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[سلومة سيرين]

]Algeria After The Dark Decade


After thirty years of independence in Algeria, our country entered in dark decade of the history which was Called “the dark decade “because of, the great deal of the blood that was flowing in its land and hundreds of victims who were killed by two parties who belonged to the same religion, the same racine and origin but they were different from the ideology and the citizenship.

Incidentally , large number of Algerians emigrated to European and Arabic countries because , they were completely desperate , when they saw the gravity of the destruction , caused by car bomb or suicide bomb attack committed by whom called themselves the soldiers of the God .

Naturally, the entire world was shocked by the tragic events that happened in Algeria and described it such a centre of terrorism in Africa and this is why a lot of embassies were cancelled and their citizens went back to their countries because they were frightened to be in one of those situations: kidnapped or slaughtered.

However, the mercy of the God was vast, the open -mindedness between Algerians was built and forgiveness to each other was felt, despite their pains and scars because, they finally realized that the volition of the God went to the reconciliation so, they admitted that it was time, to accept their differences peacefully and to think reasonably and to live harmoniously in society.

To be bearded with gandoura, or to be well- shaved with classical suit or to be neither of them is not necessary for being a reel Algerian because, the most important is to love Algeria with her Muslim religion, Arabic ******** and Tamazight culture .The most important is not to judge the drunk or who doesn't pray in mosques or who doesn't wear head scarf because all those are judged by the God who created them.

All the Algerians avoid to remember the scenes of that tragedy period because now, they live with whom was their enemy one day but , they are obliged to accept him despite what did he do before because of the interest of the nation . Their children go to the same school and they meet each other everywhere: in the street, in the supermarket and the neighbourhood .They realized that all what did they live was just a horrible nightmare which they wished to delete from their memories and waiting impatiently for dreaming about brilliant future the next night.

The victims of that period in double sided earn money from the government .The relatives of the ones whom they died for protecting their country (soldiers , policemen , gendarmes) and the relative to others whom they died for building an Islamic country (Emirs and his companions ) because all the children of those are Algerians and need a help from the authority otherwise they would become a danger against the nation if they let them alone .Their parents were buried in the same cemetery and sometimes in the same grave if they belong to the same family. They are supported most of the time by psychologist, especially whom they lose a member of his family in front his eyes or whom he saw the entire massacre without any defence.

Nowadays , those children play , study , eat and sleep together in the centers specialized to the victims of terrorism .Those orphans don't know what did happen or what their parents committed .They run , jump and laugh innocently but, they ignore absolutely what they will have done by the age of eighteen years-old.

Actually, the experience of Algeria with terrorism is taking such a reference by other countries which they are living the same event that was occurring before in our country. Their authority adapts the choice of the reconciliation to resolve their insides problems like Iraq, Libya and Syria.

Anyway, when the terrorism knocked the door of the United States of America in the ninth of September 2001,all the world swam in the sadness and accepted that the terrorism was universal and need all cooperation and assistance of other countries in order to stop its proliferation contrary to Algeria while she was confronting it lonely in the nineties ,all the world watched her from its media without any consideration but , the Algerians proved that they were proud to be Algerians and they were attached to their country as the child attached to his mother and taught everyone that they can support anything for only one reason which is Algeria because they sincerely believe in “ Algeria firstly ; Algeria secondly ; Algeria eternally”.