Dzaier Neil
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Born1957 (age 68–69)
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| Born | 1957 (age 68–69) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dzaier Djarmilia Belgasmi Neil (born 1957) is an Algerian-born British disability rights activist and former Paralympic athlete who competed internationally in track and field and table tennis. She is a convenor of the Green Party Disability Group for the Green Party of England and Wales. [1][2][3][4]
Neil was born in Algeria and was orphaned at a young age. She had a spinal cord injury when a bullet struck her when crossing the border between Algeria and Tunisia. Following a short period in hospital, Neil was transferred to Stoke Mandeville in the United Kingdom to continue her rehabilitation.[5]