Culture
Queen Elizabeth celebrate her 60 years on throne
Today,sixty years after she ascended to the throne in an austere Britain still facing post-war rationing, Queen Elizabeth marked the milestone with a new website that showed just how much the world has changed during her reign.
Tunisian Amazigh gather together in association
The Tunisian Amazigh gathered together, begin to move and claim their rights, especially after the wind of freedom that swept the country after the fall of Ben Ali’s regime....
Qatar: a new channel is born "Al Jazeera Balkans"
A new continuous news channel "Al Jazeera Balkans", a subsidiary of the Qatari television station, began broadcasting its regional programmes Friday night from its headquarters based in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, declared its leadership....
Cheb Mami finds his audience
Algiers-The Prince of Rai, Cheb Mami, will find his audience on Saturday, seven months after his release from prison. The star of Raï will be performing in France for a concert in Paris....
Goncourt Literary Prize Awarded to Alexis Jenni
The French literary prize "Goncourt" was awarded Wednesday to Alexis Jenni for his novel "The French art of war", Gallimard editions, telling Indochina and Algeria, which questions the heritage of the colonial wars....
Echourouk launches its private satellite TV channel
Algiers - the Arabic daily Echourouk has symbolically launched its TV channel Tuesday, the first private satellite channel in Algeria, as part of the programme of reforms announced by the president on the audiovisual...
Doha Festival: A film by Merzak Alouache awarded
The film by Algerian director Merzak Alouache, entitled “Normal”, which deals with the disillusionment of Algerian youth, was awarded at the Doha-ribeca Film Festival....
A French music band treats Algerian of cows!
The revolutionary family, in a statement, asks the French authorities explanations on the behavior of a a French musical troupe, who took part in the French cultural week, as part of "Tlemcen, the capital of Islamic culture"...
Algiers International Book Fair, the Arab Spring as backdrop
ALGIERS- The change in the Arab countries will be the backdrop for the 16th International Book Fair of Algiers (Sila), which opens Wednesday with Lebanon as guest of honour, said an organizer....
Algiers International Book Fair of: hundreds of religious titles banned
Algiers- More than 400 religious titles were banned in the 16th International Book Fair of Algiers (Sila), which is to open Wednesday, said Sunday the director of books and reading at the Algerian Ministry of Culture, Rachid Hadj Nacer....Renaud Muselier appointed head of the Arab World Institute
MP right Renaud Muselier announced Friday his appointment as head of the Arab World Institute (IMA) in Paris, confirming reports in the press....Sofiane Chaari died of a heart attack
Tunisian actor Chaari Sofiane died of a heart attack late in the night from Monday to Tuesday at the age of 39. Born July 13, 1962, the Tunisian actor died in a hospital in the region of El Mersa north of Tunis. ...
Raï Star Cheb Mami Back on Stage
Algerian Raï star Cheb Mami made his comeback in Algiers Tuesday night after a long absence due to his imprisonment in France for violence against his ex-girlfriend....
Maalouf at the French Academy, "a great pride" for Lebanon
BEIRUT - The election of the French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf at the French Academy is "a great pride for Lebanon," said Friday Lebanese Minister of Culture Gaby Layyoun....
Yasmina Khadra awarded the French Academy Literature Prize
PARIS - The French Academy awarded a prize package for 2011, including those of literature to the Algerian Yasmina Khadra and that of Francophonie to the Moroccan writer Abdellatif Laabi, the institution said Thursday in a statement....
The government aims to reduce the illiteracy rate
ALGIERS - Algerian Education Minister Boubekeur Benbouzid announced Thursday at the National People's Congress (NPC) that the illiteracy rate in Algeria will be reduced to 19.4% by the end of 2011, against 22.5% in 2005....
Ennahar Exclusive: Ramadan Special TV Programme
Algiers- The special Ramadan TV program this year consists of new adventures with Sofiane Dani, Yebda, Bouguerra and Lotfi Laroussi in " Merra H'na, Merra L’hih" (Sometimes here, sometimes there)...
Tahar Ben Jelloun, winner of Erich Maria Remarque Peace prize
PARIS - The French-Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun was awarded the Peace Prize Erich Maria Remarque for his work to promote peaceful coexistence between the Christian and Islamic cultures, said Tuesday his French publisher Gallimard....
France: Algerian Yahia Belaskri distinguished at “Astonishing Travellers Festival”
SAINT-MALO (France) - Algerian writer Yahia Belaskri received Sunday the Ouest-France/Etonnants Travellers award for his novel "If you are looking for rain, it comes from above" at this international festival of books and Film in Saint-Malo (western France)....
Chebba Kheira looses the use of her voice
Algiers- The husband of the Rai star, Chebba Kheira, reassured, in an interview with Ennahar, on his wife’s health which was, according to him, standing. She would be out of danger, he said in response to rumours saying that the singer would have definitely lost the use of her voice...
