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BOOK "EMIR ABDELKADER
THE EPIC OF WISDOM,"

Zaki Bouzid Éditions, 2007
(Algeria, 21st c.)
Magos Foundation Collection.

A descendant of the prophet and a hero of the struggle against the French presence in Algeria, Emir Abd el Kader (1808-1883) was imprisoned by France. Released at the end of his life, he saved thousands of Christians during the Damascus massacre in 1860.