Issues of national identity in Algerian press During the first half of 20th century The reformist press is a model

Abstract

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the minds of the Algerians have begun to open to the external events and developments that are going on around them. On the various demands and rights, and thus appeared many newspapers and magazines that were concerned with various national affairs, including identity issues, The latter, which took great importance in the Algerian journalistic community as a result of the intensely hostile policy of the components and constants of the Algerian people by the French occupation authorities, and through this article we will try to shed more light on the actual role of the national press in the intellectual and cultural arena and its various positions on national identity issues during the first half of The twentieth century, with a focus on the reformist press, as it was the most concerned and defending currents in national identity issues during the same period