Jamal Awil

← A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962

Oran's European settlers outnumbered its Muslim population two to one. [fact]

Oran, the second city of Algeria, was even more European than Algiers; in fact, with 300,000 pied noir inhabitants to 150,000 Muslims, it was the only centre where they predominated.

DEFINE: Introduces the term 'pied noir' for European settlers in colonial Algeria.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 143