Show city typical of el east northern africa Is the gateway to the orient nowhere else has the east with its fascinating moslem art and customs advanced so BO tar far west as in tripoli tunis algeria and morocco A tourist can leave paris at night by train for or marseilles and arrive be 88 hours later inter at algiers amidst mosques and sparkling white round domed houses tile the visions of arabian nights become reality for anyone visiting northern africa for not only have old islamic towns remained intact there but the life and habits of the mahometano Maho population have not changed during the centuries despite the french conquest |