"The Source of Women," or how to dry up the conflicts of drained hearts
CANNES (France) - In a mountain village, women decreed the strike of love to demand from their men to bring them water: through the parable of "The Source of Women," the French director Radu Mihaileanu denounces drought hearts....
Khalida Toumi rejects the accusations of the writer Benchicou
ALGIERS - Algerian Ministry of Culture has denied the involvement of Minister Khalida Toumi in an eventual ban on publishing in Algeria of the novel of the writer and journalist Mohamed Benchicou "The lie of God" to be published in May 5 in France and Canada....
Bollywood, "the most beautiful love story ever told"
PARIS - A film combining the finest moments in the history of musical cinema of India, "Bollywood's most beautiful love story ever told," will be shown out of competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival (11-22 May) organizers said Friday. ...
Cheb Mami: "The ordeal allowed me to learn"
ALGIERS- The Algerian rai star Cheb Mami, released last week after five years in prison in France for assault on his ex-girlfriend, said he learned a lesson from this ordeal in an interview published Saturday in Algeria. ...
Cheb Mami is on parole
Melun (France) - The Algerian rai star Cheb Mami, convicted in France five years in prison in 2009 for assault on his ex-girlfriend, left prison Wednesday, said Wednesday his lawyer....
Cheb Mami on parole March 23
Melun (France) - The Algerian rai star Cheb Mami, who was sentenced to five years in prison in 2009 for assault on his ex-girlfriend, will be released from prison March 23 after his parole granted Wednesday by the French courts....
Yemen: 2 dead and 27 injured in grenade attack
SANAA - Two protesters were killed and 27 others wounded Friday in a grenade attack against an anti-government rally in the Yemeni city of Taiz, 270 km southwest of Sanaa, said medical sources....
Off-the-law, nominated for the 2011 Oscar for Best Foreign Film
BEVERLY HILLS (USA) - Here are the nominations in major categories for the Oscars, unveiled Tuesday before the ceremony's most prestigious awards of Hollywood on February 27....
Gold Ahaggar to a Tunisian film festival on the 4th Arab Oran
ALGIERS - The jury of the 4th international festival of Arab film of Oran (western Algeria) has awarded its highest distinction, the Ahaggar of the best feature, to "In-Nakhil el Jarih (injured Palms) by Tunisian Abdellatif Ben Ammar, organizers said Saturday....
Educational systems: Shanghai No. 1 in OECD world ranking
The Chinese city of Shanghai tops the "Pisa" rankings of the OECD on the achievements of pupils aged 15 in reading, mathematics and science, in which Asia is well placed, according to the results of this survey published Tuesday....
Actor Mohamed Bouchaïb fled to France
Algiers- Hassan, the father of actor Mohamed Bouchaïb, known for having acted the role of the character "Saad El Get", has denied all rumors peddled on "Facebook" on his son....
Death at the age of 94 of Keltoum, Dean of actresses
ALGIERS - Keltoum the oldest actress of Algeria, died Thursday at the age of 94 and was to be buried Friday at the El Alia cemetery in eastern Algiers, said the news agency APS ...
SILA: 150,000 visitors per day
ALGIERS - The 15th International Book Fair of Algiers (SILA), organized this year under the theme "Place for Wonders", ended Saturday night....
SILA: The work of José Saramago revisited
The complete novels of the Portuguese writer José de Sousa Saramago, Nobel Prize 1998, the Iberian who wanted to reclaim his "Berber origin" has been the focus of a conference Friday in the margin of the fifteenth International Book Fair of Algiers (Sila)....
Tunisia: JCC Tanit d'Or for "Microphone" by Egyptian Ahmad Abdallah
TUNIS - "Microphone" by Egyptian Ahmad Abdullah won the Golden Tanit supreme reward of Carthage Film Festival (JCC), the 23rd edition was closed Sunday night in Tunis. ...
SILA-2010: Visitors flock specially to educational books’ pavilions
ALGIERS – The international book fair 2010 visitors flock particularly for school books, teaching materials and religious books three days after its inauguration. ...
Official opening of Algiers International Book Fair
ALGIERS, October 26, 2010 - The 15th International Book Fair of Algiers (Sila), was inaugurated Tuesday by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in the absence of Egyptian publishers whose arrival was uncertain after the cold that has marked the Last year relations between Algeria and Egypt. ...
Call for the protection of rock paintings of the desert
SMARA, October 23, 2010 - A call for the protection of the rock paintings of the desert against "looting and destruction" was launched Saturday in Smara, Western Sahara, in an "international" meeting involving "experts" from 24 countries....
Tunisia: Carthage film festival opening
TUNIS, October 23, 2010 - The Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Dean of film festivals in the South, starts Saturday in Tunis with competing twenty-four long and shorts films from eleven Arab and African countries....
