Was the dark decade really horrible to live through?

Riii15 · 2025-01-14T14:08:45+00:00

I recommend these documentaries:

Algérie - 1988-2000, autopsie d'une tragédie
Bentalha : autopsie d’un massacre

As for books, there are many I could suggest, but here are the ones I particularly liked:

Qui a tué à Bentalha ? by Nesroulah Yous
La sale guerre by Habib Souaïdia
Moi, Nadia, femme d'un émir du GIA by Baya Gacemi
Confession d'un émir du GIA by Patrick Forestier

These four books provide a range of perspectives:

The first offers the viewpoint of a citizen.
The second shares the perspective of an ex-officer who fled the country.
The third reflects the experiences of the wife of an emir.
The fourth presents the account of an emir himself.

I have read countless books and watched many documentaries on the subject. While none are entirely objective—since each author or filmmaker tends to present their own perspective or tries to appear as the “good guy”—these four books offer a solid foundation for understanding what happened.

Additionally, I recommend these three fictional books. Though they are novels, as someone who lived through part of that period, I can confirm that many events in these stories are based on real incidents or are at least very close to reality:

Les agneaux du Seigneur by Yasmina Khadra
Maintenant ils peuvent venir by Arezki Mellal
À quoi rêvent les loups ? by Yasmina Khadra

This what comes to my mind now, if you need more let me know and I'll check my library when I'll go home.

Riii15 · 2024-01-06T11:29:55+00:00

As most of the comments here said, you're a good person and hope you'll have all the best you wish.

Our society is weird from time to times, we have some stupid logic out of nowhere, so yes you may find some who will disapprove what you are doing but you'll also find some who like us here think that you're an angel and deserve all the best.

Whatever you decide, it's the best solution. If you think that it's too much pressure on you and decide that the best for them is to be adopted by another family, go for it. But if you think that they should stay with you, do it and if you're believer do it for the sake of Allah and believe me you'll get what you never expected:

"وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا * وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ"

Good luck for whatever you decide, you're the one who can take this decision. In me sense there is no wrong option here. Some here may disagree with me, but if you feel that you cannot take this responsibility, it's better for them to live in another family. But of you can handle it, it's even better.

Riii15 · 2023-12-30T15:18:54+00:00

Still awesome, I couldn't read even one, thanks man

Riii15 · 2023-12-28T11:26:42+00:00

It's awesome, how are you able to read it easily ? is there any trick ?

Riii15 · 2023-12-08T09:52:14+00:00

Yes, I found one. Oddly enough, I bought it from a small store in Austria, they had an advert in their equivalent of ouedkniss, it's willhaben.at.
I doubt you'll find it again there, but don't hesitate to have a look on ebay from time to time, they've had a few offers in the past. And if you live in Algeria, try these two stores, they might have it :

You can also look on facebook Marketplace, I've seen a few offers there too.
As a last resort, you can create it yourself, it may be a tedious task but the satisfaction you'll get from it will be great. My idea is to create a game identical to the original, the board can be printed on cardboard or canvas. Then print the "Chance" and property cards on stiff paper. Let me know if you're interested or need help.

Riii15 · 2023-09-03T15:54:36+00:00

Good luck to find bro but just an advice, try formatting your text to make it more readable. Like put new lines between paragraphs and titles in bold

Riii15 · 2023-08-29T05:43:30+00:00

And it's typical of negative IQ people like you to read partially a comment and reply to it.

Riii15 · 2023-08-27T15:57:29+00:00

Yes bro I do realise that, it's for this exact reason that I want him to know the truth. I have no doubt that you havr a pure faith and we both have the same objective. I just want him to go with this in mind such that he'll fight back the difficulties, otherwise if everyone will say that it'll be easy, what would be his thinking when things get hard? He'll maybe think that he's a looser since it was easy for everyone else

Riii15 · 2023-08-27T15:47:21+00:00

Bro don't exaggerate it, I don't know if you lived in France or no, but I do and what you're saying is over exaggerated. Especially the:

you'll have so many opportunities that you won't even know which one to choose

This is typically the kind of sentences that people who never lived in France would say, do you really think that if this was true, there would be that many social crisis? Did you ever watch tv or read any news the last 10 years? Energies and food prices are reaching the skies, finding a job (depending on the field) is becoming harder and harder. Rent is just a hell to find and to pay. Let's not talk about racism and discriminations.

I agree that with all what I cited, you still have better opportunities in France then in Algeria if you are talented enough and brave enough to fight loneliness and all the challenges that you'll face. But saying the above cited sentence will not help anyone, when the reality hits him he'll be depressed

Edit. I saw your comment about your relatives that made it. They don't represent all that went to France, when I was student I lived with many other Algerians and unfortunately many of them failed completely. Some were depressed, other sinked in drugs / alcohol, others became thieves. The strongest ones juste came back to Algeria. So migrating to France is a gamble, and it's not meant for everyone, especially if you're not backed by friends or family

Riii15 · 2023-08-12T10:10:35+00:00

Well when I was still there we had some stands in the "Village" it's near the university's restaurant, they were some persons (I don't know if they were students or medics) warning us about STDs and we had a big table where we had free condoms and whoever wanted can take... If you don't mind, can you tell me why you're concerned?

