The Image of Jerusalem in Modern Algerian Poetry

Algerian poetry has always been interested in the question of Palestine in general and the sanctity of Jerusalem in particular ever since the occupation. The French colonialism of Algeria bring the Algerian people closer to the struggles of the Palestinian people. As a result, Algerian poets have written extensively in their poems abouth Jerusalem. Such Algerian poems abouth Jerusalem are the focus of this study. Algerian poets express their emetions for the bloodshed that befalls Palestinians, and they call for unity to achieve freedom and liberation from the colonizer, a dream that combines both of the Algerians and Palestinians