Guess the Year
The year that Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal
What is 1956?
One of the main colonial powers in Morocco, this country withdrew from the Western Sahara in 1975
Who is Spain?
The current king of Morocco
Who is Mohammed VI?
Who is Edward Said?
The political party that helped lead the Algerian War for Independence
What is the FLN?
The year Algeria gained independence from France
What is 1962?
The capital of Tunisia
What is Tunis?
The Egyptian president that was ousted in the Revolution of 2011
Who is Hosni Mubarak?
Remembered for his theorizations on violence, this Martinican psychiatrist remains one of the most-cited scholars of decolonization
Who is Frantz Fanon?
This genre of music has its origins as the ritual music of a Black Sufi group in Morocco
What is gnawa?
The year that France first invaded and occupied Algiers
What is 1830?
The capital of the French Protectorate in Morocco
What is Rabat?
The leader of the Rif Rebellion, he never returned to Morocco after his exile despite being invited by King Mohammed V
Who is Abdelkrim El-Khattabi?
Jamaican-British cultural theorist who argued that race is a "floating signifier"
Who is Stuart Hall?
This messianic religious title has been taken up by multiple leaders of resistance movements
What is the Mahdi?
The year the Rif War ended
What is 1926?
The two places where Abd el-Kader spent his exile
What are France (Amboise) and Syria (Damascus)?
One of Egypt's most famous feminists, she is remembered for removing her face veil in a Cairo train station
Who is Huda Sha'arawi?
She wrote about Egyptian feminists in her important contribution to Middle Eastern women's history, "Feminists, Islam, and Nation"
Who is Margot Badran?
This type of weapon was controversially used on civilian populations during the Rif War
What is poison gas/chemical weapons?
The year the film The Battle of Algiers was released
What is 1966?
Site of a battle in which the British used grossly disproportionate violence against the Sudanese
What is Omdurman?
The co-founder of the Etoile nord-africaine organization and one of the "founders" of Algerian nationalism
Who is Messali Hadj?
This Egyptian philosopher and "father of Egyptian feminism" published The Liberation of Women in 1899
Who is Qasim Amin?
This Arabic word for "movement" has been used in recent years in demonstrations in the Rif and in Algeria
What is Hirak?