\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs24 The totalitarian regime of the Turks, undermined from within by \b \cf1 \ATXht10 Arab\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf1 \ATXht9 Berbe
r\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 revolts, was unable to withstand the impact of the new political organization of the countries of Western Europe.\par
Spiritually and economically weakened, the \b \cf2 \ATXht11302 Maghreb\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was forced to submit to the
most recent of the waves of foreign domination: colonization by the Western powers in the nineteenth century.\par
The long struggle for independence and the wars of liberation of the indigenous peoples were countered with a harsh repression that left a