The Story of Emir Abd el-Kader

The story of Emir Abd el-Kader is one of the greatest stories of or pertaining to a struggle I've ever heard about, except for maybe the Revolutionary War and that might just be because I'm an American and we get taught about how amazing that was. There are six big reasons that I believe that Abd el-Kader's story and legacy should be remembered today, because not only does he go through a terrible struggle, he keeps his composure and attitude the whole time despite overwhelming odds. It also teaches people, whom because of ethnocentricity, believe that the people living in Africa were a bunch of uncivilized backwards clans, and that they only became civilized when it was brought to them from Europe, that people from Africa were not only civilized, but had previously been more powerful then Europe had, and that they were just as artistic and that they had great technological advancements. It also deserves remembrance because Abd el-Kader was willing to stand up to someone whose army was bigger, better trained, better equipped, better supplied, and had more experience then him. Plus that was only after he was able to unify a fractured society, with no head of the government until he took charge, and that had caused many tribes to rebel, or disobey him. Another thing that his legacy shows is that to achieve success, we must not simply be strong, but moral authority is also necessary as well, due to the fact that no one would want a horrible person to rule them. Yet another reason is that while he was in his exile he proved that people of different religions, who spoke different langauges, were raised differently, and believed in completely different things can be friends, and can live near each other, which at the time was very unus...

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... like Abd el-Kader was, only with a little more about science and math, they would have one of the best educations that is possible. If he hadn't been taught as he was, I don't think he would have been a near as effective as a sultan, or as a general, and that he wouldn't have been as good a person, which he was taught to be through his education, and when he was imprisoned, people wouldn't have wanted him out as badly, and he would have spent the rest of his life imprisoned. I know that education greatly impacts how people react to things, and I believe that without his education he never would have led his people because he wouldn't have been near as religious, but anyone else, no matter what education would have been able to have, or will ever be able duplicate his feats, because of how amazing he handled himself during the situation, that was almost beyond hope.