The maze of passageways, dead ends and tapering lanes in the Kasbah of Algiers is reminiscent of an Escher painting that’s been left to ossify in the midday sun. The high, flaking walls are ...

Rai music in Oran and the Kasbah of Algiers.

While in Benghazi, police knew the trouble spots to head to when rioting started in February. But Algiers’ casbah – a warren of 16th-century souks, homes and Ottoman bathhouses – encapsulates this ...

Its capital city Algiers is known for its eclectic beauty, blending French colonial architecture and traditional Algerian culture. Its Casbah, the citadel of Algiers, is a UNESCO World Heritage ...

A child of the Casbah, he is the brilliant author of a film shot in the streets of Algiers in 1970, Tahya Ya Didou. Through this unique work, Zinet invents a new cinema, tells another story ...

Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice ...