The peaceful and civic protests were born from Algerians’ resentment towards their ailing eighty-two-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to run for a fifth term after twenty years in power. For twentyfive consecutive weeks, Algerians of all ages and classes have been demonstrating every Friday throughout the country to show their disapproval to their leaders and to demand an overhaul of their political system.

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