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Choosing a side: Algerian or Tunisian independence activists posing with their weapons in a maquis near the border, during the Algerian and Tunisian wars of independence in 1955. (Intercontinental/AFP)
ALGERIA

Algerians grapple with ‘shame’ of fathers who fought for colonial France

Both France and Algeria have pushed narratives about the Harkis that are incorrect, the first being that these men joined the French army for ideological reasons

  • Amal Belalloufi
3 min read