Algeria

A new series in France, Raï Is Not Dead, Celebrates the Genre

A new series in France, Raï Is Not Dead, Celebrates the Genre

Melissa Chemam attends the première of the new French music series on Arte TV at the Institut du...

20 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
Art World Picks: Albraehe, Kerem Yavuz, Zeghidour, Amer & Tatah

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.

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By TMR
The Contemporary Art Scene in Algiers (Fragments)

The Contemporary Art Scene in Algiers (Fragments)

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

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By Pierre Daum
French-Algerian Artist Djamel Tatah’s Solitary Crowds

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...

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By Laëtitia Soula
On Women and Gods: How Three Female Clerics Came Together

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...

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Tugrul Mende
44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

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

5 OCTOBER 2022 • By
Vocalist Samira Brahmia Bridges France and Algeria with Love

Vocalist Samira Brahmia Bridges France and Algeria with Love

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

19 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Independent Algeria 60 Years Later: The Untold Story

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.

25 JULY 2022 • By Fouad Mami
Abd el Kader at the Mucem: a colonial vision of the Emir

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...

11 JULY 2022 • By Pierre Daum
Algeria and Albert Camus

Algeria and Albert Camus

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

6 JUNE 2022 • By Oliver Gloag
Rachid Taha and the Sway of Chaabi & Raï on Franco-Arab Rock

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...

24 JANUARY 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Why COMIX? An Emerging Medium of Writing the Middle East and North Africa

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...

15 AUGUST 2021 • By Aomar Boum
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