The Resume

(February 17, 1877-October 21, 1904)
Born in Geneva, Switzerland
Settled in northern Algeria
Explored the Sahara Desert
Converted to Islam and joined a Sufi sect, the Qadiriyya
Writings about her travels published posthumously as 'Algerian Short Stories' (1905), 'In the Warm Shadow of Islam' (1906) and 'The Day Laborers' (1922)

Why she might be annoying:

Her first published work, 'Sepulchral Sensuality,' was an erotic tale about necrophilia.
She dressed in men's clothing and went by the male name 'Si Mahmoud Essadi.'
She may have married Algerian soldier Silmane Ehnni primarily to get French citizenship so she couldn't be deported from Algeria.
A friend said, 'She drank more than a Legionnaire and smoked more than a hashish addict.'
The first publishers of her posthumous journals spiced them up by inserting gratuitous sex scenes.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was fluent in French, Italian, German, Russian and Arabic.
She called European colonists 'an invading banality.'
She was attacked by a sabre-wielding man who nearly severed her arm (1901).
The attack may have been an assassination attempt inspired by her anti-colonial activities.
She forgave her attacker and successfully pleaded for his life to be spared.
She died in a freak flash flood in the middle of the desert.
According to some accounts, she rescued her husband from the flood waters before succumbing herself.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 57]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [February] (Ranked: 2171877)
• I Converted to Islam
• I Died Before My 30th Birthday (Ranked: 27)
• I Died by Drowning
• I Died in 1904 (Ranked: 27)
• I Rescued Someone From Drowning
• I Was Estranged From My Sibling
• I was Stabbed
• I Write Pulp Fiction
• I'm a Bastard
• Man's World
• Profiles 36501-36750 (Ranked: 36562)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 86.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 108 Votes: 56.48% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 62 Votes: 58.06% Annoying