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The French version of the novel “Entry bell to class” has just been published online by “edition999” under the title “La cloche d’entrée en classe”. You can read the novel or download it in the following link: https://www.edition999.info/La-cloche-d-entree-en-classe.html#

It is the English version of the author's novel published in Arabic in 2002. The place where the events of the novel take place is a high school in Algiers at the beginning of the seventies. The characters are Algerian, Arab and Western teachers. Their cultures and their temperaments and attitudes vary from moderation to extremism.
Naturally, professional relations do not prevent them from forging bonds of friendship and love, and sometimes those of hatred because of linguistic, ideological and racial conflicts.
The reader can follow three passionate love stories between main characters, an Algerian young man, a French young girl, an Egyptian young man and an Algerian young girl, presented in a simple way. These stories reflect, in a way, human relations among peoples. They also raise the question of the success of mixed marriage.
In the end, the novel evokes the cultural atmosphere of the time. It gives the reader some examples of domestic and foreign cultural centers activities specially those of Egypt, France and the British Council.

I am an Algerian writer born in 1939 in Damascus, Syria. I worked in Syria and Algeria as a teacher in secondary schools. I ended my career as inspector of education and training until I retired in 1999.
I got my B.A. in Arabic literature from the University of Damascus in 1964 and my B.A. in English Studies from University of Algiers in 1978. I wrote didactic books, novels, poetry and plays. You can see and read his books in his following site:
http://www.khammar-abdellah.art.dz/index_ang.html