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Tag: Algiers

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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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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9 May, 2022 • Melissa Chemam

Algerian Art on the 60th Anniversary of Algeria’s Independence

Melissa Chemam reviews two major exhibitions devoted to Algerian artists and the rebel leader Abd el-Kader, at Paris and Marseille museums.

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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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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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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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