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15 November 2011

Algeria: A News Site's Founder on the State of Citizen Media

Written by Thalia Rahme · Translated by Thalia Rahme · Blogger Profiles

Thalia Rahme interviews Fayçal Anseur, founder of Algerian news site Algérie-Focus about the site's goals and the state of citizen media in Algeria.

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23 March 2011

Arab World: The Arab Tyrant Manual

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Humor, Protest

The Arab Tyrant Manual is out, and is being tweeted as I type. On Twitter, Iyad Elbaghdadi is repeating all the excuses we have heard from the governments of Arab countries which have had protests calling for regime change and reforms since the Tunisian uprising at the end of 2010. Although they sound like one liners from a comic strip, they still get support from people on the ground.

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7 March 2011

Arab World: Bloggers Compete for Arabisk Competition

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Technology, Digital Activism

Arab bloggers are vying for the Best of the Arabic Blogs Awards, Arabisk, which is now in the judging phase of the competition. The top 20 nominations in four categories are being judged now, and the competition results will be announced at the beginning of April. Haifa Al Rasheed has more on the competition.

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20 February 2011

Algeria: Protesters Hurt as Police Try to Halt Demonstration

Written by John Liebhardt · Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

Algeria's government attempted to stave off a second large demonstration at May 1 Square on Saturday, February 19. A large police presence kept downtown Algiers open, but several protesters were hurt. Demonstrators also complained that police sent pro-government gangs to harass them.

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19 February 2011

Middle East: The Dictator's Handbook now in Bahrain

Written by Tarek Amr · Breaking News, Freedom of Speech

All of a sudden, many ageing Arab regimes found themselves under the fire of their protesting peoples. But will the same routes taken by both the regimes and the protesters in the different countries lead to the same destination?

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12 February 2011

Algeria: Protesters at #Feb12 March Arrested, Beaten

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Breaking News, Freedom of Speech

Protests have taken down two dictators in Tunisia and Egypt but the Algerian authorities have been successful so far in holding down protests that started soon after the Tunisian revolts in early January 2011. Online photos and videos show arrests and physical abuse of protesters.

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Updates about Algeria

7 January 2012

French

The blog edouardtamba.com has published a note by Maurice Simo Djom, from the University of Yaounde stating [fr] that: ”Through two competing festivals, the Fesman and the Panaf, the two countries (Senegal and Algeria) battle for the cultural leadership in Francophone Africa. In fact, this cultural battle underscores a harsh ideological struggle between two different approaches to escaping colonial cultural influence and taking control of a nation' s own identity”.

• Abdoulaye Bah

28 December 2011

English

Algerian-American Kal, or The Moor Next Door, shares this interesting geographical tidbit about Mauritania: “f readers ever get into space, they may find themselves looking for Mauritania, or its enormous Richat Structure, sometimes called ‘Earth’s Bulls-Eye.’”

• Amira Al Hussaini

Arabic

Algerian algerianna, at Patriots on Fire, asks readers to share their views on the true meaning of their country's independence.

• Amira Al Hussaini

3 December 2011

French

Two young “faith-trotters” Anne-Laure and Frederic launched ”faithbook” [fr], a project that will take them across the world to meet similar pro-peace initiatives. They look to start a dialogue between people of faith who believe in peaceful coexistence through initiatives in various domains such as sports, education, culture and environment. They will shortly travel to Algeria after a trip in Tunisia.

• Suzanne Lehn

4 November 2011

Updates

Pepe Nieto from SODEPAU, a Catalan international aid organization, published a post entitled: “From the Arab Spring to the Islamic Autumn“ [cat]. Nieco forecasts that political Islam will be the great benefactor of the recent events unfolding in the Arab world, after the elections in Tunisia and the statements from the new Libyan leaders. He adds that media should not be surprised by the turn of event given that similar outcomes took place in Algeria, Palestine and Turkey, where repressions never succeeded in stifling Islamic movements.

• Norbert Bousigue

29 October 2011

English

American-Algerian blogger Kal, at The Moor Next Door, shares some thoughts on the death of Libya's dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

• Amira Al Hussaini

27 October 2011

French

Algerian blog Algérie-Politique published a round-up of Algerian journalists' comments [fr and ar] on the October 23 Tunisian constituent election. Many were very impressed and inspired by this “example of democracy”.

• Claire Ulrich

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