Rachid Mekhloufi was more than a football star, he was a symbol of Algerian resistance
He gave up a lucrative contract in France to help create a football team to represent the Algerian resistance in the fight ...
Star striker Mekhloufi symbol of Algerian struggle dies at 88
Rachid Mekhloufi, a star of French football who became a symbol of the Algerian fight for independence, has died aged 88, ...
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French football star striker Rachid Mekhloufi who became symbol of Algerian struggle for independence dies at age 88
ALGIERS, Nov 9 — Rachid Mekhloufi, a star of French football who became a symbol of the Algerian fight for independence, has ...
Rachid Mekhloufi, Algerian football star and symbol of independence struggle, has died
Mekhloufi quit Saint-Etienne and the French national team in 1958, missing out on a chance to play at the World Cup, to play ...
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Star striker Mekhloufi symbol of Algerian struggle dies at 88
In April 1958, at the height of the Algerian war, Mekhloufi slipped away to help create a team that symbolised the fight for independence. Mekhloufi, who had four France caps, surrendered the ...
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Award-winning writer absent from major Algerian book fair
There is a notable absentee from this year's international book fair in Algiers -- the work of French-Algerian writer Kamel ...