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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Houris
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Les Vertueux
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Un homme sans titre
d'Amour et de Guerre
عين حمورابي
La discrétion
The Stranger
The Plague
The Meursault Investigation
A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
A Bookshop In Algiers
L'Art de perdre
The Wretched of the Earth
Children of the New World
The Lovers of Algeria
Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (Caribbean and African Literature)
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The Attack
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Tour d'Afrique
71 books — 21 voters
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Benarrioua Aniss
Raise my astral body to the space And may the angels take me to higher plains To the density where poets are gods, Where my poems won’t be in vain Look at the cities from up high And see how bright Algiers can shine ; To tell myself that, you, where you are, You are the most sparkling light.
Benarrioua Aniss, Sins of Algiers

Henry Kissinger
Bouteflika: Your position was one of principle, it was very clear. Your press—Newsweek, the New York Times—were very objective on the problem. And we find that the U.S. could have stopped the Green March. The U.S. could have stopped it, or favored it. Kissinger: That’s not true. Bouteflika: We think on the contrary that France played a crude role. There was no delicacy, no subtlety. Bourguiba, Senghor—they tried to use what influence remained for France. Bongo. No finesse, no research. I don’t ...more
Henry Kissinger

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