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  • The casbah’s warren of streets was a hideout for revolutionaries

    01The casbah’s warren of streets was a hideout for revolutionaries

  • Martyrs’ Memorial, dedicated to people killed in the war of independence

    02Martyrs’ Memorial, dedicated to people killed in the war of independence

  • Bilayd Filak on guard at Martyrs’ Memorial

    03Bilayd Filak on guard at Martyrs’ Memorial

  • Algiers’ hilly topography makes crossing the city a stair-climbing workout

    04Algiers’ hilly topography makes crossing the city a stair-climbing workout

  • Street signs in Arabic and French on Algiers’ Corniche

    05Street signs in Arabic and French on Algiers’ Corniche

  • Mourad Betrouni in the Ministry of Culture

    06Mourad Betrouni in the Ministry of Culture

  • Colonial shuttered buildings

    07Colonial shuttered buildings

  • Newly opened museum of Algerian cinema

    08Newly opened museum of Algerian cinema

  • Algerians living in France on a trip home

    09Algerians living in France on a trip home

  • Grande Poste – a cut above your average post office

    10Grande Poste – a cut above your average post office

  • Farid Smaallah in his casbah shop

    11Farid Smaallah in his casbah shop

  • Artisan Mostafa Bouelkak and casbah historian Hassan Smaallah

    12Artisan Mostafa Bouelkak and casbah historian Hassan Smaallah

  • Parisian-style street corner

    13Parisian-style street corner

  • Amina Menia and Mostafa Benfodil

    14Amina Menia and Mostafa Benfodil

  • Belkacem Babaci, president of Casbah Foundation

    15Belkacem Babaci, president of Casbah Foundation

  • Children play in casbah streets

    16Children play in casbah streets

  • Murals and mosaics fill casbah streets

    17Murals and mosaics fill casbah streets

  • Night lights of Algiers with new construction in the suburbs

    18Night lights of Algiers with new construction in the suburbs

  • Notre Dame d’Afrique, built by Algerian-born French Catholics

    19Notre Dame d’Afrique, built by Algerian-born French Catholics

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Street talk— Algiers

Preface

The Algiers casbah has fallen into dilapidation. But now there are plans to restore its warren of streets. Is this government generosity or a bid to discourage discord in this traditionally revolution-minded neighbourhood?

Belkacem Babaci, Casbah Foundation, Dissing+Weitling, El Watan, Mourad Betrouni, The Battle of Algiers

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