In Algeria, singer-songwriter Amel Zen and the group Iwal write and perform in their indigenous Dahri and Chaoui.
24 APRIL 2026 • By Sana Herireche
Six years after the Hirak mass protest movement in Algeria in 2019, an atmosphere of fear and silence...
19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Ilhem Rachidi
The Markaz Review welcomes 2025-2026 Editorial Fellow, Translator and Writer Lara Vergnaud.
29 AUGUST 2025 • By TMR
Embattled Algerian-French author Kamel Daoud won France’s most prestigious literary prize for a story he is accused of...
16 MAY 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
An entire family is preoccupied with its history and questions of national identity, confounded by France’s rejection of...
31 MAY 2024 • By Katherine A. Powers
In which a woman ponders the fate of the individuals who left behind their garments, now long forgotten,...
5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Salah Badis
Lama Elsharif finds that Derna’s harrowing flood proves a surprising catalyst for unity in a nation scarred by...
5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Lama Elsharif
Tugrul Mende reviews a new book by Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik that explores the journey of the Maghreb Generation that...
30 OCTOBER 2023 • By Tugrul Mende
The largest festival of Arab and North African music takes place each year in Montpellier: Arabesques is quite...
4 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By TMR
