This lady of the field was having a morning tea break in a field on the edge of Ben M'Hidi, a small town named for a hero of the Algerian war for independence, a war often characterized as the most brutal of modern times. A number of these field workers lost their husbands in the war. ![]() | ![]() "The Fields of Ben M'Hidi" Original Oil Painting ©1997 Merlene Ransdell All Rights Reserved $1,250 (US) · Desert Profiles Gallery · · Next Image · · Mountain Men Gallery · |