I refer to Zohra Drif in my new book. Read about this Algerian freedom fighter who made “the choice, like other sisters, to be volunteers for death – not for surrender” & joined the Algerian nationalist movement, the FLN to fight vs French occupation opendemocracy.net/victoria-britt…
Drif ends memoir “with thought that’s tormented her for...years,‘the fear that the living, esp our youth, might forget the sacrifices made by our people – that they might forget the price paid for Algeria to be free & independent & therefore forget how it must always be defended’ 
Drif was condemned to death for her role as a soldier in FLN.Her memoir is a“remarkable testimony of the extremely courageous role women played inside the armed wing of the #Algerian nationalist movement.”She was released by 1962 Evian agreement which brought Algeria independence
