Kamel Daoud says he was sentenced to three years in prison in Algeria over his novel 'Houris'

His 2024 book explores the Algerian civil war that killed 200,000 people between 1992 and 2002. Speaking to Le Monde, Daoud ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Free State Festival slate includes new film from acclaimed director and musician, films celebrating Algerian history

This year’s Free State Festival will include a comedy from an acclaimed director and musician, films celebrating Algerian ...

In Algeria, the pope follows in the footsteps of the country's Christian history and reaches out to Muslims

On Monday, Leo XIV will become the first pontiff in history to visit Algeria, birthplace of the renowned Christian ...
AOL

This Day in History: French-Algerian sign the Evian Accords

March 18 marks the signing of the Evian Accords, which ended French colonial rule in Algeria after 130 years. The agreement called for a ceasefire in the eight-year war between France and Algeria for ...

Postcard of Algerian woman

This postcard of a veiled Algerian woman is a memento of a brief visit my husband's father made to Algiers. He was serving in ...

A new vision for religious coexistence in Algeria: Augustine, Abdelkader and Pope Leo XIV

When Pope Leo visited Algeria, he walked on ground shaped by the legacies of Augustine and Abdelkader — men who belonged to ...
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Kaylia Nemour makes Algerian history with uneven bars gold

French-born Kaylia Nemour secured the uneven bars title at the 2024 Paris Olympics in front of a cheering French crowd, winning Algeria's first gymnastics medal. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC ...