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
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria’s presidential elections: a litany of failures by the political class has wasted a golden opportunity for changeTaking place sixty years since the Algerian revolution, today’s presidential elections presented the perfect...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgerian-Moroccan relations: between tensions and hopes
How the two sides can find a workable arrangement that doesn’t look like a climb-down by either party remains to be...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria: Bouteflika strikes back
As next year’s presidential elections loom larger on the national horizon, the country seems to be heading towards a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEdward Said - 10 years onA decade after his premature departure, Said’s life, in all its “disorganised, scattered, uncentred” richness will...
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Published in: HomeWhat Algeria 1992 can, and cannot, teach us about Egypt 2013In the weeks after the 1991 elections, official Algerian rhetoric too was replete with appeals to the popular will...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria 1992 and Egypt 2013: the moral costs
While there are too many differences between the two historical contexts for us to panic, the parallels are too...