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Posted by Justin Long ⋅ July 16, 2008 ⋅

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VISITING ALGERIA FOR THE first time, one may expect to observe a strict Islamic dress code in force, with women covered from head to toe, and veiled faces. However, this is not the case, as I found out recently. The national culture is no longer as strict and nothing attests to this better than the rich entertainment that the Algerian National Ballet laid out for the Health ministers and other delegates attending the recently concluded Ministerial Conference on Health Research for the African Region. In The East African