Jamila Mejri
Introduction


**Jamila Mejri** (, born *Jamila Mejri Soudani*; 1951 in [Kairouan](/wiki/Kairouan "Kairouan")) is a [Tunisian](/wiki/Tunisian_people "Tunisian people") poet.

She won the [Aboul\-Qacem Echebbi](/wiki/Aboul-Qacem_Echebbi "Aboul-Qacem Echebbi") prize, in 2005 for her 38 poems, *Dhakiratou Attaïer*.

She is the first woman to be elected President of the [Union of Tunisian Writers](/wiki/Union_of_Tunisian_Writers "Union of Tunisian Writers") at the Congress of December 2008\. [« Jamila Mejri à la tête de l'Union des écrivains tunisiens », *Le Temps*, 31 décembre 2008](http://www.letemps.com.tn/pop_article.php?ID_art=23743)


In what year was Jamila Mejri elected President of the Union of Tunisian Writers?