Randa: A transsexual is above all a human being
The Memoirs of Randa the Trans
Tuesday 29 March 2011 / by Djamel Belayachi
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Randa is an Algerian transsexual. She tells her poignant story in a book, The Memoirs of Randa the Trans, which was recently published in Lebanon, where she is based. Her is the first documented story of an Transgender in Arabic. She spoke with Afrik-News.com about her decision to tell her story in a book.
"Being wholly woman" is a dream that has become reality for Randa, formerly known as Fuad. Based in Lebanon, where she is allowed to take the necessary steps to get a sex-change, Randa fled Algeria in 2009 after she was threatened by Islamists. She tells tell her story in a new book, The Memoirs of Randa the Trans (co-written by Hazem Saghieh, a celebrated Lebanese political journalist).