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RED FOR DANGER
By Abdelouahab Hammoudi
TV screens have become monochrome. Just one color: Red. The color of blood. Too much violence is plunging the country into mourning and shrouding it in gloom.
Free violence is becoming a way of life for many of…
Mariner of the Mountains review – dreamily wonderful Algerian odyssey – Video
Karim Aïnouz, best known for mostly Brazil-set dramatic features such as Invisible Life, Love for Sale and the evocatively titled I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You, is truly an international film-maker. The son of a…
Yasmine Sellam, chef: “Algerian culinary art is rooted in history”
Yasmine Sellam, chef, has just published a beautiful book with ANEP editions in Algiers: “Culinary memory of Algeria”. It details the history of the recipes, explains the origin, gives geographical clues, reviews the utensils used and sheds…
Three Algerian films at the International Film Festival Yasmine Hammamet in Tunisia
BY BRENTON HERRERA June 8, 2022
Algerian films “The Seas of the Mountains” by Karim Ainouz, “Cigar with Honey” by Camer Ainouz and “The Voice of My Mother” by Mourad Hamla compete in the first founding edition of the International Film…
A love letter to my people’: Franco-Algerian artist DJ Snake pays homage to his roots in new…
After producing numerous international hits, the Franco-Algerian artist DJ Snake has finally decided to pay homage to his Algerian roots in his new track "Disco Maghreb".
Bringing together electro, raï, percussion, and ghaïta (a kind of…
A successful cinema
“Successful cinema”
‘Ever since I was a young boy growing up in the popular area of my town, in Eastern Algeria, I have always had a fascination with the Neighborhood Movie Theater. All those wonderful movies, westerns, actions…
Warda Al-Jazairia: the timeless Algerian rose
The flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow dies;
All that we wish to stay
Tempts and then flies.
What is this world’s delight?
Lightning that mocks the night,
Brief even as bright.
-Percy Shelly
This week marks the anniversary of the…
Cannes filmmakers urge France to face colonial past in Algeria, Africa
CANNES: Film-makers are holding up a mirror to France over its colonial past at the Cannes festival, helped by star power and a growing French readiness to face up to injustices committed notably in Africa
The colonization of Algeria and…
The Palace of Princess Khedaoudj the blind and the enchanting mirror of a beautiful era
The palace of Princess Khadidja, "Dar el Bakri" or "Palace of Ms. Khedaoudj el Amia" (the blind), so many names given to this historical monument planted in the heart of the medina of Algiers, is an essential place of memories and…
Cannes filmmakers urge France to face colonial past in Algeria, Africa
CANNES: Film-makers are holding up a mirror to France over its colonial past at the Cannes festival, helped by star power and a growing French readiness to face up to injustices committed notably in Africa.
The colonization of Algeria…