Unlike Zohra Drif who was born in the west of Algeria on 28 December, 1934 in Tiaret, Kateb Yacine was born in the east in August 1929 in Constantine and died on 28 October, 1989 in France.For Zohra Drif, this event happened in primary school when her best friend Roselyne, failed the sixth-grade entrance exam, whereas Zohra passed it. Roselyne's reaction was so shocking that Zohra realised that in her friend's eyes she was just an 'Arab', an inferior person.Zohra Drif became a member of the FLN and played rticle of an active role in the party's activities.