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Algeria

24 January, 2022 • Melissa Chemam

Rachid Taha and the Sway of Chaabi & Raï on Franco-Arab Rock

This month, TMR's music critic, Melissa Chemam, stumbles upon an unexpected exhibit of the history and influence of raï, chaabi and "Beur" politics on the French body politic.

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15 August, 2021 • Aomar Boum

Why COMIX? An Emerging Medium of Writing the Middle East and North Africa

TMR’s guest editor Aomar Boum admires the growing movement of political cartooning in North Africa and the Middle East.

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15 August, 2021 • George Jad Khoury

Rebellion Resurrected: The Will of Youth Against History

The Lebanese cartoonist and BD historian George “Jad” Khoury gives an in-depth overview of contemporary comix across the Arab world.

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15 August, 2021 • Menouar Merabtene

Beginnings, the Life & Times of “Slim” aka Menouar Merabtene

Algeria’s leading cartoonist reminisces on his start in bandes dessinées in Algeria, Poland and France.

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15 August, 2021 • Nadjib Berber

The Excellent Journey of Algerian Cartoonist Nadjib Berber

For 20 years, Algeria was the preeminent country of comics in the Maghreb and Middle East. Nadjib Berber shares some of his story.

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25 July, 2021 • TMR

Summer of ‘21 Reading—Notes from the Editors

Our editors reveal their diverse literary interests, with more than a dozen recommendations for summer reading.

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23 May, 2021 • Mischa Geracoulis

“I was a French Muslim: Memories of an Algerian Freedom Fighter”

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the forthcoming memoir from Algerian freedom fighter Mokhtar Mokhtefi.

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28 March, 2021 • Joyce Zonana

Being Jewish and Muslim Together: Remembering Our Legacy

Joyce Zonana reviews two recent titles that reveal Jewish-Muslim connections and communities of the Arab world.

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7 March, 2021 • Melissa Chemam

Faïza Guène’s Fight for French Respectability

Melissa Chemam considers the sixth novel by France's former teen sensation Faïza Guène and whether she is now part of the literary canon.

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14 December, 2020 • Kaouther Adimi

Algiers, Algeria in the novel “Our Riches”

Kaouther Adimi's historical novel departs from a famous Algerian bookstore with a connection to Albert Camus and opens a window onto Algerian independence, French colonialism and the literary voices coming out of the Maghreb.

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1 October, 2018 • TMR

Algiers, the Black Panthers & the Revolution

While Elaine Mokhtefi worked devotedly for the Black Panthers, the men who ran it were, it turned out, deeply flawed.

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13 December, 2017 • Jordan Elgrably

In a Suspicious World, Creative Arabs, Iranians Having a Banner Year

Arabs/Muslims and Iranians have become the scapegoats and villains du jour, yet many are thriving creatively.

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