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Published in: HomePontecorvo's Colonel Mathieu: the paratrooper who embodied FranceWhat we see is a three dimensional character who is eloquent and thoughtful in his actions.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBeyond Arab vs Berber: the rich complexities of Algerian identity should be celebrated, not fearedIn launching their war of independence in November 1954, Algerians emphatically rejected this divisive bait,...
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Published in: HomeAlgerians in London protest against shale gas and the lack of a national debateFracking has raised major concerns for its substantial use of water (particularly worrying for the Sahara) and for...
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Published in: HomeAQIM: Maghreb to Mali, and back
The crisis in Mali highlights the distinctive character and trajectory of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. A group...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgerian activism: a new generation draws the line
Away from the traditional circles of power, a new force has been working its way up to the surface of the Algerian...
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Published in: HomeThe practice of harm in The Battle of AlgiersIt was the French colonisers, after all, who were bound to international conventions that govern the practice of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA toxic dependency: Algeria’s love-hate relationship with its oil
This year's 41st anniversary, celebrated two weeks ago, has been marked in particularly gloomy fashion. Reports have...
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Published in: HomeThe Mali effect
Many evolving disputes in north Africa and the Sahara fuse religious language and political impulse to powerful...
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Published in: HomeQatar moving closer to Algeria?
The intensification of economic cooperation - which is very advantageous to both – might be a way to achieve a...
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Published in: HomeIslam in the Arab transformationsThe Shari’a is largely irrelevant to most important issues of policy and administration in the economy and in...
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Published in: HomeTomatoes or terroristsEurope has so far failed to build a comprehensive relationship with countries across the Mediterranean. This is a...
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Published in: HomeIn short: Belkacem Belmekki on The Battle of AlgiersA 36-year old Algerian lecturer from the post-independence generation explains what Gillo Pontecorvo’s film means to him.
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Published in: HomeThe Battle of Algiers transposed into a Palestinian keyCinematic representations of the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation frequently invoke The Battle of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow to be different together: Algerian lessons for the Tunisian crisis
In light of the crisis currently unfolding in Tunisia - particularly the increasingly strident and incendiary...
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Published in: HomeWhat lies beneath: the stifling of regime resistance in Algeria and its consequences
The lack of an organised and representative opposition, whether Islamist or not, serves to disadvantage the state;...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAfter In Amenas: an Algerian perspective
The notion that this episode heralds a real shift in Maghreb-western dynamics is increasingly hard to dismiss.
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Published in: HomeAlgeria, Mali: another front in the “Global War on Terror”?What the Islamist terrorist threat has become is an incoherent pretext to intervene militarily on the part of the...
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Published in: HomeMali, and the al-Qaida trap
A decade ago, western leaders' excessive reaction and inflated rhetoric served to amplify rather than diminish the...
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Published in: HomeAh la Françafrique!The present crisis raises a number of crucial questions, for France, Mali, the EU and our globalised world.
