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Lina Jaradat

Preserving Amazigh heritage: from oral tradition to AI

The spoken word has kept a key component of Algeria's social mosaic alive for generations, but now technology is stepping in to do the heavy lifting

Noureddine Bessaadi 16 August 2026
A woman wearing a jilbab with a bouquet of flowers in her hand walks down a street in the Barbes district in Paris on June 25, 2023. JOEL SAGET / AFP

A walk through Barbès, the migrants’ hub in the heart of Paris

The district has welcomed Arab immigrants for decades. A crossroads of cultures, smelling and tasting of home, it is also a special place in the lives of Algerian singers Warda and Rachid Taha.

Sohaib Ayoub 11 March 2025
The final issue of Algerian French-language daily newspaper "Liberté" is seen at a stand in Algeria's capital Algiers on April 14, 2022. RYAD KRAMDI / AFP

Why some Algerians wish to bid adieu to the French language

A contentious cultural and political issue can often be oversimplified with crude arguments, but the question of languages and identities is much more nuanced.

Samir Qasimi 02 March 2025
Best known to the Arab world for a novel translated from French, Algerian visionary playwright Kateb Yacine (seen here in 1961) thought that true poetry came from chaos. Getty

Remembering Algerian novelist Kateb Yacine: An eternal captive to his idea of life

Best known to the Arab world for a novel translated from French, this Algerian visionary playwright thought that true poetry came from chaos

Samir Qasimi 11 December 2023
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Iran's new war cabinet is really an old one

15 August 2026

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Tucker Carlson: America’s right-wing insurgent-in-chief

12 August 2026

The former Fox News presenter, who now wields more influence over US politics than he did at the network from 2009-23, is now a vehement critic of Trump in recent months, in part over Israel

Kamal Alam
 Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters arrive after eight hours of walking in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, Ethiopia, on 29 June 2021. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
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Why clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are ominous

11 August 2026

Both the government in Addis Ababa and armed Tigrayan independence fighters have their supporters, from as near as next door to as far away as Tel Aviv

Amr Emam
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Why cotton fibres could be key in the global arms race

13 August 2026

War is driving demand for munitions, and the fibres from cotton seeds are used to produce artillery shells. With only a few producers, demand is soaring.

Abdulfattah Khattab
Lina Jaradat
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Preserving Amazigh heritage: from oral tradition to AI

15 August 2026

The spoken word has kept a key component of Algeria's social mosaic alive for generations, but now technology is stepping in to do the heavy lifting

Noureddine Bessaadi

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