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Egyptian author Shady Lewis' latest book opens the world of migrants to a Western audience
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What's happening in France? It's a reasonable question that worries even international authorities, the UN included, not least because independent UN human rights experts have declared that a controversial...
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Interview with Christophe Oberlin by Hassina Mechaï
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December 1960. In most of Algeria's largest cities, a vast uprising of the "natives" shook the French colonial power. This revolutionary impulse turned the "Algerian people" into a decisive...
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What did you do in Algeria, Daddy? is the title of a new book by historian Raphaëlle Branche, and the essence of the question runs throughout the text. She...
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Where: The town of Bentalha, about 15 kilometres south of Algiers, Algeria When: During the night of 22-23 September 1997 What happened It took one night to massacre more...
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On 25 October, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah will begin his 37th year as a prisoner. This communist activist and resistance hero of the Palestinian cause has been imprisoned in Lannemezan,...
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I'm in the north of Paris, in an area where residential buildings are increasingly common. Along a peaceful street, there it is: Ardi, the Arabic for "my land". The...
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Alaa Al-Aswany is probably the most famous living Egyptian writer in the world. Since the success of The Yacoubian Building in 2006, which told us about the life of...
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Algerian singer Idir died in Paris on Saturday night at the age of 70. He was a leading figure of Algerian music and with him the memory of Algerian...
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Hot Maroc is the first novel by Moroccan journalist, poet and short story writer Yassin Adnan. It immerses the reader in today's Morocco, between the real world and the...
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The Paris-Dakar Rally, inaugurated in 1978 and now known as The Dakar Rally, or simply The Dakar, was originally staged from Paris to Senegal in West Africa. After being...
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Film director Iyad Alasttal talks to Hassina Mechaï
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The people of Algeria have been protesting for more than six months — every Friday since 22 February, at least — with the demand that "they all leave". For...
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An interview with Hagai El-Ad, Director General of Israeli NGO B’Tselem
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The voice is clear, a slight Hebrew accent can be detected when Gideon Levy speaks English. He is precise and concise, showing off maybe some "chutzpah", but his way...
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Emmanuel Macron's statement on 20 February was a surprise. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF), the French President said that,...
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Algeria has been experiencing continuous popular protests against a possible fifth term in office for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika since 22 February. On Monday, he finally renounced the idea of...
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French surgeon Christophe Oberlin has spent 17 years travelling to Gaza. He tells MEMO about the evolution of wounds throughout the years as a result of the changes in weaponry
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Since The Yacoubian Building was released in 2002 Alaa Al-Aswany has become Egypt's most emblematic writer. Sometimes compared to Naguib Mahfouz the author has recently released a new novel,...
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MEMO attended the 31st African Union Summit held in Nouakchott, Mauritania and talked with Niger's president, Mahamadou Issoufou
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Aziz Al-Turi endeavours to be as accurate as he can when he explains the situation of his village, Al-Araqeeb, and the narrative that the Israeli authorities are forcing onto...
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Houria Bouteldja is the spokesperson and a founding member of Le Parti des Indigènes de la République, The Indigenous of the Republic, or PIR. PIR started off as a...
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Elias Khoury is a Lebanese writer whose latest novel, "Les enfants du ghetto: Je m'appelle Adam" (Children of the ghetto: My name is Adam) was published last year. As...
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One member of the team behind the six-year-old MEMO Palestine Book Awards in London is Victoria Brittain, a journalist and author herself. She is now one of the trustees...
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It's been 84 days since the French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri was imprisoned in Israel after being arrested at his home in East Jerusalem. Since then he has been placed...
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Palestinian filmmaker Alaa Ashkar investigates his heritage and that of his family who live within the Green Line. An intimate account of the filmmaker's quest for identity, "You reap...
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Morocco has been building an ambitious Africa policy and is in the process of becoming a key player in economic partnerships with sub-Saharan countries. Morocco has become the main...
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The first time that Emel Mathlouthi made her voice heard was during the Arab Spring in January 2011, when she sang Dhalem (Tyrant). "You tyrant, kill me, I will...
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A new documentary by the Algerian director Salem Brahimi is the best antidote to the lure of Daesh. Abd El Kader is based on the life of Emir Abdelkader...
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Hassina Mechaï interviews Palestinian film director Reem Shilleh on her latest documentary “Perpetual Recurrences” which weaves together archive footage from militant filmmakers in the revolutionary period 1967 - 1982
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The "Corpse Washer" is acclaimed Iraqi novelist and poet Sinan Antoon's second novel. The main character, Jawad, is from a Shia Muslim family. He is a sculptor in a...