Meriem Mehdi: “I was unjustly sacked from my job because I wear the Hidjab”

In a moving statement to the newspaper Echorouk, Algerian Meriem Mehdi, recounts her mishap with the “British Gas” Company from which she has recently been sacked together with scores of her other Algerian colleagues despite her meritorious work and her steadfast commitment to duty within this British firm based in the South of Algeria.