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The Story of My Life (Paperback)
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The Story of My Life (Paperback)
Series: Travellers in the Wider Levant
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This moving autobiography of a Berber woman from the village of
Tizi-Hibel in the Kabilie Mountains of Algeria is unique on a
number of levels. Illegitimate, Fadhma Amrouche would have been
killed with her mother to preserve the honour of the family, but
for the intervention of the French authorities. Because of this,
she received an education and eventually married a Christian
convert, although they remained closely linked to their families of
origin. Her account of battling poverty, illness and exile is a
gripping story. Fadhma's fight for an education in a world of
almost universal female illiteracy was nothing short of heroic. She
and her children moved from the harsh, fixed hierarchies of a
traditional Berber village with archaic means of production to
become cosmopolitan Parisians. The journey was filled with
heartbreak, and Fadhma never overcame her nostalgia for what she
had lost, but never doubted that the journey had to be made. Her
unassuming narrative throws an unforgettable light on Berber life,
women's position in traditional societies and the tensions between
governed and governors in the colonial world.
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