The video of an Algerian woman from France, a dual national, has been making a huge buzz on social networks for a few days, and it is not even for an honorable or brave act. On the contrary, her provocative gesture has aroused the indignation of Internet users.
On social networks, anything goes to create a buzz, even if you have to go so far as to deny your identity by tearing up an identity document as important as your passport.
In recent days, a video of a Franco-Algerian woman has been circulating on social media, sparking outrage and dismay among Internet users. To simply say that she ” did not feel Algerian,” she filmed herself tearing up her Algerian passport.
She tears up her Algerian passport: “This thing is of absolutely no use to me”
While many Algerians living abroad, particularly those in an irregular situation, struggle to obtain an Algerian passport, this Franco-Algerian influencer did not hesitate to shamelessly tear hers up in front of the camera.
“First of all, I have never felt Algerian, and since I am sweating a little, I am going to wipe away this sweat,” she declared, before removing a page from her Algerian passport and then sticking it to her forehead, in a crude and provocative manner.
After the multiple reactions of many Algerian Internet users and influencers, in Algeria or abroad, denouncing her gesture, the woman named Samia challenged them in another video and did it again with her Algerian passport.
“I see a lot of comments about me, saying that Samia should be stripped of her Algerian nationality,” she said in the clip. She once again takes out her Algerian passport and tears out another page, stressing that “this thing is of absolutely no use to me.”
Destroying a passport is punishable by a prison sentence in Algeria
She claims that she “feels French. I am French, by the way. The concept of dual nationality is absolutely useless.” She then goes on to make provocative remarks about Algeria and Algerians: ” What am I going to do there? There’s no pork, there’s no red wine…”
“What am I going to do there? Ride a camel? Or meet a local who will force me to buy things or ask me to marry him to get the papers,” she added mockingly.
Hating Algeria, eating pork and drinking wine are certainly personal freedoms, but going so far as to offend the sensibilities of others through these crude acts cannot in any way be considered personal freedom.
It should be recalled that the destruction of a passport is an act punishable by Algerian law, as this document is considered one of the symbols of national sovereignty and the Algerian state. This act is punishable by a three-year prison sentence under the Algerian Penal Code.
