Discuss the European Arab relation in Camus' novel The Outsider The Stranger NU Albert Camus set The Outsider in French-colonial Algiers The European characters like Meursault Raymond and Masson live with power The Arab characters remain nameless and voiceless Their relationship shows inequality violence and indifference This reflects the colonial tension in Algeria Arabs as Silent Outsiders In the novel the Arabs never speak directly They are described only through Raymond and Meursault Raymond calls one of them as his mistress s brother He says One of them s the brother of that girl Their identity is shadowed The Arabs remain faceless This silence shows the colonial gap Europeans control the story while Arabs are outsiders in their own land The Beach Fight and Violence At Masson s beach house Europeans and Arabs meet A fight starts Raymond is injured by the Arab with a knife Later Meursault walks alone