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Female Participation in the Algerian Revolution | Priya Parkash

The Algerian war for independence was fought between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) between 1954 and 1962. The French colonists sought to strip Algeria of its culture and values and paint it in the French way of life.

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Female Participation in the Algerian Revolution | Priya Parkash

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  1. FemaleParticipationintheAlgerian Revolution|PriyaParkash

  2. TheAlgerianwarfor independencewas foughtbetweenFrance andtheAlgerian NationalLiberation Front(FLN)between 1954and1962. PriyaParkash

  3. PriyaParkash TheFrenchcolonistssought tostripAlgeriaofitsculture andvaluesandpaintitinthe Frenchwayoflife.

  4. PriyaParkash Someofthetacticsusedbythe Frenchincludedthedemolition ofIslamicmosques,schools,and religiouslodges(thezawiyas) thatfedandsupportedthepoor andthehungry(Fantasia,1995, p.147).

  5. By1862,undertheumbrellaof humanitarianismand civilrights, theFrenchwererathersuccessful indismantlingthepillarsofMuslim lifeandtheformalorganisationof IslaminAlgeriabydestroying“nine ofthirteengrandmosques,one hundredoneofonehundrednine smallmosques,twenty-threeof thirty-twochapels,andalltwelve zawiyas”(Knauss,1987,p.18-19,as citedinFantasia,1995). PriyaParkash

  6. Algerianwomenparticipatedinthis revolutionfully—theybrokeinto mainstreamAlgeriatowhichmale dominatedstructures,institutions, andideologieswerecentral. PriyaParkash

  7. PriyaParkash itisimportanttounderstandthe reasonsunderlyingfemale participationintheAlgerian revolution.

  8. “Enteringthewaragainstthe colonizerwasanopportunityto eventhescore,regardlessof whetheritwasperceivedinthis clearafashion.Itwasalsoa chancetotakechargeofone's life,andfinallybreakindeeds andnotinwordsthestructural anddiscursivesilenceimposed uponwomenformorethana century.” PriyaParkash

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