‘Me and Haim’: an Algerian Odyssey Through Racism
“In fiction, the Algerian Jewish woman and man still await the main role.”
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Habib al-Sayah: Cracking ‘the Shell of the Taboo Around Talking about Algerian Jews’
“My decision to write about that relationship was based in my conviction that Algerian Jews were an integral part of social, historical, and cultural elements; they spoke the same languages (Algerian, in Arabic or Amazigh dialects). They wore the same traditional clothing. They prepared the same foods. And they shared what was made. They played the same music. They sang the same songs. Only the two religions were different.”
Teaching with Arabic Literature in Translation: Algerian Literature in Italian
“This year, we’ll translate Ta’ al-khajal by Fadela Alfarouk and we will do the translation as a collective one (I’m convinced that collective knowledge production is always better than individual one).”
‘Lands in Solidarity’ and ‘Resonances’: Producing African Literatures in Algeria
“Our interest for African literature does not boil down to buying book rights so we can reedit them in Algeria. We are trying to contribute to the autonomy of the African literary field.”