“Women fulfilled a number of different functions during the Algerian War (1954–1962), Algeria's war for independence. The majority of Muslim women who became active participants did so on the side of the National Liberation Front (FLN). The French included some women, both Muslim and French, in their war effort, but they were not as fully integrated, nor were they charged with the same breadth of tasks as their Algerian sisters. The total number of women involved in the conflict, as determined by post-war veteran registration, is numbered at 11,000, but it is possible that this number was significantly higher due to underreporting. There exists a distinction between two different types of women who became involved: urban and rural. ...”
Last image of Zoulikha Echaïb, taken moments after her arrest by French troops on 10/15/1957 in the Algerian War. Tortured extensively, she died 10 days later after being thrown from a French Army helicopter while in handcuffs, her body not discovered until 1984 when a farmer found and buried her.
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