An Incomplete Algerian Symphony
Omar Zelig 2021-02-28
Something liberating happened inside our heads. It was as if it had suddenly become possible to become actors in our destinies after decades of being silent.
2019-2020: Algerian Power versus the Hirak
Omar Benderra 2021-02-10
It would be delusional to look for ways out of the general economic, political, and social crisis through futile technical or financial actions. To part with the rentier model, create...
The Hirak in Lockdown Algeria
Omar Benderra 2021-02-02
The rupture between the regime and the bulk of Algerian society became irreparably complete with the sudden and widespread burst of millions of protestors into a political scene that has...
Burning the borders so you don’t burn your life: Irregular migration in Algeria.
Salim Chena 2020-04-01
The discourse of border burners is undoubtedly political. Unemployment – or, to be more precise the absence of a stable and legal economic activity -, the lack of housing, the...
What Has Remained of the Left in Algeria?
Omar Benderra 2020-03-06
The political arena is frozen in Algeria as the political forces have neither the right to exist as organizations nor as discourses. In the face of a liberal “Mafia” imposed...
Algeria can expel migrants but can it change its DNA?
Daikha Dridi 2020-01-08
Algeria “has not recently become a land of immigration, it has been one for more than half a century”. In fact, the difference between the Algerian people’s reaction towards sub-Saharan...