TEXT :
Djamila Bouhired is a famous Algerian militant, freedom fighter and nationalist who was raised in a
modest family.
This intelligent, brave and intellectual woman attended a French school in Algiers where students repeated
every morning ‘’ France is our mother ’’, Bouhired would shout ‘’ Algeria is our mother‘’, thus she was
severely punished by the French headmaster.
When the Algerian revolution broke out in 1954 , Djamila joined the National Liberation Front ( FLN ) in 1956.
On April 1957,she was involved in the battle of Algiers. She placed a bomb on the roads used by the military
occupation. Three civilians were killed and many others were injured. Three months later, Djamila was arrested
and sent to prison. There she was brutally tortured in order to give information about the FLN’s Algerian leader
YACEF SAADI , but she refused to say any word. The French lawyer Jacques Verges whom she married in 1963
helped her and saved her from death. Bouhired remained in prison until 1962. After the independence, she was
released with many Algerian prisoners.
Adapted from the internet.
TEXT :
Djamila Bouhired is a famous Algerian militant, freedom fighter and nationalist who was raised in a
modest family.
This intelligent, brave and intellectual woman attended a French school in Algiers where students repeated
every morning ‘’ France is our mother ’’, Bouhired would shout ‘’ Algeria is our mother‘’, thus she was
severely punished by the French headmaster.
When the Algerian revolution broke out in 1954 , Djamila joined the National Liberation Front ( FLN ) in 1956.
On April 1957, she was involved in the battle of Algiers. She placed a bomb on the roads used by the military
occupation. Three civilians were killed and many others were injured. Three months later, Djamila was arrested
and sent to prison. There she was brutally tortured in order to give information about the FLN’s Algerian leader
YACEF SAADI , but she refused to say any word. The French lawyer Jacques Verges whom she married in 1963
helped her and saved her from death. Bouhired remained in prison until 1962. After the independence, she was
released with many Algerian prisoners.
Adapted from the internet.
TEXT :
Djamila Bouhired is a famous Algerian militant, freedom fighter and nationalist who was raised in a
modest family.
This intelligent, brave and intellectual woman attended a French school in Algiers where students repeated
every morning ‘’ France is our mother ’’, Bouhired would shout ‘’ Algeria is our mother‘’, thus she was
severely punished by the French headmaster.
When the Algerian revolution broke out in 1954 , Djamila joined the National Liberation Front ( FLN ) in 1956.
On April 1957,she was involved in the battle of Algiers. She placed a bomb on the roads used by the military
occupation. Three civilians were killed and many others were injured. Three months later, Djamila was arrested
and sent to prison. There she was brutally tortured in order to give information about the FLN’s Algerian leader
YACEF SAADI , but she refused to say any confidential information .The French lawyer Jacques Verges whom she
married in 1963 helped her and saved her from death. Bouhired remained in prison until 1962. After the
independence, she was released with many Algerian prisoners.
Adapted from the internet.
Task One: Read the text ,then say : True, false or not mentioned:
1- Djamila Bouhired is a symbol of Algerian revolution …………………
2- This militant participated in the Algerian war of liberation 1954 …………………
3- Djamila used to deliver Yacef Saadi’s letters to the Moujahidines …………………
4- Djamila was killed by the French army. …………..……..
Task Two : Read the text and choose the correct answers :
1- The best title for the passage is:
a- Djamila's childhood b- Djamila in prison c -The struggle of Djamila
Bouhired
2- Djamila under torture :
a- Did not reveal any confidential information about the FLN b-Refused to announce
any information about the FLN. c- Gave information about the FLN
3-The Algerian revolution exploded in:
a- 1956 b- 1830 c- 1954
4-Jacques Verges is a :
a- Headmaster b- Lawyer c-French soldier
Task Three : Read the text again, then answer the questions below:
1- When did Djamila become a member of the FLN ?..............................................................
2- Why was Djamila violently tortured? ..................................................................................
3- Was she freed after the independence? .............................................................................
Task Four : a- Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to :
Fighter = …………………. Stayed = …………………..,
b- Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to :
Accepted ≠ …………………… Imprisoned ≠……………………….
Task Five : Your school is celebrating the 1st November Day , and your teacher of History
asked you to write about the Algerian freedom fighter Djamila Bouhired .
Use the information in the ID card below to write a short paragraph about her life:
Name Djamila Bouhired
Date and place of birth June 1935 in El Casbah, Algiers
Role Militant
Important events in her life 1956 (To join the FLN)
1957 (To place a bomb in a French café)
July 1957 (To be sentenced to death)
1963 (To be freed)
