[Leica] IMG: Algerians in Alicante

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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 Almería 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.
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> Then on Sunday afternoon I was walking around the centre and happened upon
> this small demonstration on Plaza Montañeta, 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:
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> https://www.greatpix.eu/Algerians-in-Alicante/
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> 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
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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