Do we really know our own history and do we teach it? - Patriotic Algeria

A contribution by Mouanis Bekari – It is surprising that Boualem Sansal’s assertion of a supposed historical Moroccanness of western Algeria has provoked so little reaction among Algerian historians, even though the ancient history of North African borders is one of the best documented in the Mediterranean world. A border rooted in Antiquity At the center of this historical geography is the Moulouya (called Malva in ancient texts), a winding riv…