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Tag: Algeria

12 December, 2022 • TMR

Art World Picks: Albraehe, Kerem Yavuz, Zeghidour, Amer & Tatah

The Markaz Review recommends the following exhibitions, on now in Paris, New York, Montpellier, London, Marseille and Beirut.

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12 December, 2022 • Pierre Daum

The Contemporary Art Scene in Algiers (Fragments)

Pierre Daum, a correspondent for Le Monde Diplomatique, goes in search of Algerian artists in Algiers.

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12 December, 2022 • Laëtitia Soula

French-Algerian Artist Djamel Tatah’s Solitary Crowds

Laëtitia Soula caught the opening of Djamel Tatah's extravagant show at the Musée Fabre in Montpellier, where she spoke with the artist.

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15 October, 2022 • Laëtitia Soula

On Women and Gods: How Three Female Clerics Came Together

Laëtitia Soula talks to an imam, a pastor and a rabbi, all women, who sat down to write a book together melding feminism and religion.

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5 October, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

Montpellier's venerable Mediterranean film festival announces retrospectives and avant-premières.

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19 September, 2022 • Melissa Chemam

Vocalist Samira Brahmia Bridges France and Algeria with Love

For her 11th TMR music column, Melissa Chemam interviews the Algerian-French diva Samira Brahmia.

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25 July, 2022 • Fouad Mami

Independent Algeria 60 Years Later: The Untold Story

Algerian critic Fouad Mami parses his nation's history and independence from France, on Algeria's 60th anniversary.

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11 July, 2022 • Pierre Daum

Abd el Kader at the Mucem: a colonial vision of the Emir

Pierre Daum opines that despite a French museum's best effort, an exhibit on Algeria and France can't escape its colonial bias.

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6 June, 2022 • Oliver Gloag

Algeria and Albert Camus

Oliver Gloag explores the conflicted Algerian and French identity of Albert Camus, reviewing his later novels, stories and statements.

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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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