Empire was the second-largest empire in the world‚ directly behind the British Empire‚ with 12‚347‚000 squared kilometers. 2‚381‚741 of those kilometers were a nation‚ which had been forced into colonization and depression by the French‚ known as Algeria. In 1954 Algerian people and guerilla movements mobilized and initiated attacks upon the French‚ which led to a victory in the latter part of the century. Throughout this paper I will attempt to successfully answer why this war was initiated and
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The Battle of Power Film Analysis of “The Battle of Algiers” Throughout history‚ human beings have experienced thousands of large and small wars. We can perceive the essence of human society through those wars‚ power is always the blasting fuse of every kind of war. Power is like a piece of bread that attracts hungry human beings to fight for it. The film‚ “The Battle of Algiers”‚ reconstructed the distressing scene during the Algerian War of Independence. The Algerians’ militant organization
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War for Independence‚ ultimately ending in victory for the FLN in 1962‚ is an important conflict that demonstrates the use of insurgency and anti-insurgency tactics in the 21 century. The French‚ desperate to hold on to their colonial holdings in Algeria‚ fought to crush the uprising‚ arguably losing the military battle as well as alienating the support of the Algerian people. Senior French leaders did not to implement counterinsurgency tactics learned from their conflicts in the Indochina War and
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presumed sexual orientations to traditional forms of dress such as the veil or the headscarf. Intolerance towards Muslim stems from deep-seated psychological preoccupation with the “the other” and racial intolerance dating back to French conquest of Algeria in 1830. This section aims to address the historical context through which the present debate surrounding headscarves have arisen. RACISM Since the word "race" has largely disappeared from the French vocabulary‚ the Arabs are not necessarily referred
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the 20th most populous country in the world. In 2004‚ a total of 140‚033 people immigrated to France. Of them‚ 90‚250 were from Africa and 13‚710 from Europe. In 2008‚ France granted citizenship to 137‚000 persons‚ mostly to people from Morocco‚ Algeria and Turkey. It is illegal for the French state to collect data on ethnicity and race‚ a law with its origins in the 1789 revolution and reaffirmed in the constitution of 1958.. While official data on the size of the country’s ethnic minorities is
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state ‘Western Sahara’‚ and neither Polizario nor its allying coutries (Spanish and Algeria) did succeed in fragmenting the Kingdom into two states. The situatoin in the Sahara is a form od anarchy because Morocco lost control over that region‚ or rather Morocco didn’t succeed in gaining full control after Spain left the Sahara. The issue of Morocco not having full control over this region is due to the fact that Algeria is involved in empowring the Polisario financially. Polisario is committing human
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Championing a People Group – Imazighen Berbers of Morocco The Imazighen Berbers are located in the country of Morocco‚ and their estimated population is 2‚497‚000. Morocco’s official language is Arabic‚ but the Berber language‚ Tamazight‚ is used in many homes. French is also spoken there‚ and English is becoming more common. The major religion in Morocco is Sunni Islam. Many of the people who live in Morocco work outside of the country and send their income home to their family. This is due
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Decolonization takes place when a settlement overturns the doings of colonial rule. In a sense‚ it holds true it sense of violence in every decolonization process‚ similar in context to a revolution. Many countries‚ many empires and many villages and settlements have undergone this transformation in government and jurisdiction‚ which usually is followed by a period known a post-colonialism. The causes of decolonization can be in fact a wide variety‚ ranging from outside interference to simple public
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these artist were painting these paintings the Algerian War of Independence was taking place. These paintings give you an inside look on how things were when the French had just conquered and claimed Algeria their territory. During this time period in the war the French tried encouraging the women of Algeria to become more active society instead of following their own tradition. Eugene Delacroix was one of the artist to cross over the Mediterranean for a French diplomatic mission as the war of colorization
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