Abd El KaderFrom Trudon A gust of freedom blowing from the Mascara coast and the mountains picks up on its way the green scents of fresh mint, the rashness of fights, gingers hot and peppered air and the perfume of tea and tobacco from the Ouled Nail tribe Born in 1808 near the town of Mascara in Algeria, Abd El Kader was a politician and military leader, as well as a writer, poet and philosopher who founded the Algerian state. Nicknamed the friend of the French,