This retrospective on Algeria launches the first ever English translation of the memoir by Saadi Yacef titles Memories of the Battle of Algiers on which the classic Gillo Pontecorvo film, Battle of Algiers is based.
Retrospectives
Algeria
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Yasmina Khadra's "The African Equation" is reviewed by Gretchen Head.November 20, 2011
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Rachid Boudjedra's "The Figs of Barbary" is reviewed by Muriam Haleh Davis.November 20, 2011
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by Tom McDonoughNovember 18, 2011Art historian Tom McDonough explores political posters in Paris during the Franco-Algerian War.
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On War, Literature, Politics and AlgeriaNovember 5, 2011Saadi Yacef gets candid with Warscapes.
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an excerpt by Saadi Yacef with translation by Ellen SowchekNovember 2, 2011For the first time in English, Saadi Yacef's gut-wrenching prison memoir which became a classic film.
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