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Tag: France

15 December, 2022 • Brahim El Guabli, Aomar Boum

Everyone has a Stake in Morocco’s Football Team

The Moroccan team's World Cup wins have galvanized their Arab and African fans and inspired millions around the world.

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15 December, 2022 • Viola Shafik

Sexploitation or Cinematic Art? The Case of Abdellatif Kechiche

Film critic and historian Viola Shafik pillories cinematographic voyeurism.

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21 November, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

You Resemble Me Deconstructs a Muslim Life That Ends Radically

We saw Dina Amer's debut feature film based on the life of Hasna Ait Boulahcen, yet another victim of Wahhabi/Salafi extremism.

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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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23 May, 2022 • Rosa Branche

France’s new Culture Minister Meets with Racist Taunts

Rosa Maria Branche welcomes Rima Abdul Malak as Macron's choice for the new Minister of Culture.

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17 March, 2022 • Neve Gordon, Nicola Perugini

Mariupol, Ukraine and the Crime of Hospital Bombing

Aren't military attacks on hospitals and other medical facilities considered war crimes?

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15 January, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

Refuge, or the Inherent Dignity of Every Human Being

TMR's editor reflects on the experience of seeking home and refuge.

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15 January, 2022 • Rana Asfour

Meditations on The Ungrateful Refugee

Rana Asfour shares her thoughts on the widely-celebrated book from Dina Nayeri, who writes that escaping and becoming a refugee preoccupied her life for more than 20 years.

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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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14 May, 2021 • Jean Lamore

The Wall We Can’t Tell You About

There are some walls we can't discuss freely and openly without inviting censure. This is one of them.

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