Articles
Abdelaziz Bouteflika: Is Algeria’s Strongman on His Way Out?
Two days after Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was airlifted to a military hospital in Paris to be treated for a supposed “mini-stroke,” his doctors...
Algeria’s Lesson for Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi: Let the Satiricist Be
If Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi needs pointers in how to deal with the wildly popular TV satirist Bassem Youssef—who was charged last week with insulting the...
The Rising Power of North Africa’s Jihadists Rattles Algeria
The region’s tumult closes in on Algeria and rocks the political system
Muammar Gaddafi’s Daughter Thrown Out of Algeria After Starting Fires in Safe House
Aisha Gaddafi was thrown out of Algeria for repeatedly setting fire to her safe house there, it has emerged.
The Case of the Disappearing Gaddafis
The late Libyan dictator’s wife and three children were in Algeria. Or at least everyone thought so—until now.
Photo Essays
Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948
Sixty-five years ago this week, in the midst of a civil war and at the tail end of the decades-long British Mandate of Palestine, the state of Israel was born...
Ali Dilem’s Controversial Political Cartoons
Ali Dilem is Algeria’s best-known cartoonist. He has been prosecuted at least 50 times for his subversive work, but now Algeria’s authoritarian rulers may have...
