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Published in: HomeThe Battle of Algiers: historical truth and filmic representationThe bitter divisions within the FLN are ignored. Instead, Gillo Pontecorvo, in his 1966 film, The Battle of Algiers,...
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Published in: HomeGender, myth, nationalism: Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of AlgiersIn its framing techniques, Pontecorvo’s film arguably defines the ‘people’ in fundamentally masculine terms; as a...
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Published in: HomeA history of Algeria in six objectsContinuing the openDemocracy series marking fifty years of Algerian independence, one of the series editors, Martin...
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Published in: HomeChaos in the SahelThe wider regional Islamist threat from the GSPC/AQIM appeared to be minimal in the past (except to Mali, Niger and...
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Published in: HomeAlgerian state terrorism and atrocities in northern Mali
The Islamist ‘terrorist’ groups that have taken over control of northern Mali are not only the creations of...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria’s dangerous economic gambleThe political system is closed to Algeria’s citizens, who cannot choose their leadership. Plummeting government...
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Published in: HomeAlgerians are yet to be free
The Algerian population is a young one, with 70% under the age of 35. These youths will end up, sooner or later,...
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Published in: HomeThe 2012 National Elections: why Algeria remains the exception in North AfricaLarge numbers did not vote because they saw the election as a charade. This sentiment was clear in countless blogs...
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Published in: HomeNorth African diversities: an Algerian odyssey
Algeria wrested independence from France in 1962 after a bitter and extremely violent eight-year struggle. The...
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Published in: HomePoem: she screamed in SyriaAmeen Outspoken uses spoken poetry to shed further light on the bloodshed and atrocities being committed in Syria....
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Published in: HomeAlgeria and the Arab Awakening: Pasts, Presents and FuturesWe want to open up a public conversation which will situate the country’s history, society and politics within the...
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Published in: HomeContextualising contemporary Algeria: June 1965 and October 1988
With the population now standing at just 37 million, the memory of October 1988 refuses to go away. That event...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria and the Arab Spring: a roundtableEndemic socio-economic difficulties have made Algeria a candidate par excellence for the domino effect of the...
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Published in: HomeWinds of change: the Arab Spring and the “Algerian Exception”This Maghrebi state has so far been spared the domino effect of recent revolts in the region. The iconic slogan,...
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Published in: HomeContrasted overtures to the Arab Spring in Algerian and TunisiaAlgeria, a rich petrol country, has the means to buy social peace. In Algiers, the government took the necessary...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria and the Arab SpringAlgeria’s fratricidal war has divided democrats, seriously damaged civil society and left a political vacuum in the...
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Published in: HomeThe Tunisian revolution: a second decolonization?The urban, educated, upper middle class were fed up with the Ben Ali clique which they viewed as corrupt. Thus, in...
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Published in: openSecurityWho is the enemy Other?
In ganging up on housing estates, in racist attacks or inter-state brinkmanship, how does the enemy become the...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria: reform or securitization of civil society?
While most of the world attention has been focused elsewhere, the early days of 2012 have seen a series of strikes...
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Published in: HomeGaddafi and the Tuareg, the "Lords of the desert"
What is the basis of the Tuareg-Gaddafi alliance that is playing itself out in the end-game in Libya? And to what...
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