Bent Meziane (the daughter of Meziane), as she wants to be called, is a butcher since 1987. In her neat shop at the outskirts of Algiers, she recounts her story and her vision as a woman butcher, while attending two customers. Radio M

In the aftermath of independence in 1962, Algeria hosted 450 cinemas. Sixty years later, there are less than two dozen left. Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi’s declaration last June that “95% of Algerian cinemas are closed and non-operating” came as a bolt out of the blue.

On the long road of exile, migrants also encounter good souls. Hamid Fadhel is one of them. This thirty-seven year-old Algerian dedicates himself completely to others for 15 years, within the association Rencontre et Développement. (Ebticar / Radio M)

French reporter Arnaud Contreras has been travelling for many years in the whole Saharan regions and explored extensively the local musical culture. He launched a crowdfunding campaign that will allow him to finish his project “Sahara Rocks”. (Ebticar/Mashallah news)

For long, when speaking of this Algerian city I knew only by name, I pronounced it “Tamanrasset”. But when I went there for the first time, Boubekeur explained to me that the correct pronunciation was “Tamenghast”, a word which represents a kind of sand embankment, be it natural or artificial.

If the authorities decided to abandon their electoral fraud practices, the polls of the 10^th May 2012 could be double or nothing for the well-established or new Islamist parties. The latter are strongly mobilised and attempt to silence their dissent in order to realise their dream: achieve parliamentary majority.

This figure of Algeria’s past represents the possibility of a diversity that is intolerable in the eyes of the single thought holders.

Human rights activist, Fouad Hassam is always present in the struggles and protest for rights. The arrests, the bans he suffers from the authorities have failed to silence him. Interview.

The security situation in the Sahel will not improve the image of Sub-Saharan migrants living in Algeria. Already victims of everyday racism and serious violations of their human rights, they will now be suspected of collusion with armed Islamists.

From intolerance to food waste, Ramadan has lost its original meaning and serves as a pretext for national paralysis.

The 10^th May legislative elections have dinned cards but the dice are always loaded. The opposition struggles to impose itself.

Naima has succeeded her project to settle in France. She has accepted to pay the price and is willing to fight and face the difficulties of integrating in this country.

The legislative elections against the spectre and the NATO in Algeria are similar to the previous elections even if the regime has managed to fool everyone by putting salt on a flat insipid policy.

Every political speech promises to pass the torch to young people to lead the country towards the enchanting shores of the future. Nonetheless, the separation between young Algerians and their elders seems to have been completely consumed.

Although the government is reluctant to open its doors or refuses to do so to the country’s largest demographic group, enabling them to contribute to the build up the country, passing the torch is a historic inevitability that should be someday considered.

Algerian women had always needed a big dose of courage to try and break the wall erected by the men of power. Will the law adopted on the 3^rd November 2011 change the landscape for the next legislative elections?

The Algerian vitality on “Facebook” is symptomatic of the need to make up for the failure of artistic and cultural space in echoing the Arab revolutions.

Taking to the streets is no longer sufficient to bring the increasingly autistic people in power to reason. However, psychologists believe that protest is not enough to explain the phenomenon and they recall that the trauma suffered during the terrorist violence decade, massacres and rapes are engraved in collective consciousness.

The uprising of the 5th October 1988 in Algeria was the most significant event since the independence in 1962. Yet no political responsibility has been assumed so far.

The Algerians are aware of their threat to the state institutions in the aftermath of the Arab Revolutions. They take this as an opportunity to claim housing and employment while waiting for more…

During this year’s Ramadan the Algerian who were fasting were accompanied by their new Chinese fellows. The Ministry of Religious Affairs recently announced that the majority of the 134 foreigners who converted to Islam in 2011 were Chinese.

Karim Kal is a French-Algerian photographer who graduated in 2003 from the Vevey school of photography (Switzerland). His main inspiration is Algiers, its relation to the world and its recent history.

The title of short story anthology Algiers, When the Town is Asleep sounds like a tribute to John Huston’s feature movie The Asphalt Jungle from 1950. But, this is only an excuse, “to describe the city of Algiers in a way that avoids commonplace language.” The Algerian capital is too often depicted as a motionless seaside statue, indifferent to its own wounds.

The title of short story anthology Algiers, When the Town is Asleep sounds like a tribute to John Huston’s feature movie The Asphalt Jungle from 1950. But, this is only an excuse, “to describe the city of Algiers in a way that avoids commonplace language.” The Algerian capital is too often depicted as a motionless seaside statue, indifferent to its own wounds.

If “To Algeria with love” is so brilliant and moving, this is undoubtedly because of its deep humanity. Suzanne Ruta intertwines passion, wit and lucidity in a powerful and gripping novel. Book review by Cécile Oumhani followed by an interview with the author.

The book entitled “Cultural Policies in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia: An Introduction” has been released.

This is not insurrection, not now … Rich country, poor people. The Young people who have only a piece of their street, this paradox is inacceptable. Since the past few days, they are occupying this small space to scream their despair.

Musician of fusion par excellence, Kheireddine M’kachiche has juggled with all musical registers to which he was given access: from classical music to the Algerian traditional repertoire, from jazz to rock…

Nadir Leghrib is a young musician. In the beginning, he became known for the reinterpretations of the grunge group Nirvana. This is where the nickname “Nadir Nirvana” comes from. He then created a new style: the “chaâbi-grunge”.