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Taghit, the Pearl of the Algerian Sahara

   The regions of the Algerian South are numerous and its inhabitants are both sociable and sympathetic .Although the isolation and harshness of life, they always remain smiling and ready to help the...

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Algerian Beaches: Skikda City, a Jewel of the Algerian Coast

      Rosicada is the ancient name of Skikda that is given by Phoenicians. It is an eastern Algerian coastline city. It covers an area of 4 137,68 km2 that stretch from Marsa in the east until Oued...

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A Visit to the Bottom of the Algerian Sahara

       Algeria has not often rhymed with tourism because terrorism and violence come more easily to mind when evoking this country which was overwhelmed by years of civil war. Its coastlines,...

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concours.onec.dz Registration for the teacher hiring contest

If you are Algerian and you want to be a teacher, This is very important to you. The Minister of National Education Nouria Ben Ghabrit announced the recruitment of teachers contest. You can register...

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Tuareg Jewelry

     In the heart of the desert, the Tuaregs are craftsmen by excellence; they produce weapons for warriors, tools for agriculture and jewelry for adornment. Tuareg artisans voluntarily adopt these...

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Algerian Beaches: Bejaia City a Paradise on Earth

  The Bejaia city is a coastal area which is strongly attended by summer visitors to spend holidays after a year of hard work. Among the many beaches that are stretched along the coastline of Bejaia...

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Tin Hinan, the Queen of the Algerian Tuareg

    The Tuareg society is matriarchal by excellence. According to the Tuareg oral traditions, it is the female descendants that are retained because of the status of women in the Tuareg societies. Tin...

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Tuareg Dance

      To better forget the harshness of the environment, the songs and dances rhythm the daily life of the Tuaregs. Occasions and ritual moments brought together the Tuareg community regularly around...

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Religion in Algeria

    Islam is the prevailed religion in Algeria .Algerian Muslims are predominantly Sunni, from the Maliki rite. There is only a small community of Muslim Ibadi in the province of Ghardaïa. The...

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Tuareg Clothes

       In one of the most extreme environments in the world, the Tuaregs, traditionally, wear a kind of long garment often called Tagulmust (made of cotton cloth called bazin). It is a kind of turban...

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The Algerian Theatre

     There are three brilliant playwrights who shine the Algerian theatre: Kateb Yacine, Abd elkader Alloula and Slimane Benaissa .Their works are successful contemporary theatre which is formed...

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Marriage in the Tuareg Society

Marriage in the Tuareg Society      The Tuaregs are monogamous and they are more attached to their ancestral traditions through the strengthening of the social ties whose marriage is considered as the...

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The Algerian Population

     The Algerians are mainly either the descendants of the ancient Amazigh (Berber) peoples or Arabs (two ethnic groups that predominate in Algeria), or to a lesser extent from South Europe...

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The Algerian Currency

    Money is a social relation depending on the level of economic and social development of a nation. It also reflects the level of confidence between the state and the citizen. Figures and symbols...

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The Map of Algeria

     People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is the tenth largest country in the world and the largest country on the African continent with an area of 2,381,741 square kilometers. It is located in...

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The Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962)

      In the first November, 1954, the National Liberation Front (FLN) guerrillas launched attacks in various parts of Algeria against French military installations, police posts and public utilities....

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The Tamazight Issue in Algeria

   In Algeria, the Berber-speakers (Imazighen) represent approximately 35% of the whole population. The word Tamazight designates their language (Berber) and Tamazgha, the territory to which they...

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The Tuareg Festivities: Sebiba

    The inhabitants of the town of  Djanet, in the state of Illizi (Algerian south), celebrate the Sbiba that took place in the Doghia Square.It is an annual festival originating in the ancient history...

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Cinema in Algeria

    Algerian cinema was born after independence. The dominant themes of the films of this period dealt with colonialism and the national liberation movement, as an example, Lakhdar Hamina's film "The...

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Tipaza Beaches, Jewels of the Mediterranean Sea

Sidi Abellah Tipaza    Tipaza is a coastal town, a few kilometers west of Algiers (approximately 70km). It is endowed with beautiful beaches, surrounded by reliefs of Chenoua Mountain which is the...

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