Algeria in British Travel Writings (1850-1930): Images and Perceptions Mohamed Chamekh
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Religious Freedom in the World Report 2021 ALGERIA ALGERIA RELIGIONS 1.4% 0.3% Agnostics Christians Population Area 43,333,255 281,741 Km2 98.3% GDP per capita GINI INDEX* Muslims 13,914 US$ 27.6 *Economic Inequality anyone “who incites, constrains, or utilizes means of se- LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION duction tending to convert a Muslim to another religion; AND ACTUAL APPLICATION or by using to this end establishments of teaching, edu- cation, health, social, culture, training […] or any financial means.”8 The majority of the people of Algeria are Sunni Muslims.1 Fewer than 200 indigenous Jews are left.2 There are also The decree not only forbids attempts to convert a Muslim Catholic and Protestant communities in the country. Offi- to another religion but also to even “shake the faith of a cially, almost all Christians are foreigners with many com- Muslim”, although it does not ban conversion as such. Un- ing from Sub-Saharan Africa. The number of Muslims who der Article 11 (2) of the ordinance, people can be fined up have converted to Christianity is small, estimated to be be- to one million dinars and sentenced to five years in pris- tween 50,000 and 100,000; a majority of them have joined on for printing, storing or distributing materials intended Evangelical communities, especially in the Kabyle region.3 to convert Muslims.9 Consequently, Christian books and manuals are rare in the country, and Christians do not feel In November 2020, Algerians adopted a new constitution,4 free to carry Christian literature with them. -
Games Ancient and Oriental and How to Play Them, Being the Games Of
CO CD CO GAMES ANCIENT AND ORIENTAL AND HOW TO PLAY THEM. BEING THE GAMES OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS THE HIERA GRAMME OF THE GREEKS, THE LUDUS LATKUNCULOKUM OF THE ROMANS AND THE ORIENTAL GAMES OF CHESS, DRAUGHTS, BACKGAMMON AND MAGIC SQUAEES. EDWARD FALKENER. LONDON: LONGMANS, GEEEN AND Co. AND NEW YORK: 15, EAST 16"' STREET. 1892. All rights referred. CONTENTS. I. INTRODUCTION. PAGE, II. THE GAMES OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. 9 Dr. Birch's Researches on the games of Ancient Egypt III. Queen Hatasu's Draught-board and men, now in the British Museum 22 IV. The of or the of afterwards game Tau, game Robbers ; played and called by the same name, Ludus Latrunculorum, by the Romans - - 37 V. The of Senat still the modern and game ; played by Egyptians, called by them Seega 63 VI. The of Han The of the Bowl 83 game ; game VII. The of the Sacred the Hiera of the Greeks 91 game Way ; Gramme VIII. Tlie game of Atep; still played by Italians, and by them called Mora - 103 CHESS. IX. Chess Notation A new system of - - 116 X. Chaturanga. Indian Chess - 119 Alberuni's description of - 139 XI. Chinese Chess - - - 143 XII. Japanese Chess - - 155 XIII. Burmese Chess - - 177 XIV. Siamese Chess - 191 XV. Turkish Chess - 196 XVI. Tamerlane's Chess - - 197 XVII. Game of the Maharajah and the Sepoys - - 217 XVIII. Double Chess - 225 XIX. Chess Problems - - 229 DRAUGHTS. XX. Draughts .... 235 XX [. Polish Draughts - 236 XXI f. Turkish Draughts ..... 037 XXIII. }\'ci-K'i and Go . The Chinese and Japanese game of Enclosing 239 v. -
Arab Nationalism and State Formation:The Maghrib Experiences
IDE Research Bulletin Research project summary based on papers for academic journals with the aim of contributing to the academic community Arab Nationalism and State Formation: The Maghrib Experiences Project Leader WATANABE Shoko March 2020 Copyright (C) JETRO. All rights reserved. https://www.ide.go.jp Research Bulletin for Arab Nationalism and State Formation: The Maghrib Experiences Objectives of the project The project analyzes the historical development of nationalism in the Maghrib countries (i.e., Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco) with a special focus on the local features of Maghribian nationalism which distinguishes the Maghrib region from other Arab countries. The reason for our choice of topic is that the academic discussion on Arab nationalism has conventionally centered on the Mashriq (East Arab) region, leaving aside the Maghrib (West Arab) region’s experiences. By studying cases of the Maghrib region, the project reconsiders some unquestioned premises and prejudices in the existing literature of Arab nationalism and thus contributes to a theoretical elaboration of studies of Arab nationalism. More concretely, we discuss the following topics: the relationship between nationalism and religion in the Maghrib; the validity of the concept of Waṭaniyya (the attachment to individual nation-states) as nested within Qawmiyya (the feeling of being part of a larger Arab people); the national historiography as a modern, invented tradition and the role of Arabism and Islam in it; and the role of regional supra-national identity (pan-Maghrib solidarity) as part of the formation of nationalism. One of the important premises of our project is that nationalism is a modern phenomenon. Built on theoretical studies of nationalism which have flourished since the 1980s, the project supposes that premodern communitarian identities (such as religious affiliations, belongingness to certain linguistic, cultural, or “ethnic” groups, and loyalty to particular polities or governments) have been transformed into modern national identities (Smith 1998). -
Representing the Algerian Civil War: Literature, History, and the State
Representing the Algerian Civil War: Literature, History, and the State By Neil Grant Landers A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in French in the GRADUATE DIVISION of the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY Committee in charge: Professor Debarati Sanyal, Co-Chair Professor Soraya Tlatli, Co-Chair Professor Karl Britto Professor Stefania Pandolfo Fall 2013 1 Abstract of the Dissertation Representing the Algerian Civil War: Literature, History, and the State by Neil Grant Landers Doctor of Philosophy in French Literature University of California, Berkeley Professor Debarati Sanyal, Co-Chair Professor Soraya Tlatli, Co-Chair Representing the Algerian Civil War: Literature, History, and the State addresses the way the Algerian civil war has been portrayed in 1990s novelistic literature. In the words of one literary critic, "The Algerian war has been, in a sense, one big murder mystery."1 This may be true, but literary accounts portray the "mystery" of the civil war—and propose to solve it—in sharply divergent ways. The primary aim of this study is to examine how three of the most celebrated 1990s novels depict—organize, analyze, interpret, and "solve"—the civil war. I analyze and interpret these novels—by Assia Djebar, Yasmina Khadra, and Boualem Sansal—through a deep contextualization, both in terms of Algerian history and in the novels' contemporary setting. This is particularly important in this case, since the civil war is so contested, and is poorly understood. Using the novels' thematic content as a cue for deeper understanding, I engage through them and with them a number of elements crucial to understanding the civil war: Algeria's troubled nationalist legacy; its stagnant one-party regime; a fear, distrust, and poor understanding of the Islamist movement and the insurgency that erupted in 1992; and the unending, horrifically bloody violence that piled on throughout the 1990s. -
Minutes of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the FMJD 2015 Oktober 11,2015, Didim, Turkey Page 1
Minutes of the Extraordinary General assembly of the FMJD 2015 Oktober 11,2015, Didim, Turkey page 1 Present: Members of the Executive Board : Harry Otten President, Jacek Pawlicki Tournament Director also representing Poland and a mandate for Czech Republic, Frits Luteijn Treasurer, Frank Teer General Secretary and President Technical Committee, Johan Demasure Tournament Director Youth also representing Belgium with a mandate from France, Bat-Erdene Chimeddorj , president of the Asian Draughts confederation, also representing Mongolia, with a mandate from Japan, Viktoria Lehtmets, representing the European Draughts Confederation, Ndongo Fall representing the African Draughts Confederation, Vitalia Dumesh , representing the women players Members of committees and sections : Lelio Marcos , contact person of the section 64 Brazilian (international rules), also representing Brazil, with a mandate from Trinidad and Tobago, Ali Kadir Benzer , president