Algeria

Books in this genre are set in or about Algeria.

Algeria is a North African country with a Mediterranean coastline and a Saharan desert interior. Many empires have left legacies here, such as the ancient Roman ruins in seaside Tipaza. In the capital, Algiers, Ottoman landmarks like circa-1612 Ketchaoua Mosque line the hillside Casbah quarter, with its narrow alleys and stairways. The city’s Neo-Byzantine basilica Notre Dame d’Afrique dates to French colonial rule.

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Christopher Hitchens
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Benarrioua Aniss
Now I bid tender night to the dormant martyrs below To the one thousand and one night, to the angry shining stars above To the vaudevillian theatre, to the troubadours and mendiants within To us personas of a forgetten tragedy and long acts playing without To you Mother Algiers
Benarrioua Aniss, Sins of Algiers

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