Battle of the Algiers's definitions

Rock the Casbah

The Clash song also makes references to the cordoned off Arab areas of European colonial holdings. Rock the Casbah has been said to be a reference to the anti-imperialist movements in colonial nations as well as the banning of music in Persian and Arab nations.

Rock the Casbah = The Casbah in Algiers during the time that France occupied Algeria.

by Battle of the Algiers October 2, 2009