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Summer Nights in Algeria
The night sky over there is like a sky in your dreams
With that deep royal-blue color
And the stars twinkling above
The children take delight in this
And laugh & play under the night sky
With their handmade toys
Inside, the place smells of
Rosewater cookies and mint tea
For the bride and her family
Good wishes swing through the hot air.
The wedding dresses are in a corner
They are exported from all over the world
Handmade and sewn to perfection
Chiffon
Silks
Brocades
All the colors of the rainbow
This is the Algeria that I have lived in
This is the Algeria that I know
You, with your pompous attitude, will never know this place
Will never know who I am
Unless you open your mind
And leave the stereotypes behind
Forget about what you knew before
Forget what was said
Open your mind, my dear
To a place that only a few know of
Summer Nights in Algeria
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Algeria is not exactly the wonderland I set it out to be but it is a place that is very dear to my heart.
See, my father is Algerian and my mother is American.(that's why I'm Muslim)
I lived there for four months when I was nine but it felt like a year.
Wow, if I had any false opinions about Algeria, they would be entirely shattered right now! But I didn't really know anything to begin with, so this was quite illuminating. It sounds like a beautiful culture.
I didn't know your home country was Algeria! When did you live there?
As you can tell, I know absolutely nothing about Algeria ;)
I read the story behind it, thank you :)
Algeria is not in Europe. It is actually on the coast of North Africa, it is smushed between Tunsia and Morrocco. I have actually taken a ship on the Mediterrean from Spain to Algeria.
People in Algeria are Muslims and Arabs and because of that, there are a lot of stereotypes about us, especially in France and Italy. The 1990's were a very violent time in Algeria, creating a bad rep for us. But thank you!
Algeria isn't exactly a wonderland but it's a very precious place to me.Please Google it and learn more about my country!
Thank you for your great compliment!! :)
Wow, to be honest, I have no preconceptions about Algeria, I think it's in Europe, but that's about it. I don't really no anything about it, but from this poem, I now think that it is a beautiful, enchanted place, filled with beautiful, enchanting people.
Thank you for writing this, I really loved reading it :)
