... uprisings identity history Abdelaziz Bouteflika 337 One of the essential tasks of the movement is to reconstitute a richer tapestry of Algerian nationalism than has been permitted since independence. The Layers of History Beneath Algeria s Protests MURIAM HALEH DAVIS Algerians have been protesting...

... territory by the end of the decade. Following this military success, a law of amnesty devised by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in 1999 (after he came to power in a fraudulent election) provided an exit strategy for most of the remain- ing Islamist fighters. For many Algerians, as well as for interna...