Algeria

The French came into Algiers and took over. The division of zones were the French settlers and the Algerian natives. The French live in nice and clean areas as the Algerians are pushed into the “Casbah”. The Casbah is the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the tradition quarter clustered around it. This was a safe place for the FLN to plan and execute attacks against the French citizens and law enforcement who were there at the time. We see throughout the movie that when a crime has been done all…

The disagreement over Westernization has had significant cultural and historical consequences for the entire Middle East region over the past few decades. Western culture being based on the rationalism, liberalism, human rights, secularism, etc. has little resonance within the Islamic civilization and often even contradicts it. Globalization is thereby raising people’s concerns about the massive influx of the Western values in Islamic countries. In fact, in Huntington and other Western analysts…

Most rural Tuareg towns are occupied almost solely by the cultural groups. Groups migrate according to their nomadic lifestyle between Niger, Libya and Algeria (Rasmussen 2001). Many lower class families live in tents, while the wealthier class resides in adobe houses. As for Tuareg children, it is obvious that sons receive twice as much compensation as daughters do (Rasmussen 2006). Lower inheritances such…

“L’Etranger”, which led to several english translations that all accurately reflected a part of what the protagonist embodied in the novel. “The Foreigner” being one of the literal translations, appoints to Meursault being a foreigner to the land of Algeria as a Frenchman; “The Stranger” describes his mental isolation from fellow human beings and “The Outsider” is his ultimate detachment from the conventions of a humanistic society. Consequently, the society and people are also strangers to…

novel, The Stranger by Albert Camus, the protagonist and narrator, Meursault, a french man detached and estranged from humanity questions just that. In the first part, the story starts in the setting of the town of Algiers in 1940s French occupied Algeria. It begins with the death of his mother, to which Meursault does not feel much towards. He returns from the vigil held at the home that his mother lived at without much thought and proceeds to build a friendship with his shady neighbor Raymond…

The Plague by Albert Camus is a novel that demonstrates the selfishness of the people of Oran, Algeria as they fall victim to a plague, causing the entire town to be quarantined. The book’s narrator, Dr. Bernard Rieux, shows his viewpoint of the citizens of Oran through his remark, “In this respect, our townsfolk were like everybody else, wrapped up in themselves; in other words they were humanists: they disbelieved in pestilences.” The Plague was written not only to demonstrate how selfish…

Gibraltar in World War 2 Gibraltar played a crucial role to British defenses in World War 2. It was a bastion and staging ground. Without the Rock, British military forces would not have a necessary staging ground into Europe. Despite its involvement, very few Gibraltarians were present during the war. The British government ordered, and enforced, a mass evacuation of the Rock to strengthen its abilities as a base. Only those civilians deemed as having “vital” jobs stayed. The evacuated were…

Do you remember when we first began watching movies together and you told me “good movies are like books, you can’t judge them by their cover?” As a child, I remember thinking you were wrong. In my opinion, good movies were those with my favorite actors, interesting covers, and spoken in simplistic English language. They had predictable endings that didn’t make me cry. I watched a good movie in class today that taught me my preconceived notions of a good movie were wrong and proved you right.…

Iran. In 1979, Islamic students captured 52 American students and held them hostage with the demand that they return Shan to Iran. This situation created a major crisis among the United States and Iran relationship. After the intervention of Algeria as a mediator, the hostages were released after a captivity of 444 days. The relationship with United Sates was not smooth ever since. A year…

colonialist used the policy of assimilation , in which, they strengths education and francization some "natives", so that, would become evolved and civilized French Moroccans. However, the French colonialist aware of a bad experience they had in Algeria, they realized that violence always produced violence. To avoid that, French colonialist conveyed a new strategy and special policy of…