Abbas, Ferhat
(b. 24 Oct. 1899, d. 24 Dec. 1985). Algerian nationalist A student of chemistry, he founded a Muslim students' association in 1924. Abbas fought in the French army from 1939, but in 1942 produced a Manifesto which called for Algerian autonomy from France. He joined
Ben Bella's
Front de Libération Nationale
in 1956, and after the outbreak of the
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