Before 1954 speaking Arabic was a daily act of national existence for Algerian militants

Evidence

In the whole country only the Aurès had responded enthusiastically to the F.L.N.’s call to rise, and there their plight became graver week by week as Ducournau’s paras harried them from one sanctuary to another. It was an exceptionally hard winter, and the civil population, itself badly short of food, was not always hospitable to Ben Boulaid’s men. Constantly on the run, they froze and starved; a week after the tracking-down of Grine, Mohamed Sbaihi, the killer of Guy Monnerot, was himself killed; by February, Ben Boulaid had been captured. The revolt touched bottom, reduced to little more than 350 active maquisards. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 330 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Uncomprehended Arabic broadcasts still sustained Algerian hope through the word Istiqlal; Uncomprehended broadcasts still sustained Algerian peasants’ will to fight; The 1954 Algerian revolt nearly collapsed during its first winter — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 330 (+1 more)

Related

• The 1954 Algerian revolt nearly collapsed during its first winter (similarity 0.89)
• Uncomprehended Arabic broadcasts still sustained Algerian hope through the word Istiqlal (similarity 0.83)
• Uncomprehended broadcasts still sustained Algerian peasants’ will to fight (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Uncomprehended Arabic broadcasts still sustained Algerian hope through the word Istiqlal #corroborates (0.30)
• Uncomprehended broadcasts still sustained Algerian peasants’ will to fight #corroborates (0.30)
• The 1954 Algerian revolt nearly collapsed during its first winter #corroborates (0.30) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 330
• French colonial broadcasting in Algeria dropped Arabic content, serving only French speakers #contradicts (0.25) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 345