Hi there, my family is from Algeria!
Oh wow, they're from a sovereign state in North Africa? That's cool.
Yes, it's a very unique place and it's the place that I call home.
Where in Algeria are you from? The capital and most populous city, Algiers?
I am from Constantine, I have been to Algiers many times though, it's a beautiful city!
west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, to the southeast by Niger, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country is a semi-presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1,541 communes (counties). It has the highest human development index of all non-island African countries.
Ancient Algeria has known many empires and dynasties, including ancient Numidians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Umayyads, Abbasids, Idrisid, Aghlabid, Rustamid
"Beur" literature also provides a voice for the children of first-generation immigrants who have roots both in France and Algeria, sometimes privileging the former as does Azouz; in explaining the origin of his Algerian name: "It's because my parents were born in Algeria, that's all. So my name comes from over there. But I was born in Lyon, so I am French."
Critical reception.
Shortly after the publication of "Shantytown Kid", it was awarded the prestigious "Prix