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The French Intifada: The Long War Between France and Its Arabs
The French Intifada The Long War Between France and Its Arabs Author:Andrew Hussey A provocative rethinking of France?s long relationship with the Arab world — Beyond the affluent center of Paris and other French cities, in the deprived banlieues, a war is going on. This is the French intifada, a guerrilla war between the French state and the former subjects of its empire, for whom the mantra ?liberty, equality, fraternity? con... more »ceals a bitter history of domination, oppression, and brutality. This history began in the early 1800s with Napoleon?s aggressive lust for all things Oriental and continued with the armed colonization of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. Decades of bloody conflict followed, all in the name of civilization. Here, against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, Andrew Hussey walks the front lines of this war?from Gare du Nord in Paris to the souks of Marrakesh and the mosques of Tunis?to tell the strange and complex story of the relationship between France and the Muslim world of North Africa. The result is a completely new portrait of an old nation. Combining a fascinating and complusively readable mix of history, politics, and literature with Hussey?s years of personal experience traveling across the Arab world, The French Intifada reveals the role played by the countries of the Magreb in shaping French history, and explores the challenge being mounted by today?s dispossessed heirs to the colonial project?a challenge that is angrily, violently staking a claim to France?s future.« less
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