- Beni-oui-ouis
The Beni-oui-ouis were Muslim yes-men who collaborated with the French colonial regime in Algeria [cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=I9ffptE_r4YC/|title=A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era|date=
2002 |isbn=0195145135|author=Matthew James Connelly ] [cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PLRslDyjJHAC/|title=War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet|date=2002 |isbn=0415934680|author=Eric S. Margolis ] [cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810647,00.html/|title=Snag in Algeria|date=Spring1958-11-17 |work=TIME ] [cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,937775-2,00.html/|title=The turn in Algeria|date=Spring1958-02-22 |work=TIME ] [cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xlD0JS16w9oC/|title=The French Empire Between The Wars: Imperialism, Politics And Society |date=2005 |isbn=0719065186|author=Martin Thomas ] . The word is derived from "beni", the Arabic for "sons of" and "oui", the French for "yes".References
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