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In the Land of Mosques & Minarets

Chapter 20 BISKRA AND THE DESERT BEYOND

Word Count: 2863    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

Biskra, tout le monde descend! ouf! It might be Jersey City or Chicago; one experiences at last that sense of having reached a journey's end. At least it will seem so to most who come to the desert's edge by train from Constantine or Algiers, after two days of as rocky, uncomfortable railway travelling as one can imagine in these progressive days.

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In the Land of Mosques & Minarets
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets
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1 Chapter 1 GOING AND COMING2 Chapter 2 THE REAL NORTH AFRICA3 Chapter 3 ALGERIA OF TO-DAY4 Chapter 4 THE RéGENCE OF TUNISIA AND THE TUNISIANS5 Chapter 5 THE RELIGION OF THE MUSSULMAN6 Chapter 6 ARCHITECTURE OF THE MOSQUES7 Chapter 7 POETRY, MUSIC, AND DANCING8 Chapter 8 ARABS, TURKS, AND JEWS9 Chapter 9 SOME THINGS THAT MATTER-TO THE ARAB10 Chapter 10 "THE ARAB SHOD WITH FIRE"11 Chapter 11 THE SHIP OF THE DESERT AND HIS OCEAN OF SAND12 Chapter 12 SOLDIERS SAVAGE AND CIVILIZED-LéGIONNAIRES AND SPAHIS13 Chapter 13 FROM ORAN TO THE MOROCCO FRONTIER14 Chapter 14 THE MITIDJA AND THE SAHEL15 Chapter 15 THE GREAT WHITE CITY-ALGIERS16 Chapter 16 ALGIERS AND BEYOND17 Chapter 17 KABYLIE AND THE KABYLES18 Chapter 18 CONSTANTINE AND THE GORGE DU RUMMEL19 Chapter 19 BETWEEN THE DESERT AND THE SOWN20 Chapter 20 BISKRA AND THE DESERT BEYOND21 Chapter 21 IN THE WAKE OF THE ROMAN22 Chapter 22 TUNIS AND THE SOUKS23 Chapter 23 IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOSQUE24 Chapter 24 THE GLORY THAT ONCE WAS CARTHAGE25 Chapter 25 THE BARBARY COAST26 Chapter 26 THE OASIS OF TOZEUR