Algeria in the Arab Imagination
- Thomas asks Aimen about Algeria's significance in the Arab world during his childhood.
- Aimen recalls the Algerian movie about Jamila Bohrade, a female revolutionary leader.
Origin of Algeria's Name
- The name "Algeria" comes from its capital city, Algiers, meaning "the islands."
- Algiers was named so because its coast, at low tide, exposes rocks resembling small islands.
Berber Resistance
- Thomas highlights the Berber's fierce resistance against Arab invasions.
- Aimen recounts the Berber's eventual conversion to Islam after 55 years of resistance.
As Conflicted approaches the end of season 3, Aimen & Thomas turn their attention to a country which hasn’t featured much on the podcast so far: Algeria. Often overlooked due to the Algerian regime’s isolationist policy, for those with eyes to see Algeria has been at the vanguard of Middle Eastern developments for over two hundred years. For this reason, it’s the perfect prism through which to revisit all the historical themes from this season: traditional Islamic civilization, the challenge of Western modernity, the indignities of colonisation, the triumph of nationalist independence and petro-statehood, and the slide into disillusionment and decline thanks to Cold War geopolitics, political Islamism, and the rise of global jihadism.
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