Politics of Algeria

culture is one of these recurrently omitted cultures. Algeria is an Arabic and French speaking, North African country bordering the Mediterranean Sea with several cities of European influence. The country is one of contrast and contradiction through its culture, through things such as language spoken, traditions or beliefs practiced. The culture is heavily influenced by religion with over 99 percent of the population being Sunni Muslims. Algeria is a country of both traditional and modern Muslim cultures

activities of FLN influence De Gaulle and what other factors can be identified which led to his surprising decision to grant independence to Algeria? Introduction 1. The Algerian War of Independence (1954–62) was a period of guerrilla strikes, maquis fighting, terrorism against civilians on both sides, and riots between the French army and colonists in Algeria and the FLN (Front de Libération

Colonization was launched to promote a new vision of economic and social development; for colonial route of trade, to search for gold, a place to live for dissidents, building a prestigious image, or for neutralizing a pirate state like France in Algeria. Even though the colonial expansion had a lot of opposition and was largely considered a waste of money and military efforts, but also it had influential supporters, proclaiming it would bring liberty and civilization to the world. On the eve of the

"We should set out to create not a colony properly speaking in Algeria, but rather the extension of France itself across the Mediterranean.” Words spoken by Alexis de Tocqueville himself, the man who was known to have the answer to the question of Algeria. He believed strongly in racial segregation in Algeria and saw this as an important factor if France wished to make Algeria an extension of its state. This lack of French social cohesion was something Tocqueville studied at length after his experience

ideology that permeated most colonial empires – that of the Civilizing Mission. This narrative of white racial and cultural supremacy was constructed by imperial powers and created tangible consequences for indigenous populations. Colonial rule in Algeria was predicated upon the Civilizing Mission ideology, but it adapted this common narrative to present French conquest as a return to Algeria’s roots in the Roman Empire – a myth that I will refer to throughout this paper as the “Re – civilizing Mission”

Africa. Although there were benefits relating to the architectural upgrades and the spread of ideas about politics and the modern world, the forcing of the French culture, division between religions, and the external French motivations were overall not beneficial.The Maghrib is a section of North Africa that includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and sometimes parts of Libya. Specifically, Algeria was very important to this region as well as the French who tried to colonize and modernize this region.

During the mid-twentieth century, Algeria was trying to gain independence from France. It was writers like Albert Camus who gave the world of taste of what was happening in their country at that time through literature. He used knowledge and experiences to create stories and plays that captured Alergia and the period of war they were in. Camus dominated the mid twentieth century intellectually and artistically. Albert Camus grew up with a strict belief in human freedom, which is evident through his

The Evian Accords which were signed in 1962 giving Algeria immediate independence and French aid to help reconstruct the country. The French Sahara with its oil resources was also handed over to Algeria. In return the FLN guaranteed protection and civil rights for the French Algerians choosing to remain in the country, and the option of choosing either French or Algerian nationality after three years. Eight years of war had shattered Algeria. There had been more than one million Algerian casualties

Introduction: Middle East considers one of the most studied areas in the world due to its rich history of politics, social, economic, and its culture and civilization. Its borders are still arguable geographically, generally in the west it starts from morocco until Iran in the east, however, many scholars don’t agree on including Turkey either as a Middle Eastern or as a European country (Milton-Edwards, 2006. P: 4). The origin of the name was invented by the colonies as a necessity to describe

are insignificant in Algerian culture. Marnia Lazreg, professor of sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, examines the role of Women in Algerian culture in her scholarly analysis of gender and politics in Algeria. She goes on the mention: