Philippine Independence: Hopes, Disappointments & Modern Struggles

if we were truly brothers, why did arabs arrive in North Africa with an army? Why did they conquer our lands, dismantle our political orders, and demand our submission? Why is this history so often softened, denied, or reframed as something noble, while European colonialism is universally recognized for what it was? Both Europeans and Arabs colonized North Africa. Both came with power. Both reshaped our societies. Both left scars that still exist today. The ancient Berber religion, Berber Christ

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