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The other massacre of 1989

Of memory and forgetting Drive east from Algiers and eventually the road will carry you up through the mountains and valleys of Kabylie. From the city of Tizi Ouzou, continue to climb into the villages where children stop and stare at a rare Arab visitor,... ...full story at Black & White Cat

from Black & White Cat on Mon, May 25 2009

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