observer.gm - Mohamed Ahmed Ben Bella (Muhammad Ahmad Bin Balla) (Arabic: (born December 25, 1916, Maghnia, Algeria) was the first President of Algeria, and seen by many as the Father of the Algerian nation. Ben Bella was born in a small village in western Algeria during the height of the French colonial period to a Sufi Muslim family. He attended school in Tlemclen and was disturbed by the discrimination towards Muslims by his European teacher. He failed his brevet exam, and subsequently dropped out of...» view full story