EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Country Overview Tunisia‚ a country of 10 million people is bound by the Mediterranean Sea to its North and East‚ Libya to its South and Algeria to its West. Most of its population is concentrated in and around Tunis and towards the Eastern part of the country. Tunisia attained independence from France in 1956 and currently has a rightist government headed by General Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Tunisia’s economy‚ traditionally based on agriculture‚ has diversified into
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Dr.Kay English 102 22 April 2013 The Guest “The Guest” is a short story about a schoolteacher who refuses to take sides in the colonial conflict in Algeria. The short story was written by Albert Camus‚ winning author‚ journalist and philosopher. The short story was first published in 1957. The story takes place in Algeria with two men climbing a rocky slope. Daru is a schoolmaster‚ who also lives in the school house. There is no school when it is a blizzard; all the kids stay at
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This confluence mirrors the intertwining paths of the three characters in this story. The fact that the rivers drawn on the board are rivers in France‚ and the schoolhouse is in Algeria‚ continues to present a symbol of the oppression that Algeria faced during this time‚ being forced to learn about french culture in their homeland. As Perrine puts it “[A symbol] may suggest a cluster of meanings”(Perrine 307). On the subject of the chalkboard‚ school supplies
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Woman the main character Yamina perseveres in the face of adversity‚ unfortunately she dies in the process. In the short story “Only A Woman” by Amel Benaboura set in Algeria a particle society where men overpower their women. The main character Yamina is a Muslim women who is trying to get equal rights for women in Algeria but the men in her family
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Camus takes place in French Algeria in the 1940’s. At this point in time‚ they were recovering from the war which left the government broken and corrupted‚ not that it was all that good before the war. People like Meursault and Raymond don’t have to worry about authority figures because they see themselves as equals and above the law. This plays towards the idea of corruption‚ mainly in the sense of law. Since this is how the world is structured for the people in Algeria they don’t have a sense of
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Saint Augustine of Hippo and his original Latin name is Aurēlius Augustinus. He was born on November 13‚ 354 CE in Tagaste‚ Numidia. It is now Souk Ahras‚ Algeria. It is a “modest Roman community in a river valley” about 40 miles from the African coast. However‚ he died on August 28‚ 430 CE‚ in Hippo Regius which is now known as Annaba‚ Algeria. The work filled with a Christian view and represents human history as part of a great plan (O’Donnell‚ James). Aurēlius Augustinus became a bishop of Hippo
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The Tuareg People The Tuareg are nomadic people who live in parts of Sahara that covers Algeria‚ Tunisia‚ Libya‚ Mali ‚ Niger and Burkina Faso . Their numbers are unclear‚ but estimates run between 300‚000 and 1 million. The Tuaregs speak a language called Tamershak‚ to which there is a proper alphabet. They are known under the name of "Blue Men"‚ because men cover their face with a dark blue veil. The veiling has different meanings; it shows the male gender role identity and shows
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front was created primarily in response to the efforts of Western oil companies to drive oil prices down. The original members of OPEC included Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and Venezuela. OPEC has since expanded to include seven more countries (Algeria‚ Angola‚ Indonesia‚ Libya‚ Nigeria‚ Qatar‚ and United Arab Emirates) making a total membership of 12. The first move towards the establishment of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) took place in 1949‚ when Venezuela approached
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15th and 16th centuries has opened the prologue of modern colonial expansion‚ at the same time the produce of colonialism. There is an interesting point that Sartre points out is “Now the total revenue of Algeria is 300 billion. Educational reform can only be achieved by an industrialized Algeria‚ which has at least trebled its income. But the colonial system‚ as we have seen‚ is opposed to industrialization (Sartre‚ P138).” As we can see‚ Colonialism is largely hindered the development of the colonies
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1. DEFINE THE SUBJECT/EVALUATE THE SOURCES: a. Define the Battle to be analyzed (where‚ why‚ when).The Battle of Kasserine Pass was the first big engagement between American and German forces in World War II. 1. The United States‚ United Kingdom and Free France were the allied forces on one side. Nazi Germany and Italy was on the other. 2. The Battle of Kasserine Pass happened on February 19-25 1943 During World War II. (Hickman‚ Battle of Kasserine Pass ‚ 2016) 3. Kasserine Pass is a 2
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