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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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