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The Generation of '52 in Algeria produced three writers: Albert Camus, Mouloud Feraoun and Mohammed Dib, who represent three remarkably different perspectives on the Algerian land and milieu. Although Algeria is the birthplace of all three, what emerges from a close study of their depictions of the land and milieu is an understanding of their differing writing identities. In Noces and L'Ete, Camus excels at presenting the varied, often harsh lessons he has learned from the Algerian land: lessons of contrasts in the Algerian geography between sterile desert and fertile sea coast, between the blistering sun of midday and the cool peace of the evening, between Kabylian poverty and the rich beauty of the land. Yet, because of his status as a French pied-noir i.e. a person whose patrie is France but whose homeland is Algeria, he seeks to maintain an equilibrium between opposing dualities. Ultimately, Camus reveals a picture of a land in which he alone occupies the pivotal position. Thus, landscape can be understood to mirror and produce ontology. Mouloud Feraoun, a French educated Arab-Algerian, writes from a need to present his native Algeria to French readers.His zeal to project an acceptable image to a French audience leaves no space for his own Algerianness in his text and consequently fails convincingly to present his own identity. Thus, his depiction of the land appears alienated from his identity as an Algerian writer. Mohammed Dib grounds his narrative in an unmediated portrait of his watan-- the Arabic equivalent to patrie. No apology or explanation for his "difference" is offered to his French readers. His unquestioning approach to Algeria effects a reconciliation of the inner and outer landscapes that comprise his identity. Dib's characters have an autochthonous quality mirroring and confirming the author's own deep roots as an Arab and an Algerian. In this continuum from the pied-noir's vision of his landscape to the Arab-Algerian's concept of watan, there is discerned a meaningful connection between land and identity. The author's reading of the position each author appropriated for himself in the land of his birth in the chosen Algerian pre-independence narratives, attempts to link the three sides of the Algerian trilogy of land, self, and writing.For the Franco-Algerian writers, such an understanding is an important step in knowing the associations that brought divergent reactions to the same land by its colonizers and its colonized. Though time and space specific to the Algeria of 1950s, it furthers an appreciation of present-day reactions and counter reactions that may arise because of the dynamics of self and place. And, also of more importance, the present day (sometimes explosive) issues of self, culture and land in a rapidly changing multicultural climate of our world today. ... Read more

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Algeria. Arab League, History of Algeria, French Algeria, Algerian War, List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s, Algerian Civil War, Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002?present), Geography of Algeria, Sahara, Politics of Algeria, President of Algeria, Military of Algeria, Provinces of Algeria, Districts of Algeria, Communes of Algeria, Languages of Algeria, Religion in Algeria. ... Read more

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Algerian Arabic is the variety or varieties of Arabicspoken in Algeria. In Algeria, as elsewhere, spoken Arabicdiffers from written Arabic; Algerian Arabic has a Berbercomponent, a vocabulary with many new words and loanwordsfrom Berber, Turkish, Spanish, and French, and like allArabic dialects, has dropped the case endings of thewritten language. In Algeria, Algerian Arabic or Darijaisn't used in schools, television or newspapers, whichusually use Standard Arabic or French, but is more likelyheard in music like Raï if not just heard in Algerian homesand on the street. Algerian Arabic is spoken daily by thevast majority of Algerians, a minority of Amazigh/BerberAlgerians use Tamazight in their daily life. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Couscous, Algerian Wine, Preserved Lemon, Tajine, Torta de Gazpacho, Algerian Cuisine, Farinata, Merguez, Makroudh, Sidi Brahim, Terfez. Excerpt:Merguez Kanafeh in a pan Asida , a traditional dessert The cuisine of Algeria is a distinct fusion of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines. Description Algerian cuisine differs slightly from region to region. Algerian cuisine has strong Berber but also Ottoman Turkish influence due to the Ottoman occupation . The main varieties are Algiers , Oran (largely influenced by Morocco ), Constantine (largely influenced by Tunisia ), Kabylie and Sahara . Dairy products come mainly from Kabylie . The breakfast, which exist since the French colonization , is generally light. Tea or Turkish coffee are served with some pastries. At noon, street stalls which sell often shawarma , are very common in the cities. The dinner, which is very copious, is often eaten late in the night, especially during the month of Ramadan . Unlike most neighbouring countries except Tunisia , the French colonization explains that fork and knife are used and eating with the hands is considered impolite. Ingredients Algeria , like other Maghreb countries, produces a large range of Mediterranean fruits and vegetables and even some tropical ones. Lamb is by far the main meat consumed. Mediterranean seafood and fish is also eaten and produced by the little inshore fishing. However, Algerians eat more meat than fish . Dishes The khabz , traditional arabic flatbread, is the base of Algerian cuisine and eaten at all meals. The main Algerian dish is merguez , a spicy lamb sausage, that originate from the Atlas mountains . Other common dishes include berber couscous , chakchouka , karantita , pastilla that is a speciality from Tlemcen , musakhan , maqluba , shawarma , Chekhech... ... Read more

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Since independence, the Algerian state has had mechanisms in place to control its emigrant population but the recent conflict resulted in, and was in part caused by, the crumbling of many of these institutions of control. Throughout the conflict, migrants based in France have been able to exert considerable influence on the Algerian government, while the Algerian government has sought to discredit or control their activities. This article examines an episode of political protest against the Algerian regime by Algerian migrants in France that resulted in a series of high profile court cases in France between 2001 and 2004. The protests originated in allegations of human rights abuses by the Algerian army that were detailed in a series of books, principally Qui a tue a Bentalha? [Yous, N. with the collaboration of Mellah, S. (2000). Qui a tue a Bentalha? Algerie: chronique d'un massacre annonce. Paris: La Decouverte.] and La sale guerre [Souaidia, H. (2001). La sale guerre. Paris: La Decouverte.]. The article draws on a series of interviews with politically active and non-politically active migrants in France and the UK, including the authors of both books and leading figures on both sides of the debate, in order to establish the nature of the relationship between political activism by migrants in France and civil society in Algeria. The literature on civil society is used to highlight the relationship between French-based associations and the Algerian government. The article concludes that French-based activists must be judged on the extent to which they engage with the Algerian government and contribute to the growth of developing civil society within Algeria. ... Read more