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  • Two women are standing in a house lounge, looking into the shadow.
    "Fighting the Flow" by Algerian author Saïd Khatibi

    The weight of colonial memory

    Saïd Khatibi's "Fighting the Flow" explores French colonialism's violent legacy in Algerian society after the War of Liberation. The novel poses the question: can individuals liberate themselves from their past?

  • In May 2023, Algerian author Said Khatibi won the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Award in the young author category for his historical crime novel "Nihayat al-Sahra'" – in English, 'the End of the Sahara'.
    Algeria – wasteland for Arabic literature

    Big Brother is watching you

    In May 2023, Algerian author Said Khatibi won the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Award in the young author category for his historical crime novel "Nihayat al-Sahra'" – in English, 'the End of the Sahara'. Claudia Mende caught up with Khatibi in Abu Dhabi for Qantara.de

  • It's calm in France's suburbs again after the recent riots. But cultural activists say the uprising's causes run deep and are calling for fundamental reforms.
    France after the Nahel riots

    Healing racism wounds through culture

    It's calm in France's suburbs again after the recent riots. But cultural activists say the uprising's causes run deep and are calling for fundamental reforms. By Lisa Louis

  • Algeriaˈs civil society is once again being targeted by the authorities. With the judicial dissolution of the human rights league LADDH, yet another human rights group critical of the government has been shut down – the outlook could hardly be worse.
    Human rights in Algeria

    Banned, intimidated, driven into exile

    Algeria's civil society is once again being targeted by the authorities. With the judicial dissolution of the human rights league LADDH, yet another human rights group critical of the government has been shut down – the outlook could hardly be worse. By Sofian Philip Naceur

  • The Holocaust, colonialism and mutual understanding

    Time for a refresher in humanity

    It is possible to write about the Holocaust and the crimes of colonial powers without downplaying anything. In her latest book, Charlotte Wiedemann focuses on the numerous blind spots in our culture of commemoration. By Rene Wildangel

  • Military parade in Algeria's capital Algiers to mark the 60th anniversary of independence from France on 5 July 2022.
    Algeria at 60

    No more lethargy – Algiers’ passive foreign policy is over

    For the first time since 1989, Algeria‘s authoritarian regime has sent a military parade marching through Algiers. A formidable show of strength designed to impress rival regional powers, the event also sought to highlight the country’s own stance on Israel and Palestine. By Sofian Philip Naceur

  • Detained for days in assembly centres: Algerian Muslims in Paris on 20 October 1961.
    Sixty years after the Paris Massacre

    When will France apologise to the Algerians?

    Shot, beaten to death or drowned: a demonstration by tens of thousands of Algerians ended in the "Paris Massacre" on 17 October 1961. Sixty years on, historians and victims' associations are calling for a sign from President Macron. By Andreas Noll

  • Abderrahmane Abdelli's "Songs of Exile"

    Yearning for home

    As current events continue to remind us, people all over the world are constantly being forced into exile. "Songs of Exile", created by Algerian Berber exile Abderrahmane Abdelli, captures the plight of these people and expresses some of their hopes and fears through music. By Richard Marcus

  • "Algeriennes" by Swann Meralli and Deloupy

    The bravery and resilience of Algeria's "mujahidates"

    Using a graphic novel to address a contentious issue like the Algerian war of independence may seem an odd choice, but new release "Algeriennes", translated into English by Ivanka Hahnenberger, defies any preconceptions you may have about the genre's limitations. Richard Marcus read the book

  • Book review: Kaouther Adimi’s "December Kids"

    Algeria's younger generation rebels

    In her third and most recent novel, Paris-based Algerian author Kaouther Adimi writes almost prophetically about a rebellion by a handful of children against the rigid and outdated system in her home country. Claudia Kramatschek read the book for Qantara

  • Remembering Mohammed Dib

    The grand seigneur of French-language Algerian literature

    21 July marks the centenary of the birth of Mohammed Dib, one of the founding fathers of French-language Algerian literature. Born in 1920 in Tlemcen, Algeria's national writer spent the greater part of his life in exile. He passed away on 2 May 2003 in the Parisian suburb of La Celle-Saint-Cloud. By Regina Keil-Sagawe

  • Obituary: Tunisian author Albert Memmi

    Adieu, Albert!

    Albert Memmi, Tunisian author and pioneer of a sociology of de-colonisation, died on 22 May 2020 in Paris. He was nearly 100 years old. He was the last of a generation of Maghreb novelists writing in French. A personal obituary by Regina Keil-Sagawe

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