This series of works takes as its source of inspiration the Battle of Algiers, an episode of the Algerian War of Independence that transpired between November 1954 and December 1960 where the National Liberation Front (FLN) came head to head with French troops to liberate Algeria from French colonialism. Asad Faulwell, found the little-heard-of involvement of the female combatants fascinating: During the Algerian War of Independence, there were over 10,000 fighting women fulfilling different types of missions for the FLN. Some were bombers and others provided aid to the men, such as hiding murder weapons or providing a safe house from French soldiers. Through books, articles and internet-based research, Faulwell researched the individual women fighters, many who gained notoriety in Algeria and France. After the war, Algeria turned their back on many of these women showing that they had no desire to empower them. In his works Faulwell shows these women in a positive light, but raises the question as to whether women who have killed should be idolized, their plight transcending cultural borders and time.

This image is of Djamila Bouhired before she joined the FLN.