"The Idea that One Could Come to Terms with the Arabs": How Frantz Fanon Found Common Ground with Islam in Algeria.

FANON, Frantz, 1925-1961; ISLAM; JIHAD; ANTI-imperialist movements; WRETCHED of the Earth, The (Book : Fanon); FRENCH-Algerian War, 1954-1962; REVOLUTIONARIES; IMPERIALISM; RELIGION; HISTORY; 21ST century (Literary period)

An essay is presented on psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary Frantz Fanon, focusing on his relationship with Islam in his time in Algeria. It comments on anti-colonialism in Islam and the concept of jihad, or holy war or struggle. The author reflects on the Islamic tradition in Fanon's book "The Wretched of the Earth." Other topics include race relations and segregation in Algeria and the Algerian Revolution of 1954-1962.