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    kidnappings and hostage taking to make demands that support their goals. Most recent attacks have been in response to French activity in Mali. In January 2014, the AMB took control of a British Petroleum gas plant near Amenas, Algeria. The AMB attacked the plant in retaliation against Algeria for allowing France to utilize their air space, launching air strikes into northern Mali. The AMB took 800 hostages, using them to demand the release of French captured Islamist fighters in Mali, as well as…

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    3. Discussion and Findings: 3.1 Differences and similarities in their dishes/cuisines: Tunisian cuisine to a certain extent is distinct from Moroccan cuisine. All the same Morocco and Tunisia share several gastronomic traditions, owing mainly to their Berber inhabitants, there are likewise vast differences. The difference starts, confusingly, with the names of dishes. Take tagine, for instance. At the mere mention of the word, one immediately thinks of fragrant, subtly spiced stews that often…

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    Morocco Research Paper

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    (Para 1: Tribal/Ancient History): During the early years of Morocco’s development, the country experienced many invasions and attacks from surrounding nations. As Morocco started to develop, the country lacked unification and authority in its government that it needed. The people during this time of disunion were the Berber people. The Berber people “lived in large familial tribes and there was no actual recognized government over the area.” Instead, the Berber people lived according to the…

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    “Statically Islam is the second religion in France, but socially it is practiced by a group of people that is dominated, unprivileged and reduced to political silence.” Ever since the attacks on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in January of 2015, France has deemed itself incompatible with immigrants, particularly those who identify as Muslim or come from North Africa or the Middle East. Since the start of 2015 there have been more than 11 large-scale attacks affiliated with ISIS, causing…

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    1. Stereotypes about Africa develop mostly from not being informed of the history and culture Africa brings to the world (3). In America, students are not really taught the positive characteristics of Africa. Instead in our history courses, the focus is on the negatives like genocide, AIDS and mainly how poor the country is (3). When in reality Africa is much more than just diseases and poverty. Most of Americans have pity towards Africa because of how Africa is portrayed in the media (3). The…

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    rounded characters. LINIING SENATCNE 1) Racism2) Existentialism When taking into account the historical context of this book, it can be seen why Camus did not allow for the development of the Arabs into rounded characters. In 1830, France colonized Algeria and took over the region. From that point on, there was a great deal of racial tension between the two groups. This tension can be seen in many places throughout the book. For example the dispise that both grups had towards one…

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    In The Meursault Investigation, Kamel Daoud, takes off from where Camus’ The Stranger leaves us. He explores the aftermath of that book. While Camus’ story takes place from the point of view of the French in Algeria, Daoud’s story looks at the Arab experience and its result, the main characters wind up in much the same place. It could be that Daoud is telling us that not only are the European and Arabs much alike, there paths will eventually lead them to the same place, despite all their…

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    Political Map Of Algeria

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    Algeria was a country that was once controlled by France for the majority of its history, but eventually gained independence in 1962. Algeria has overcome political turmoil and conflict that resulted in Abdelaziz Bouteflika becoming the president in 1999, and the government today is still under his leadership, while relying heavily on the usage of hydrocarbons. Algeria’s main language is Arabic, and the people there are predominantly Muslim.Flag of Algeria.svg Papua New Guinea was a…

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    Role Of Islam In Algeria

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    In Algeria the population is made of 99% of Muslims according to The World Fact Book. The if Muslims in Algeria are Sunni Muslims & they belong to Maliki school of jurisprudence. Algeria is 99.7%made of muslims. Most of the people in that country are muslims and the real name for them are Sunni. The Sunni Muslims took over a lot of Algeria and in this document you will learn about the different disasters and tragedies that have taken place in Algeria, that these people and the french have been…

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    2.Countries in the Sahel region face various challenges. Among these challenges frequent climate change, desertification, deforestation, frequent food crises, extreme poverty, rapid population growth are the main ones. Basides to the natural problem of the region some other problems such as ethnic centrism, fragile governance, corruption, unresolved internal tensions, violent extremism and radicalization, illegal trafficking and terrorist-linked security threats affects the peace and security of…

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