hello everybody... wonderful info reader ....thanks hope to marry algerian man i like this country ..i really want to visit in algeria for my future husband thanks faithfully yours zosweet ..nchallah hi i agree with all you told, i visit algeria twice a year to see my husband, it is very boring for women as i stay in the mountains near tasmalt wilaya of bouira. to try to get info on anything is impossible really, the country is so beautiful but living is very hard unless you have money, work is also hard to get for foriegn women. having said this i love the people in general they are family orientated and live a simple life which makes me look at our western culture and the greed and bad manners we have here, if i could find work i would move tomorrow just for the family side and the beauty.i know algeria well now and would recommend bejaia to. when i return to the uk i feel i am visiting here and that algeria is my home even though i have a good job etc here. good luck to all of you in your lifes in algeria because whatever hardships you face it is worth it to live in such a beautiful country with kind people who care about each other, we dont have that luxury in the modern world, and its a shame.

I am American and although did experience culture shock it was nothing negative. I too don't wear a head scarf but receive great respect and assistance with anything I try to do or anywhere I go. I am living in Blida and almost no foreign people live here. Algiers is different with different nationalities so they are more used to it there. Lots of women don't cover their heads that are Algerian so I don't understand what you are talking about the disrespect, even here in Blida where it is more conservative than Algiers.