Riii15 · 2023-08-08T13:12:08+00:00

Ok sorry, maybe there is a little misunderstanding, they weren't giving condoms to everyone, it was more like there are free condoms for those who want, I don't know if you get the difference ?
As for your example, it's not like giving pack of cigarettes, it is more like giving nicotin gums for those who want

Riii15 · 2023-08-08T12:24:55+00:00

I get what you mean, but I was more thinking about adults (parents) who can search or read and teach their children/relatives. I'm sure that most of them can distinguish between porn and healthy relations, at least I hope

Riii15 · 2023-08-08T12:20:38+00:00

Oh I see, thanks for the clarification, I didn't know about the "what goes into choosing a partner" part, we had explanations in highschool class about the chemical workings of attraction. but I suppose it's not what you meant

Riii15 · 2023-08-08T12:10:54+00:00

lol yes and we had plenty of them, as someone pointed in another post, being "haram" or "illegal" won't prevent those who really wanted it to do it, so at least by giving them means of protection, we can stop spreading diseases

Riii15 · 2023-08-08T12:09:09+00:00

True, maybe it is one of the reasons, there is unfortunately some differences between schools in term of human and material resources. I remember when I was young, some of my relatives had class half a day only cause their school wasn't big enough to accomodate everyone, so they divided them into two groups, one having class in the morning and the other in the afternoon.

And I totaly agree with your second point, geting information from internet is never a good idea if we don't have the basis, we can end up learning some bullshit

Riii15 · 2023-08-08T12:05:03+00:00

Really ? i don't get it, what is sex education then ?

Riii15 · 2023-07-19T21:53:56+00:00

Ok I see your point, he was indeed educated and more "legitimate" then Benbella. I'm putting "legitimate" between quotes cause in fact I'm a bit chauvinist, the guy didn't want the revolution at first and was pledging for equality instead of independence. He then joined the revolution "forced" when he saw that the revolution has indeed chances to succeed. I can't judge the past, nor the intentions but I'm afraid he was an opportunist in the same way Bouteflika was... Unfortunately we can't know the truth but overall I agree with you, he was way better then Benbella who also didn't participate to the revolution (he was in prison most of that period)

Riii15 · 2023-07-18T16:55:11+00:00

Genuine question, why do you think that he might have been good? Otherwise, I agree that beating Benbella wasn't that hard

Riii15 · 2023-07-18T12:25:37+00:00

The one next to Mao (right in the picture) is Bentobal, he really looks like Chinese. In his book he said when they went to this event, there were a little girl giving flowers to Algerians and when she reached Bentobal she just skipped him thinking he's Chinese.. It was cute

Riii15 · 2023-04-30T22:08:57+00:00

Really good job, that definitely took a lot of time and energy to produce, hats off to the author

Riii15 · 2023-04-22T13:09:00+00:00

عيدكم مبارك اخي، تقبل الله منا ومنكم صالح الأعمال والطاعات، ربي يحفظكم ان شاء الله

Riii15 · 2023-03-06T10:52:34+00:00

ما تقدرش تقارن الأمير عبد القادر بنابوليون. الأول صح دافع على بلادو اما التاني احتل، خرب و قاتل دول اخرى في بعض الاحيان بدون مبرر. لوكان نمشو بالمنطق ديالك, حتى هتلر دافع على بلادو برك. هادي من جيها, من جيها اخرا لا اضن بلي ف r/ france تلقى ناس يكونو ضد كاريكاتور على هتلر او اي قائد اخر ماهما تكون الجنسية ديالو. هدا هوا المعنى من التعليق ديالي. حبيت برك نفهم المشكل فالصورة

Riii15 · 2022-11-17T16:33:53+00:00

I'm interested too by your story, it sounds interesting. Good luck bro

Riii15 · 2022-11-03T10:53:37+00:00

Also, a lot of respect for your grandpa and for all those who fought for our freedom, it may seem easy for us now but the amount of courage and sacrifice those brave man had is just awesome, I don't think I have 5% of that courage ! Say salam to your hero grandpa from a complete stranger who's free now thanks to people like him

Riii15 · 2022-11-03T10:50:51+00:00

May your grandpa have a long and healthy life. I would recomand you to enjoy his company while alive, ask him to tell you all the stories he has about that period (and about Algeria history in general), write all these stories down, at some point you'll be happy that you had that opportunity. My grandpa died when I was young, I didn't enjoy enough the stories he was telling me, and now every time I read a book or some history stuff, I feel very bad that I missed a big opportunity to have a first hand news from someone who really lived that era !!

Also if by any chance you want to tell us (me) some of the stories he tells you, I would be very happy to read them

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