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Nationalizing Algerian gas, Arabizing curricula, Islamic socialism, supporting liberation movements in Africa, and most importantly, armed support for the Palestinian resistance against the occupation, were decisions taken by Algerian President Houari Boumediene. Did those decisions affect his fate? From the countryside of the city of Guelma in eastern Algeria where he grew up, to the country of Zitouna, then Cairo, then the Algerian-Tunisian and Moroccan borders where he assumed the position of Chief of Staff of the Liberation Army, to the Ministry of Defense, then the presidency of the state and the attempt to build modern Algeria, then his mysterious death. The film attempts to address the battles and alliances that Boumediene fought locally during the stages of the revolution and the state, and the international presence of Algeria during that period, while providing the opportunity to evaluate this journey, whether by his opponents or supporters or by specialized scholars, to end up raising the subject of his death, which sparked a lot of controversy. So what is the story of Boumediene's mysterious end? To subscribe to Al Jazeera Documentary: http://trib.al/kc8xmbJ For more, visit our website: http://doc.aljazeera.net