Collection of posters: Abdelkader El Djazairi

- Born in 1807, in the village of Guetna in western Algeria. 

- Mujahed cleric, poet, writer, scholar, mystic and national hero of Algeria. As a child, he learned the Qur'an and the Qur'anic sciences from his father, Mohi al-Din El Djazairi, who was a pious jurist and mujahed, and memorized the Qur'an, and then turned to learning other sciences and aroused everyone's amazement. 

- Fifteen years led the Algerian popular resistance against the French occupation. 

In June 1830, French colonial forces entered Algeria, and about a month later, the city of Algiers (capital) was captured by the French. The Algerian governor immediately fought the invaders, but was defeated and forced to make peace.

But Abdul Qadir's father, Sheikh Mohi al-Din, took over the leadership of the Coalition of Tribes against French Colonization, and two years later, his son succeeded him.

In 1836, the French government decided to suppress the Algerian people's movement, and occupy all its territory, so it captured the city of Constantine. However, the French paid a heavy price and 3,500 of their troops were killed during the battles to occupy the city (October 13, 1837), but in their attack to occupy  southern Algeria, they faced the resistance of a brave leader such as Amir Abdelkader, who was a Muslim, a believer, and a patriot, and his lineage was attributed to Imam Hassan bin Ali bin Abi Talib, the grandson of the Messenger of God (PBUH), according to his tree. 

In 1837, Emir Abdelkader inflicted a severe defeat on the French, so that the French government was forced, by the treaty of May 28, 1837, to cede the rest of Algeria to Emir Abdelkader, except for the coastal part. But after the agreement, Emir Abdelkader announced that the French forces should leave the coastal region too. So, the French government inevitably sent a large force led by General Thomas Robert Bugeaud to confront Abdelkader, which led to the victory of the French.

Emir Abdelkader was once again defeated by French forces in 1840 and took refuge in Morocco, seeking to recruit new troops. But the betrayal of those around him caused his series of defeats against the French to continue. Finally, in 1847, the French arrested him and deported him to France and from there to Damascus, where he died in 1883. With the capture of Emir Abdelkader, the whole of Algeria was occupied by the French.