of the section Turkish Draughts Anatoli Yacenko , President of the Ethical Committee, also representing Ukraine, Adama Gueye representing the Medical Committee and representing Senegal , Aare Harak, President of the Financial Committee , Milena Szatkowska, member of the financial committee, Xia Lu , member of the financial committee , also representing China Translators: Safiye Bal , translator French-English , Saule Makasheva , translator English-Russian Voting machines : Mehmet Bugra from Eloysis Elektronic, Turkey Representatives of federations : Nofel ashumov, Azerbaidjan, Irina Pashkievitch for Belarus,with a mandate from Lithuania, Jean Marc Ndjofang for Cameroon, Tarmo Tulva for Estonia, Daniele Macali for Italy , Airat Nurgaziyev for Kazakhstan, Guntis Valneris for Latvia , Ben Smeenk for the Netherlands with a mandate from Germany, Oleg Polikarpov for Russia, Ibrahim Ismailov for Turkey, Yunus Amindjonov for Uzbekistan. Assistants: Cindy Li Kaimin , China, also translator English-Chinese, Alisher Artykow, Uzbekistan, Darya Tkachenko, FMJD 1. -
Nicola Dach.Pdf
RECLAIMING, NARRATING, AND REINTERPRETING ASPECTS OF RELIGION IN TAOS AMROUCHE, HÉLÈNE CIXOUS, AND ASSIA DJEBAR BY NICOLA CHARLOTTE DACH DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in French in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012 Urbana, Illinois Doctoral Committee: Associate Professor Laurence Mall, Chair Assistant Professor Jane Kuntz, Co-Director of Research Assistant Professor Alain Fresco Professor Waïl S. Hassan ii Abstract This dissertation investigates the ways in which three francophone Algerian women authors, Taos Amrouche, Hélène Cixous, and Assia Djebar, approach their respective religions and portray them in their works. Through textual evidence from their fictional works, I show how the problematic of religion in Algeria – where the three Abrahamic religions have been in tension at different times in recent history – has underpinned these authors’ sense of self and being in the world. I examine how they all redefine religion out of a feeling of exclusion and traumatization and add female and woman-centered voices to a larger conversation on the nature of religiosity. All three of these authors are feminists, yet they embrace religion, all the while defining their own understanding of it. In order to do this, they reread the original texts of their religions, as well as the cultural texts surrounding them. Taos Amrouche, caught between the European culture to which she is drawn because of her family’s Catholicism, and the Muslim-Berber culture of her ancestors, expresses a constant feeling of alienation, and portrays a trauma that she attempts to heal through the use of autobiographical writing. -
Annual Report 2018-2019
Seeking Harmony in Diversity Vivekananda International Foundation Annual Report | 2018-19 O Lord! Protect us together, nurture us together. May we work together. May our studies be illuminated. May we not have discord. May there be peace, peace and peace. (Katha Upanishad | Shanti Mantra) © Vivekananda International Foundation 2019 Published in June 2019 by Vivekananda International Foundation 3, San Martin Marg | Chanakyapuri | New Delhi - 110021 Tel: 011-24121764 | Fax: 011-66173415 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.vifindia.org Follow us on Twitter @vifindia | Facebook /vifindia Chairman’s Foreword ………………………………………………………………………………………...7 VIF Family ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………29-37 Trustees Advisory Council Executive Committee Team VIF Director’s Preface ……………………………………………………………………………………………….39 About the VIF ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..47 Outcomes …………………………………………………………………………………………………………...51 Publications ………………………………………………………………………………………………………...55 Activities ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………65 Seminars and Interactions ………………………………………………………………………………66-114 International Relations and Diplomacy National Security and Strategic Studies Neighbourhood Studies Historical and Civilisational Studies Governance and Political Studies Economic Studies Scientific and Technological Studies Outreach ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..115 Resource Research Centre and Library ……………………………………………………………..133 Our Exchanges Worldwide ………………….…………………………………………………………….135 Annual Report | 2018-19 | 5 Chairman’s Foreword -
