Our identity was preserved because of the sacrifice of the Jami'a and Sheikh Benbadis, Ibrahimi and Mohamed al EID Al Khalifa as its leaders. After most of them died (some while detained by our beloved Boumediene), Sheikh Sahnoune kept the candle lit until his death this year. One should always remember the genius of Malek Bennabi who knew how to connect between the deeply rooted Islamic tradition with a progressist thought. To him orientalism or socialism were slogans not meant for us. A model of bravery was seen in LALLA Fatima Nsoumer who went from the daughter of a teacher, to a house wife to defeat seven french generals, YES SHE LED AN ARMY...

If anyone intrested I can even email pictures of those people I feel should stay in our memories and prayers.