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طليت على البير – Souad Massi
This blog is not what one could call a “personal” blog and such a post shouldn’t (at least to me) be here. But it happens that this tune has been in my mind for over a week now and I think by sharing...
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Kamel Messaoudi, 12 years already!
Like many Algerians, I discovered Kamel Messaoudi in 1991 on Bled Music program. He had released his new song, Echem3a or the candle. Mixing melancholy and optimism, Kamel Messaoudi became the...
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Links: DZ Blog Day on education
I discovered many Algerian blogs since I started with Patriots on Fire. I found out that many were related to IT and technology or to literature (people publishing their own poems, etc.); and that’s...
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Language, ideology and belonging, the Algerian paradigm III
This post comes a relatively long time after parts one (I) and two (II) of this series, but it is not going to be the last. So before I conclude on the topic in a fourth and perhaps last part, I...
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Yen3al bou elli ma yhabnash!
Slimane Benaissa is an author, an actor and a director who’s had some successful works in Algeria and abroad. I’ve seen him a few times on stage and have always found his performances great. A friend...
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Book review: Memoirs of an #Algerian II (1/2)
Two days ago Algeria has celebrated the 40th anniversary of the hydrocarbons’ nationalisations. Last year’s celebrations coincided with Sonatrach’s latest known of financial scandal which led, among...
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On ‘decriminalizing’ journalists’ and Imams’ writings and preaches
The president gave a speech on April the 15th wherein he announced some ‘radical’ measures to ‘deepen the democratic process’ in Algeria. I admit that I had listened to the speech from start to finish...
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A story of an Algerian teacher II
The Algerian baccalaureate examination took place last week, and before we get the results (which will probably deserve a special post) I thought I would call back my imaginary teacher to tell us a...
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5 July 1962 – 5 July 2011, 49 years
Anniversaries are usually there not only to remember and celebrate but also to take some minutes and reflect on what has been achieved, what has been missed and what has gone wrong. Many Algerian...
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Book Review: Izuran
The topic Fatema Bakhai treats in Izuran (Roots) is not common in Algerian literature. She decided to revisit Algerians’ history from the beginning Neolithic to the fall of the Regency of Algiers...
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We possess the power!
I said in a previous comment that what the Algerian leaders, or élite if you wish, should do was to give an ideal to the people, the young ones most especially. An ideal which they (the leaders and the...
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Poll: Algerian protests slogans
I have always considered that Arabs, from Egypt and eastwards, had a sort of gift for slogans. I admit I like watching them in demonstrations supporting the Palestinians and lately in the “Arab...
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[DZBlogDay] Agir pour l’Algérie
[I did not know about this, so I didn't prepare anything to post. I found out about it accidentally when I visited the blog of Chatnoir. I am going to cheat a little bit and set the publication date to...
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Tartag vs. Khashkhash
Several years ago, an Algerian newspaper reported that some Western secret service, which I cannot remember, had posted an ad to hire its new director. I remember I found the news “funny” as I thought...
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R.I.P. Cherif Kheddam
This is a quick post to give tribute to one of the most important Kabyle singers, Cherif Kheddam (a longer biography here in Kabyle), who passed away yesterday at the age of 85. I had shared one of his...
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Segmentation fault
The recent electoral victories of Islamist parties in Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco gave birth to many theories, prophecies and fantasies all around the world. In Algeria, all Islamist parties’ leaders...
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Love – the Algerian Way
Valentine’s Day is a good opportunity to contemplate how Algerians express love. This year, I chose the following video of my hero l’Inspecteur Tahar to provide you with profound insights on the...
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Language, ideology and belonging, the Algerian paradigm IV
The purpose of this series of posts, when I started it, was to discuss the francophone/arabophone divide within our élite and how it translated into a belonging ideology. I decided to extend the scope...
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Would Compulsory Voting Solve the Abstention Problem in Algeria? Part 2
When I was a teenager, I was a big fan of detective books and series. Columbo was one of them. I loved the way he seemed to flair the culprit right from the beginning and then the entire episode was a...
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Nebghih Redjla (I Like Machos)
I ran a Google search with the Algerian word ‘Redjla‘ and it returned a song by Cheba Sousou entitled ‘Nebghih Redjla‘. No Algerian blog would be complete without a post about the concept of ‘Redjla‘....
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