Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very interesting. Thanks for clarifying! Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 8:33 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Thanks for looking, Jayanand. Responding on-list since others may wonder > also. There are two sources of connection between Algeria and Spain. > > When Algeria was a French colony, Spain was a poor and backwards country > in the dark ages of Franco?s dictatorship, and a number of Spanish people > emigrated to French Algeria in search of a better life. They settled there, > had children etc. After Algeria became independent in the early 1960s, most > of them returned to Spain (in some cases with children born in Algeria who > had never been to Spain). And because Alicante is the part of Spain closest > to Algeria (just look at the map), many of these returnees settled in this > area. We have friends among this group?they are Spanish-French bilingual > (often using French among themselves) but since many of them were small > children when they left Algeria, they have not many memories and no > particular nostalgia for the place. > > And of course, in recent decades, we have had migration from North Africa > here in Spain, since the tables are now completely turned in terms of > wealth and economic development. It is those people who were celebrating > Bouteflika?s resignation in my photos. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11 Apr 2019, at 03:12, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > I did not know they were Algerians who had migrated to Spain, I thought > > they were all in France!. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 10:41 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > > wrote: > > > >> Last week two small vignettes really brought home that our nearest > >> neighbour here in Alicante is North Africa. On Thursday afternoon I was > >> cycling after work, and I stopped to photograph the sunset sky over the > A70 > >> motorway that bypasses Alicante, including in the picture a sign > indicating > >> the distance to Almer?a and the ferries to Morocco and Algeria that > depart > >> from there?in Spanish and in Arabic, since many of the drivers who use > this > >> motorway to get to the ferries to cross the Mediterranean are Moroccans > and > >> Algerians living in countries further north, such as France, Belgium or > the > >> Netherlands. > >> > >> Then on Sunday afternoon I was walking around the centre and happened > upon > >> this small demonstration on Plaza Monta?eta, one of Alicante?s central > >> squares. The tone was decidedly celebratory, and I suspected that it > had to > >> do with the recent resignation of longtime president Bouteflika. And > >> indeed, one of the Algerian bystanders confirmed that. I took a few > >> pictures: > >> > >> https://www.greatpix.eu/Algerians-in-Alicante/ > >> > >> People were very friendly and someone else asked me if I needed more > >> information?I politely told him that I had already spoken with one of > his > >> compatriots there. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> > >> Alicante, Spain > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > < > >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > >> > >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > >> > >> YNWA > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information