Fellagha

The Fellagha, an Arabic word literally meaning "bandits"[1] (الفلاقة, singular الفلاق), refers to groups of armed militants affiliated with anti-colonial movements in French North Africa. It most often is used to refer to armed Algerian nationalists who adopted violent means in order to push the French out of Algeria as well as groups in Tunisia who did the same. They were particularly important during the Algerian War (1954–1962) led by the National Liberation Front.

  1. ^ Wehr, Hans, 1909-1981 (1994). A dictionary of modern written Arabic : (Arabic-English). Cowan, J. Milton (Fourth, Considerably enlarged and amended ed.). Urbana, IL. ISBN 0879500034. OCLC 31920529.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)