| Description |
1 online resource (1 electronic resource) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword, by Lakhdar Brahimi; Maps (Algiers and Algeria); 1 In the Familial Embrace; 2 Awakening; 3 First Contact with the FLN; 4 Into the Heart of the Armed Struggle; 5 In the Casbah; 6 Bringing the Algerian Question to the Global Stage; 7 The Eight-Day Strike; 8 Desperate Times; 9 The Arrest; Glossary; About the Author; Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
"This gripping insider's account chronicles how and why a young woman in 1950s Algiers joined the armed wing of Algeria's national liberation movement to combat her country's French occupiers. When the movement's leaders turned to Drif and her female colleagues to conduct attacks in retaliation for French aggression against the local population, they leapt at the chance. Their actions were later portrayed in Gillo Pontecorvo's famed film, 'The Battle of Algiers.' When first published in French in 2013, this intimate memoir was met with great acclaim and no small amount of controversy. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not only the anti-colonial struggles of the 20th century and their relevance today, but also the specific challenges that women often confronted (and overcame) in those movements."--Amazon.com |
| Notes |
Translation of: Memoires d'une combattante de l'ALN. Broché, 2014 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Text in English |
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Drif-Bitat, Zohra
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| SUBJECT |
Drif-Bitat, Zohra fast |
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Revolutionaries -- Algeria -- Biography
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Women revolutionaries -- Algeria -- Biography
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National liberation movements -- Algeria -- History -- 20th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
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National liberation movements
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Revolutionaries
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Women revolutionaries
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Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003462
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Algiers (Algeria) -- History -- 20th century
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Algeria
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Algeria -- Algiers
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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History
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Farrand, Andrew, translator
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Brahimi, Lakhdar, writer of supplementary textual content
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| ISBN |
9781682570760 |
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1682570762 |
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