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The Voices of Women Reclaim Algerian History Through Colonization, Wars, and Personal Infractions—Assia Djebar, ’Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade,’ 1985, trans. Dorothy S. Blair

A linguistically ornate exercise exploring postcolonial history and identity, Assia Djebar’s account of her homeland is a monument to the country’s women and their heroic lives

September 2nd, 2020|Country: Algeria|

Shrouded in Hopelessness—‘The Swallows of Kabul’, dir. Zabou Breitman & Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec, 2019

The lives of two couples waiting for their real-life to begin in Taliban-run Kabul are entwined in a heart-breaking animated adaptation of Yasmina Khadra's novel

January 30th, 2020|Country: Afghanistan, Algeria, France|

The Past, Present, and Future of Dance in the Muslim World—‘When Arabs Danced’, dir. Jawad Rhalib, 2018

Trailblazing performers from Arabic countries and Iran, as well as glimpses from the pre-hardline cultural landscapes in this tantalizing primer on the role dance plays in Islam-adjacent cultures

January 20th, 2020|Country: Algeria, Belgium, France, Iran, Lebanon, Morocco|

Book: Kamel Daoud, The Meursault Investigation, 2013

The brother of the unnamed Arab killed by Camus' Meursault is given the stage in this Goncourt-winning novel: a brilliant post-colonial revision of the existential questions posed in "The Stranger"

September 16th, 2019|Country: Algeria|