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Published in: HomeIn Amenas – a history of silence, not a history of violenceIn the latest edition of Textures du temps, a historian’s eye is brought to bear on the discourse prevailing in...
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Published in: HomeTranscending boundaries: Yasmin El Derby on The Battle of AlgiersThe festival director of the London Middle East and North Africa Film Festival talks about the place of Pontecorvo’s...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria, Mali and beyondThe seizure of an international gas-plant in Algeria follows closely the escalation of conflict in Mali. The...
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Published in: HomeIn short: Ken Loach on The Battle of AlgiersOn 17 December 2012, Ken Loach summed up the personal significance of The Battle of Algiers for him, in our project...
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Published in: HomeGood guys and bad guys: The Battle of Algiers and The Dark Knight RisesThe ‘chaos and fear’ inspired by The Battle of Algiers is certainly there, enhanced by another parallel between the...
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Published in: HomeGenesis of a film: the Battle of AlgiersA 2006 documentary by Yves Boisset uses uncredited extracts from the film, mixed in with actual news reels, without...
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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 Sahel
The 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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