Moroccan-French artist Bouchra Khalili tackles issues of migration, language, and conflict in her ongoing untitled solo exhibition at London’s Lisson Gallery
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A Perfect Storm
Nur Shkembi talks to curator Sara Raza about an ongoing exhibition of contemporary Middle Eastern and North African art at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City
The Man from Oran
‘Welcome to Algiers, baby’ - Lyes Salem blends fact and fiction in his stirring film about the aftermath of the Algerian War of Independence
Hold Back
‘There is no black and white – only a slew of murky grey areas, the red, white, and blue of the Tricolore, and the hushed hues of Paris at dusk’
Bed of Broken Mirrors
A chat with Iranian-American artist Asad Faulwell about his Les Femmes d’Alger series and the role played by women in the Algerian War of Independence
Vive Rachid!
‘Taha’s got a brand new bag’ - Joobin Bekhrad’s reflections on Algerian rocker Rachid Taha and his latest studio album, ‘Zoom’
A View from Afar
‘My family is here. I’m hanging here, torn between these two countries, these two realities. I belong to both these countries without being totally part of them’
Redefining the Rock Star
‘This is a being unshaken by the ravages of time, defying practice, medium, and creed … The rock star is dead. Long live the rock star’
Zabana!
Said Ould-Khalifa’s stirring portrayal of the origins of the Algerian War of Independence and its founding father, Ahmed Zabana