Born in Algeria at the end of the Second World War, the raï wave spread from the cabarets of western Algeria to the cassette shops of Barbès in Paris, before sweeping the world at the end of the ...

despite weeks of heavy promotion and enthusiasm from rai music lovers. These cancellations add to a series of artistic disruptions influenced by strained Morocco-Algeria relations, including past ...

These five art gallery exhibitions – both solo to duo shows – represent a wide variety of artistic talent, both local and ...

The festival’s final day brought together Bollywood, Flamenco, folk, and global music, featuring performances by Shaan, The ...

PTTEP reported its operational performance for 2024, highlighting the successful production ramp up of the G1/61 Project and ...

On 11 May 1944, just four weeks before D-Day, 67 American heavy bombers dropped 168 tons of bombs on the sunlit French town ...

Dating back to the 1920s, rai music emerged in Algeria as a synthetic hodgepodge of Islamic regional and religious musical styles with Western harmony and electronic instrumentation. Located in the ...

A phenomenon upon release, ‘Desert Rose’ was an inspired fusion of Algerian folk music and contemporary electronica that became a high-water mark for Sting. Alluring and sensual, Sting’s ...

PARIS (AP) — Algeria boxer Imane Khelif, who found herself in the middle of a bitter divide about gender in sports during the Paris Olympics, has denounced “false and offensive” accusations ...

France’s relationship with Algeria is perhaps the most tormented between former colonisers and colonised. It started when the last Ottoman Dey of Algiers struck the French consul with his fly ...