Algerian independence is a delicate topic, especially in a French presidential election year. Sedira was also caught up in an ongoing row over her support for Palestine when she was named as ...

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A new film described as France's "Platoon" tackles the savagery of the Algerian war, broaching a topic that until recently remained taboo and helping France face the demons of its colonial past.

Algerian actress Layla Metssitane says she was drawn to her role because films about the period, like the acclaimed “The Battle of Algiers (1966),” typically focus on the heroes of war ...

As Hollywood pours salt over the fresh wounds of the Iraq War with a wave of movies, the Algerian War is making its way out of the shadows and into the spotlight on the French big screen.

The Battle of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, is a historical war film depicting the struggles of Algerian revolutionaries against French colonial rule in the 1950s.

T he two Arab leaders who have most to lose from the French-Algerian war met last week in Rabat, Morocco’s Sultan Mohamed V, and Tunisia’s Habib Bourguiba, each ruler of a country one year old ...

Indeed, Macron has made this – and particularly the Algerian war – a key aspect of his political agenda.So much so that he gave renowned French-Algerian historian Benjamin Stora the task of submitting ...