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When did Algeria gain its independence and from which colonial power?

Algeria is located in the Khaleej sub-region.  It is only a few hundred miles from the southern Indian peninsula and it is the largest country in Africa. 

Please match the correct term/concept with its meaning/definition – thank you!

Quasi-democracies: Israel, Lebanon, Tunisia (until 2022), and Turkey (until around 2015) may be described as quasi democracies. All can be considered somewhat democratic given the structure and functioning of electoral institutions and representative national bodies. Yet due to the emphasis on religion or ethnicity inherent in their political structures, all four are better labeled quasi-democracies.

The Party of Justice and Development (PJD) – One of the most Islamist parties in Morocco. It is moderate in its ideological orientation and has gradually managed to establish itself as a major political force within parliamentary politics. The party was originally founded by Abdelkrim al-Khatib but without much political weight until it was allowed by the Moroccan regime to be integrated by a group of Islamists known as shabiba al-islamia to become part of the Unity and Reform Movement which changed its name to the PJD in 1998. Allowing the PJD to exist in the political landscape is part of the Moroccan regime’s strategy to domesticate the Islamists. But given the nature of the political system in Morocco, the PJD does not actually have a hold on power which is concentrated in the hands of the monarch.

Please match the correct country with its capital – they miss each other 🙂 

The April 6 Movement – A progressive youth group that emerged out of calls for an (ultimately) aborted labor strike in the Egyptian industrial center of Mahalla al-Kubra in 2008. Was one of the principal organizing centers behind the 2011 revolution that resulted in the overthrow of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

Israel, Turkey and Iran are considered part of the Arab and Muslim World in addition to the Middle East.

The Egyptian economy suffers from several structural problems: inefficiency and competitiveness; the military has huge political influence also retains financial and economic assets; crony capitalism; and popular demands for economic justice and new opportunities run counter to government accession to neoliberal policies.

An illegal act, or failure to act when legally required is known as: