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About Hicham Yezza

Hicham Yezza is an Algerian writer and human rights activist. He is the editor-in-chief of Ceasefire Magazine. Follow him on Twitter: @HichamYezza and @Ceasefire_Mag

Articles by Hicham Yezza

Beyond Arab vs Berber: the rich complexities of Algerian identity should be celebrated, not feared

Hicham Yezza 26 April 2013

In launching their war of independence in November 1954, Algerians emphatically rejected this divisive bait, presenting instead an unshakeably united front against French hegemony, and rejecting numerous attempts to re-cast them into warring tribes fighting one another.

Algerian activism: a new generation draws the line

Hicham Yezza 11 April 2013

Away from the traditional circles of power, a new force has been working its way up to the surface of the Algerian political landscape: that of organised youth activism.

Algeria: how the murder of two children shook a nation

Hicham Yezza 25 March 2013

The tragic fate of Brahim and Haroun has acted as a powerful conduit for the expression of wider, deeper ills and discontent at the state of the nation.

A toxic dependency: Algeria’s love-hate relationship with its oil

Hicham Yezza 12 March 2013

This year's 41^st anniversary, celebrated two weeks ago, has been marked in particularly gloomy fashion. Reports have recently emerged floating the prospect of oil reserves drying up and arguing that new discoveries are failing to keep pace with production. This might well turn out to be the best news of all.

Gdeim Izik: the first, forgotten spark of the Arab uprisings

Hicham Yezza 24 February 2013

Many commentators, notably in Algeria, have drily noted the familiar dissonance between the west's florid paeans to Arab freedoms and emancipation and its continuing indifference to the plight of Sahrawis next door.

How to be different together: Algerian lessons for the Tunisian crisis

Hicham Yezza 10 February 2013

In light of the crisis currently unfolding in Tunisia - particularly the increasingly strident and incendiary rhetoric of the main political poles - the echoes and parallels with Algeria's own democratic moment two decades ago are stark, and could yield crucial lessons.

After In Amenas: an Algerian perspective

Hicham Yezza 28 January 2013

The notion that this episode heralds a real shift in Maghreb-western dynamics is increasingly hard to dismiss.

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Beyond Arab vs Berber: the rich complexities of Algerian identity should be celebrated, not feared

Algerian activism: a new generation draws the line

Algeria: how the murder of two children shook a nation

A toxic dependency: Algeria’s love-hate relationship with its oil

Gdeim Izik: the first, forgotten spark of the Arab uprisings

How to be different together: Algerian lessons for the Tunisian crisis

After In Amenas: an Algerian perspective

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