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Ben Ali's Democracy #5

Layla wrote 1 day ago: Well, five at the last count and given the burgeoning numbers of bloggers and activists being censor … more →

Tags: Africa, censorship, Politics, Human Rights, North Africa, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisie, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Addendum I on Mauritanian and Algerian Islamists

Kal wrote 3 days ago: My previous post regarding the role of Algerian Islamist parties in the post-Civil War period focuse … more →

Tags: Africa, Algeria, Balance of Power, bouteflika, Islamism, Jamil Mansour, Mauritania, Muslim Brotherhood, muslims

The next generation

alle wrote 1 week ago: A kind reader sent me the link to this BBC article on inherited power in North Africa: In Libya and … more →

Tags: democracy, elites, Political Culture

"I can break you."

Kal wrote 1 week ago: On the death of Djamel Kelfaoui, who was told by the officer who killed him “you can take down … more →

Tags: Africa, Algeria, hogra, third world

Mauritanian Islamists: Political Islam beyond the "War of Ideas"6 comments

Kal wrote 2 weeks ago: Tawassoul, Mauritania’s principle Islamist political party, announced this week that it would … more →

Tags: Africa, Arabs, Balance of Power, Ely Vall, engagement, Francophonie, Gaza, GeoPolitics, Islamism

"Algérie : l'émeute pour le dire", by Cherif Ouazani in Jeune Afrique

On Maghreb-Mashreq Politics wrote 2 weeks ago: Algérie : l\’émeute pour le dire 09/11/2009 09:04:03 | Jeune Afrique | Par : Cherif Ouazani, e … more →

Tags: French, Politics, Social, Argelia/Algeria

Où va la Tunisie ? by Marwane Ben Yahmed in Jeune Afrique

On Maghreb-Mashreq Politics wrote 2 weeks ago: Cet article me fais me questionner sur une autre question: Vers où vas le Maghreb? Avec Bouteflika, … more →

Tags: Authoritarianism, Elections, French, Politics, Tunis/Túnez

Maghrevision Song Contest9 comments

alle wrote 2 weeks ago: If nothing else can unite the Maghreb, perhaps music will. So which Maghreb country has the best nat … more →

Tags: Culture

Sahara Elektrik

dancingcheetah wrote 3 weeks ago: O grupo de rock alemão Dissidenten é um dos precursores da mistura de sonoridades ocidentais com as … more →

Tags: arabesco, Africa, arabe, Marrocos, Alemanha, classico, crossover, Dissidenten, lem chaheb

Sorting stone tools - Redefining the Capsien of Eastern Algeria and Tunesia

A. Dittrich wrote 3 weeks ago: Noura Rahmani: Technological and Cultural Change Among the Last Hunter-Gatherers of the Maghreb: The … more →

Tags: Early to mid-Holocene, Northern Africa, Time Scale, Algeria, tunesia, holocene, archaeology, radiocarbon datings, Capsian

Kairouan 21/09/09

Heidi wrote 1 month ago: Kairouan is the 4th-holiest place in Islam. Which I’m afraid reminded me of the Flight of the … more →

Tags: Aghlabid, Islam, kairouan, Mosque, Muslim, Photography, Travel, Tunisia, Engineering

`If photographs could talk...', Joseph McGonagle, Manchester, 11 September - 26 October, 2009

johnperivolaris wrote 1 month ago:   John noted in my journal entries over the summer that when I arrived in Algiers I put down my … more →

Tags: Algeria, algiers, city, cobblestones, COLOR, colour, John Perivolaris, Joseph McGonagle, Journey

Tunisie : Ben Ali réélu président avec 89,62% des voix, in Jeune Afrique

On Maghreb-Mashreq Politics wrote 1 month ago: Rien d’étonnant si l’on tiens en compte la mode au Maghreb de figer les résultats électo … more →

Tags: Politics, French, Elections, Tunis/Túnez

On Algeria's recent riots1 comment

Kal wrote 1 month ago: I recently wrote an overly-long post about the setting that has produced the riots in Diar Echems, t … more →

Tags: Algeria, Political Culture, bouteflika, lumpenproletariat

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1 comment

davidderrick wrote 1 month ago: This was a Depression, not Crash, song, but it will do to mark the anniversary. The market slid on T … more →

Tags: Powerful Points, Americas, Anatolia/Turkey, arabia, Britain, Caucasus, Central Asia, China, Egypt

"The State is an ostrich" 3 comments

Kal wrote 1 month ago: Gulagh seg Tizi Ouzou Armi d Akdadu Ur hekim-en ddeggi aken ellan. Anerez wala aneknu Axir da3wessu … more →

Tags: Africa, Algeria, Arabs, Berriane, bouteflika, Diar ech-Chems, Francophonie, History, hogra

North to North: A Journey in Postcards from Manchester to the Maghreb

jmcgonagle wrote 1 month ago: A new blog has been launched to accompany the project North to North: A Journey in Postcards from Ma … more →

Tags: Algeria, attia, Blog, Boudjelal, Cardographer, cartography, cornerhouse, Exhibition, France

Libya: The Succession Guessing Game

Saïd Nassiri wrote 1 month ago: Summary Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has apparently granted the wish of his son, Seif al-Islam, for … more →

Tags: Analysis, Politics, Elite, Libya, state

Women Leading the Prayers

ghilman786 wrote 1 month ago: Why do woman sometimes lead the Prayers in Jama’at-Khanah, while there is no such precedent in … more →

Tags: soul, Islam, Ismaili, Jama'at Khanah, Namaz, haqiqat, MA'RIFAT, tariqat, Shariat


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