districts Aïn Boucif Aziz Béni Slimane Berrouaghia Chahbounia Chellalat El Adhaoura El Azizia El Omaria Guelb El Kébir Ksar El Boukhari Médéa Ouamri Ouled Antar Ouzera Seghouane Si Mahdjoub Sidi Naâmane Souaghi Tablat Communes Aïn Boucif Aïn Ou Ksir Aissaouia Aziz Baata Benchicao Beni Slimane Berrouaghia Bir Ben Laabed Boghar Bou Aiche Bouaichoune Bouchrahil Boughezoui Bouskene Chahbounia Chellalat El Adhaoura Cheniguel Damiat Derrag Deux Bassins Djouab Draa Essamar El Azizia El Guelbelkebir El Hamdania El Omaria El Ouinet Hannacha Kef Lakhdar Khams Djouamaa Ksar Boukhari Meghraoua Médéa Medjebar Meftaha Mezerana Mihoub Ouamri Oued Harbil Ouled Ouled Antar Ouled Brahim Ouled Deide Ouled Hellal Ouled Maaref Oum El Djalil Ouzera Rebaia Saneg Sedraia Seghouane Sidi Mahdjoub Sidi Damed Sidi Errabia Sidi Naamane Sidi Zahar Sidi Ziane Souagui Tablat Tafraout Tamesguida Tlatet Eddouair Zoubiria

Coordinates: 36°16′N 2°45′E / 36.267°N 2.75°E / 36.267; 2.75

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Medea Benjamin
Born	Susan Benjamin (1952-09-10) September 10, 1952 (age 59) Freeport, New York
Residence	San Francisco, California
Nationality	United States
Education	Tufts University Columbia University New School for Social Research
Occupation	Political activist, author
Spouse	Kevin Danaher
Children	2 daughters
Website
Global Exchange Code Pink

Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin on September 10, 1952) is an American political activist, best known for co-founding Code Pink and, along with her husband, activist and author Kevin Danaher, fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin also was a Green Party candidate in 2000 for the United States Senate.

The Los Angeles Times has described her as "one of the high profile leaders" of the peace movement and in 1999, San Francisco Magazine included her on its "power list" of the "60 Players Who Rule the Bay Area."

Early life[link]

Benjamin grew up in Long Island, New York, a self-described "nice Jewish girl."^[1] During her freshman year at Tufts University, she renamed herself after the Greek mythological character Medea. She received master's degrees in public health from Columbia University and in economics from The New School.

Benjamin worked for 10 years as an economist and nutritionist in Latin America and Africa for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, the Swedish International Development Agency, and the Institute for Food and Development Policy. She spent four years in Cuba, and has authored three books on the country.

Organizations[link]

In 1988 with Kevin Danaher, her husband, and Kirsten Moller, Benjamin co-founded the San Francisco-based Global Exchange, which advocates fair trade alternatives to what she describes as corporate globalization. She is a co-founder of the left-wing feminist anti-war group Code Pink: Women for Peace, which advocated an end to the Iraq War, the prevention of future wars, and social justice. Benjamin has also been involved with the left-wing anti-war organization United for Peace and Justice.

Politics[link]

In 2000, Benjamin ran for the United States Senate on the Green Party ticket from California, basing her campaign on such issues as a living wage, education, and universal healthcare; she garnered 3 percent of the vote.^[2] Since then she has remained active in the Green Party and has also supported efforts by the Progressive Democrats of America.^{[3] [4]} She is a member of the Liberty Tree Board of Advisers.

Protest actions[link]

Medea Benjamin speaks at a rally during the 2007 State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C.

From 2002 to 2009, Benjamin engaged in numerous protest actions in which she shouted slogans, displayed banners, or both during events involving U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; U.S. President George W. Bush; U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, among others. Benjamin engaged in similar protest actions at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and the 2004 Republican National Convention.^[5] On December 4, 2007, she was arrested by plainclothes police in Lahore, Pakistan, detained by the ISI for eight hours, and deported after protesting the house arrest of lawyers (including Aitzaz Ahsan).^[6][7] In 2009, Benjamin joined the steering committee for the Gaza Freedom March.^[8] In February 2012 Benjamin was arrested and deported^[9] for illegal entry to Bahrain and participating in an illegal protest^[10].

Controversy[link]

Benjamin has been criticized from both the left and the right.

Support for Cuba[link]

For example, Benjamin has drawn conservative criticism for her support of Hugo Chavez and her attacks on the U.S. embargo of Fidel Castro's Cuba. David Horowitz's FrontPageMag attacked her as "a long-time Castro acolyte," and wrote:

WTO protest violence[link]

Benjamin is unpopular among some in the anti-globalization movement due to remarks during 1999's anti-WTO demonstrations in Seattle. The remarks seemed to suggest that "anarchists" who engaged in property destruction should have been arrested by the police. Benjamin says that this is not the correct interpretation:

Anybody But Bush[link]

Benjamin has been criticized by some Greens for her support for "Anybody But Bush" in 2004. Explaining why she supported this movement, she said:

Todd Chretien, a leading member of the International Socialist Organization, responded:

Marla Ruzicka[link]

Benjamin had a falling out with her former close friend, San Francisco Bay Area activist Marla Ruzicka, later killed in Iraq in a widely-publicized suicide bombing, over Ruzicka's decision to work with the U.S. military to secure compensation for the peoples of Iraq and Afghanistan. Benjamin said:

Views on US involvement in Middle East[link]

Benjamin writes in the Huffington Post that the United States never had any "justification for invading Iraq", that there is no "justification for continuing the war in Afghanistan", and that in Pakistan, the US "drone attacks are only fueling the violence and creating more Osama Bin Ladens." Regarding the killing of bin Laden, she says "Let us not sink into a false sense of triumphalism in the wake of Bin Laden's passing."^[17]

Books[link]

• Benedita Da Silva: An Afro-Brazilian Woman's Story of Politics and Love (1997). With Benedita da Silva and Maisa Mendonca. Institute for Food and Development Policy. ISBN 0-935028-70-6
• Bridging the Global Gap: A Handbook to Linking Citizens of the First and Third Worlds (1989). With Andrea Freedman. Global Exchange Seven Locks Press. ISBN 0-932020-73-9
• Cuba: Talking About Revolution: Conversations with Juan Antonio Blanco (1996). With Juan Antonio Blanco. Inner Ocean Publishing. ISBN 1-875284-97-4
• Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks From The Heart: The Story of Elvia Alvarado (1989). Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-06-097205-X
• Greening of the Revolution: Cuba's Experiment with Organic Agriculture (1995). With Peter Rossett. Ocean Press. ISBN 1-875284-80-X
• How to Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism (2005). As editor, with Jodie Evans. Inner Ocean Publishing. ISBN 1-930722-49-4
• I, senator: How, together, we transformed the state of California and the United States (2000). Green Press.
• No Free Lunch: Food and Revolution in Cuba Today (1989). With Joseph Collins and Michael Scott. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-935028-52-8
• The Peace Corps and More: 175 Ways to Work, Study and Travel at Home & Abroad (1997). With Miya Rodolfo-Sioson. Global Exchange Seven Locks Press. ISBN 0-929765-04-4

See also[link]

• Global Exchange
• Code Pink
• United for Peace and Justice
• Progressive Democrats of America

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Medea Benjamin

• Works by or about Medea Benjamin in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Global Exchange biographical page
• Code Pink biographical page
• Common Ground profile
• Bio from 2000 CA Senate campaign
• I, Senator, book from 2000 CA Senate campaign and Bay Guardian coverage at archive.org