Persecution of Ahmadis
Table of Contents Persecution of Ahmadis Protestant church shut down in Algeria: 'They came bearing truncheons' Muslims reopen a Tizi-Ouzou church, closed by the authorities Algiers closes another two churches: the reasons are still unknown Christians in Algeria hit with more church closures A young Christian fined in Akbou Ramadan: Violence against those who do not fast Upcoming hearing of the owner of the land of a Protestant church in Kabylia Persecution of Ahmadis HRWF (31.10.2019) - “Ahmadis are particularly persecuted in Algeria as ‘heretics’ and ‘apostates’, and dozens of them have been sentenced to prison terms in the last few years.” This is a statement that Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) made at an academic conference titled “Ahmaddiya in a scholarly perspective” organized by the Faculty for Comparative Study of Religions and Humanism in Antwerp-Wilrijk (Belgium) on 24-25 October. Here is the excerpt of the paper concerning Algeria that HRWF presented at that conference: There are an estimated 2,000 Ahmadis in Algeria, according to the Ahmadi community. In 2015, they applied for registration, but they received a negative answer from the Algerian authorities the following year. Their refusal was based mainly on articles which give the authorities broad leeway to refuse authorization if they deem the content and objectives of a group’s activities to violate Algeria’s “‘fundamental principles’ (constantes nationales) and values, public order, public morals, and the applicable laws and regulations.”[1] -
Patterns of Long Term Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Public Disclosure Authorized
WPS4398 POLICY RESEA R CH WO R KING PA P E R 4398 Public Disclosure Authorized Patterns of Long Term Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Public Disclosure Authorized Jorge Saba Arbache John Page Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Africa Region Office of the Chief Economist November 2007 POLICY RESEA R CH WO R KING PA P E R 4398 Abstract Using the most recent purchasing power parity data for economic performance over the long run. The authors 44 sub-Saharan African countries, this paper examines also find that the 1990s may mark a turning point in the characteristics of long run growth in Africa between Africa’s growth; income distribution is becoming more 1975 and 2005. The authors find that low and volatile unequal across countries; formation of clubs; initial growth is the outstanding defining characteristic of conditions matter a great deal for income distribution but Africa’s growth experience since 1975, but the authors not for growth; and that geography and natural resources find no evidence that growth volatility is associated with do not seem to matter for growth. This paper—a product of the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region—is part of a larger effort in the department to investigate long term growth in Africa. Policy Research Working Papers are also posted on the Web at http:// econ.worldbank.org. The author may be contacted at [email protected]. The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. -
(IJPAMR), Vol. 6, No. 2, March, 2021
International Journal of Public Administration and Management Research (IJPAMR), Vol. 6, No. 2, March, 2021. Available online at http://journals.rcmss.com/index.php/ijpamr; www.academix.ng ISSN: 2350-2231(E) ISSN: 2346-7215 (P) Timothy Ubelejit Nte, 2021, 6(2):16-24 DOI:10.36758/ijpamr/v6n2.2021/02 DOI: URL:https://doi.org/10.36758/ijpamr/v6n2.2021/02 The Algerian Crisis of 2019 and the Second Arab Spring Uprising: A Comparative Analysis Timothy Ubelejit Nte (PhD) Department of Political and Administrative Studies University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria ABSTRACT In 2019, Algeria was in turmoil that was reminiscent of the 2011 Arab Spring Uprising (ASU). Interest in Algeria’s unanticipated resentment is predicated on the fact that Algeria is not only the largest country in Africa but also the largest country in the Arab world and ridiculed the ASU with the impression that it will remain peaceful. The broad objective of the study is to evaluate the Algerian Crisis of 2019 in the light of the Second Arab Spring Uprising (SASU). To this end the study posed the following research questions: How did the military facilitate into a revolution the popular protest in Algeria? What sustained Bouteflika as President of Algeria for twenty years and why was his fifth term agenda foiled. What is the nature and causes of SASU in Algeria? The study is guided by the theoretical framework of regime theory as propounded by Stephen D. Krasner. The study concludes that the fifth term agenda of the President Bouteflika was the casus belli of the crisis in Algeria. -
COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: WERE ALGERIAN HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIALLY PREPARED for an INCOME LOSS? Imed CHERABI* Seif Eddine REHAILIA** Amar BENMALEK***
Les Cahiers du Cread -Vol. 36 - n° 03 - 2020 COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: WERE ALGERIAN HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIALLY PREPARED FOR AN INCOME LOSS? Imed CHERABI* Seif Eddine REHAILIA** Amar BENMALEK*** Received: 20/06/2020 / Accepted: 04/07/2020 / Published: 18/07/2020 Corresponding author: [email protected] SUMMARY The paper aims to assess the financial preparedness of Algerian households who lost their income during COVID-19 lockdown. Data consisted of 3926 households surveyed across the 48 provinces of Algeria. Results have shown that 37.5% of households were caught completely off-guard, and were completely unprepared. 56.3% of households were lacking preparedness and would thus feel the financial stress with each additional day into the lockdown. Only 6.2% of households were fully prepared for an income loss and would be able to survive the lockdown without their primary income source and without having to borrow money or ask for help from others. KEYWORDS: COVID-19, household, Algeria, financial preparedness, income shock. JEL CLASSIFICATION: D14, D90 * GMES laboratory, University of Constantine 2, [email protected]. ** University of Souk Ahras, [email protected], Algeria. *** University of Constantine 2, [email protected], Algeria. 319 Les Cahiers du Cread -Vol. 36 - n° 03 - 2020 احلجر الصحي اخلاص بكوفيد19-: هل كانت اﻷسر اجلزائرية مستعدة ماليا لفقدان دخلها؟ ملخص يهدف املقال إىل تقييم اﻻستعداد املايل لﻷسر اجلزائرية اليت فقدت دخلها خﻻل فرتة احلجر الصحي اخلاصة جبائحة كوفيد-19. متثلت عينة الدراسة يف 3926 أسرة جزائرية موزعة عرب 48 وﻻية. أشارت النتائج إىل أن 37.5% من اﻷسر مل تكن حمضرة ماليا لفقدان دخلها على اﻹطﻻق لتتلقى بذلك الصدمة بشكل مباشر، بينما 56.3% من اﻷسر مل تكن حمضرة ابلشكل الﻻزم ما جيعلها حتت ضغط متزايد مع كل يوم إضايف من احلجر الصحي. -
Rules of Draughts (Checkers)
Rules of Draughts (Checkers) Draughts is a board game of skill played between two players who, following a fixed set of rules, attempt to win the game by either removing all of their opponent’s playing pieces from the draughts board, or by rendering their opponent’s pieces immobile. WCDF Rules of Draughts Preface: The following rules of draughts cannot cover every possible situation that may arise during the course of a game, nor can they regulate for all administrative questions. Where instances arise that are not precisely regulated for by the following rules of draughts, it should be possible for the tournament controller/ referee to reach a correct and fair decision by reflecting on analogous situations, and through the use of absolute objectivity. We believe that the rules should not be over prescriptive so as to deprive a tournament controller / referee of their freedom to make a judgement based on fairness, logic and unforeseen special factors. Section One: Equipment and Rules for Play. THE DRAUGHTBOARD AND ITS ARRANGEMENT 1.1 The draughtboard is composed of 64 squares, alternately light and dark arranged in a square array of 8 rows and 8 columns and bounded by a neutral border. 1.2 The official draughtboard for use in all major events shall be of Green and White (or off white/cream) colours for the dark and light squares. 1.3 The size of squares of the draughts boards should be between 4.5 and 5 centimetres. 1.4 At the commencement of play the draughtboard is placed between the players in such a way that a green square is to be found on the player’s near left side, and a white square to their right side.