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- noun Plural form of
Harki .
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Examples
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This is indeed a deadly insult: the Harkis were the Algerians who had fought for the French against their side and who are nowadays considered as traitors in their own communities.
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This is indeed a deadly insult: the Harkis were the Algerians who had fought for the French against their side and who are nowadays considered as traitors in their own communities.
The Guardian World News Andrew Hussey 2009
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I started the campaign to keep those creatures out, but I accept that had Neil not got involved various types would today be consoling themselves with the thought that they lost Iraq, but saved the Harkis.
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He also said in 2002 that France had badly treated the Harkis and owed them a “duty of truth”.
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
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Parliament included the education clause in legislation aimed at righting some of the injustice inflicted on the Harkis, the 70,000 Algerian soldiers who fought for France, as well as on the one million pieds noirs — locally born colonials in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia who were expelled to La Metropole at independence.
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
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[5] Harkis are Algerian combatants of the French army during the French colonial war in Algeria whose rights as war veteran and citizens were never recognized by the French state.
Indybay newswire Mouvement des Indigènes de la République/ Mov 2010
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[5] Harkis are Algerian combatants of the French army during the French colonial war in Algeria whose rights as war veteran and citizens were never recognized by the French state.
Indybay newswire Mouvement des Indigènes de la République/ Mov 2010
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Les Harkis: Une Mémoire Enfouie by Jean-Jacques Jordi and Mohand Hamoumou
The Torture of Algiers Shatz, Adam 2002
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