algeria

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algeria

The Algerian war

Examines the causes, conduct, and consequences of the Algerian War, an eight year conflict that led to Algeria becoming an independent nation in 1962.

This strange eventful history

a novel
2024
Inspired in part by long-ago stories from her own family's history, this . . . story follows the Cassars over seven decades, starting with patriarch Gaston and his wife Lucienne, whose myth of perfect love sustains them, and ending with Chloe, who believes telling her family's buried stories will bring them all peace.

Algeria vs. Egypt

2023
"The national soccer teams of Algeria and Egypt have a rivalry spanning decades. What made the teams fierce competitors? How are both country's fans involved in keeping this rivalry going? Easy-to-read text and fantastic images make these books an obvious choice for the soccer-obsessed reluctant or struggling reader"--Provided by publisher.

Islam and democracy

the failure of dialogue in Algeria
2003
Examines the reform experienced by Muslim countries, discussing the processes, the cultural ideas and practices.

The Sabbath lion

a Jewish folktale from Algeria
1992
Because of Yosef's devotion to honoring the Sabbath, he is given special protection by a great lion during a dangerous journey through the desert.

Fantasia, an Algerian cavalcade

1993
A largely autobiographical novel whose protagonist represents Algerian women throughout the country's modern history, from the French capture of Algiers in 1830 to the War of Independence in the mid-twentieth century, embodying their sensuality, their suffering, and their strength.

The stranger

1942
Caught in the grip of forces he does not understand, a quiet, unassuming clerk commits murder in Algeria.

Algeria

the fundamentalist challenge
1997
Examines the internal conflict that has been raging in Algeria since the early 1990s between Islamic militants and government security forces, looking at the scriptural and historical roots of both Islamic and secular Algerian thought, and analyzing the various issues the parties to the conflict are fighting over.

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