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As a young man Younes' life is irrevocably changed when he leaves his broken home for the vibrant, colourful and affluent European district of Rio Salado. Renamed Jonas, he begins a new life and forges a unique friendship with a group of boys, an enduring bond that nothing - not even the Algerian Revolt - will shake.

Algerian migration to France began at the end of the 19th century, but in recent years France's Algerian community has been the focus of a shifting public debate encompassing issues of unemployment, multiculturalism, Islam, and terrorism. In this finely crafted historical and anthropological study, Paul A. Silverstein examines a wide range of social and cultural forms -- from immigration policy, colonial governance, and urban planning to corporate advertising, sports, literary narratives, and songs -- for what they reveal about postcolonial Algerian subjectivities. Investigating the connection between anti-immigrant racism and the rise of Islamist and Berberist ideologies among the second generation (Beurs), he argues that the appropriation of these cultural-political projects by Algerians in France represents a critique of notions of European or Mediterranean unity and elucidates the mechanisms by which the Algerian civil war has been transferred onto French soil.

In 'Assia Djebar', Jane Hiddleston traces Djebar's development as a writer against the backdrop of North Africa's tumultuous history.

Exploring the memory of the war of independence in France as viewed by the former European settlers (pieds-noirs) and the harkis, those Algerians who worked for the French security forces, this title examines how the memorial dynamics of the two groups are related both to each other and to other memories of the war.

The Algerian ‘Hirak’ refers to a series of manifestations to protest against the ruling system in Algeria, which began in February 2019. It is considered a historical marker that featured a significant role of women in political change. This research project examined the image of Algerian women in Western media during this period using corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis. It is based on 36 articles reporting on Algerian women during the 'Hirak' movement published by different English news websites. Sketch Engine was used to extract the significant lexical items associated with Algerian women in these articles. Then these items were classified into groups according to the theme they reflect. The analysis of the extracted terms indicates that the framing of Algerian women in English news is linked to six main themes: activism, empowerment, oppression and violence, rights, religion, and family and lifestyle. The findings revealed that the news articles under investigation documented gendering the Algerian ‘Hirak’ and highlighted the emerging image of women as active agents of change, in a similar fashion to that of Arab women during the Arab Spring. They were framed in powerful settings, fighting for their rights and condemning gender-based injustice. Yet, the articles continued to reflect the stereotypical depiction of women’s vulnerability and victimization, linking that to the embedded patriarchal notions in society.

\"This novel, focusing on the lives of two sisters, tells of the difficult integration of an Algerian family into French society in the years immediately following Algerian independence. Its intimate view of family life runs parallel to broader social and ethical concerns linked to France's relationship with its former colony.\" -- Provided by publisher

In times of peace as well as conflict, humor has served Algerians as a tool of both unification and division. Humor has also assisted Algerians of various backgrounds and ideological leanings with engaging critically in power struggles throughout the country's contemporary history. By analyzing comedic discourse in various forms (including plays, jokes, and cartoons), Humor and Power in Algeria, 1920 to 2021 demonstrates the globally informed and creative ways that civilians have made sense of moments of victory and loss through humor. Using oral interviews and media archives in Arabic, French, and Tamazight, Elizabeth M. Perego expands on theoretical debates about humor as a tool of resistance and explores the importance of humor as an instrument of war, peace, and social memory, as well as a source for retracing volatile, contested pasts.   Humor and Power in Algeria, 1920 to 2021 reveals how Algerians have harnessed humor to express competing visions for unity in a divided colonial society, to channel and process emotions surrounding a brutal war of decolonization and the forging of a new nation, and to demonstrate resilience in the face of a terrifying civil conflict.

L'histoire du sous-officier le plus decore de l'armee francaise.Le major Horst Roos est un des marechaux de la Legion etrangere. Engage en 1951, il passe quatre decennies sous les armes et quitte le service actif en 1991, en etant alors le sous-officier le plus decore de l'armee francaise. Il a participe a la guerre d'Indochine et a la guerre d'Algerie en tant que legionnaire parachutiste et sous-officier. Ses souvenirs sont ceux d'un combattant, des rizieres aux djebels. Il a connu le stress du saut operationnel a Nghia-Lo avec le 2e BEP, puis l'adrenaline des batailles de la riviere Noire et de Na-San. En Algerie, avec le 2e REP, ce furent les poursuites sans fin des fellaghas dans les djebels, la bataille des Frontieres, le plan Challe et la dislocation de l'ALN, le putsch et l'amertume de la defaite. De toutes ces experiences, il se fit une philosophie qui le guida au sommet des honneurs du corps des sous-officiers en devenant president des sous-officiers de la Legion etrangere. Ce sont ses souvenirs de jeune ouvrier dans une Allemagne devastee jusqu'a l'etablissement de l'ordre nouveau du XXIe siecle qu'a recueillis Pierre Dufour et qu'il nous restitue aujourd'hui.Decouvrez le temoignage passionnant d'un ancien legionnaire, et plongez dans ses souvenirs de batailles !EXTRAITQuatre jours plus tard, le sergent Georgi, veteran de Dien-BienPhu qui avait rejoint 2e REP le 1er decembre 1955 et medaille militaire a titre exceptionnel le 23 juillet 1956, se distinguait le 22 decembre 1956 dans le djebel Anoual, toujours dans le secteur de Tebessa, en entrainant son groupe de combat a l'assaut des positions rebelles qu'il detruisit. II fut cite a l'ordre de la division. Lorsqu'il accompagnera le colonel Jaluzot, porteur de la main en 1991, le jour anniversaire de Camerone, Kepi-Blanc ecrira: Payant sans cesse de sa personne et manifestant a chaque accrochage un courage hors du commun, il obtient de ses hommes des resultats depassant toute esperance. On ne compte plus les assauts ou il force les rebelles a decrocher en abandonnant sur place du materiel et leurs armes collectives, les attaques des positions ou il fait manA uvrer sa demi-section avec aisance sous un feu adverse dense, reduisant les noyaux de resistance a la grenade et a l'arme blanche, comme dans le djebel HaminatGuerra, quand il poursuivit le combat arme de son seul poignard alors que son arme s'etait enrayee : a l'issue d'un farouche corps a corps, il enleve deux mitrailleuses et plusieurs pistolets mitrailleurs Schmeisser. Au cours de la seule annee 1958, il est cite trois fois. Sa conduite admirable lui vaut d'etre nomme chevalier de la Legion d'honneur le 17 juillet 1957, deux mois avant d'etre promu sergent-chef. L'annee 1956 s'acheve apres une serie ininterrompue de combats dans les djebels sur un bilan impressionnant pour le 2e REP : 900 HLL tues, 500 prisonniers et 350 armes recuperees. CE QU'EN PENSE LA CRITIQUEUn livre miroir qui parle de l'experience et de la philosophie qui guida Horst Roos dans la vie tres riche d'un homme discret qui fit montre d'une humilite exemplaire, qualite indispensable, pour un des plus efficaces presidents des sous-officiers de la Legion etrangere. Pierre Dufour nous offre une pepite , recuperant les souvenirs d'un homme en pleine sante concretisee par une hygiene de vie digne du code d'honneur du legionnaire . Un passionnant resume d'une vie construite avec honneur et fidelite et d'un sens du devoir incorruptible . - CM, Legionetrangere.frA PROPOS DE L'AUTEURLe major Horst Roos est un ancien legionnaire aujourd'hui devenu un monument de la Legion etrangere. Engage en 1951, il passe quatre decennies sous les armes et quitte le service actif en 1991, en etant alors le sous-officier le plus decore de l'armee francaise.