Originally from Marsa Matruh, Mahmoud Sedky works in the tourism business based in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. He has extensive experience in planning trips for tourists to visit not only Siwa, but the Nile and many other places. His tourism agency, "Bedouin," partnered with Gazef, has been running for 15 years. People from all around the... Continue Reading →

By French decree Algeria has known conspicuous cruelty. Its former masters had no mercy. Even when Algerians found refuge in their caves, the French had sabotaged these petty envelopes of safety by suffocating them with fire and smoke. Today, the streets of major cities go up in flames as Algeria fights against new power, this... Continue Reading →

I belong to the Jbel Sheshar tribal confederation, and more specifically I am of the Banu Amrane located in Djellal. The confederation of Jbel Sheshar, composed of Shawi populations, includes the douars Taberga, Aliennas, Oulja-Sheshar and Khanga Sidi Naji. The fractions of the douar which have been rebellious are those of the Wlad Amrane and... Continue Reading →

Professor Amina Mettouchi, who holds the Berber Linguistics chair at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, grew up in Azazga, Kabylia until the age of 11 where she left Algeria for France and continued her studies there. She found herself specializing in Berber linguistics, but the path there wasn't always linear. She started off with math and... Continue Reading →

The At Yiraten (Arabic Banū Raten) is a tribal confederation of Great Kabylia, whose territory is bounded on the North by the Sebaou, in the West by the Wādi Aisi, which separates them from the Banū Yenni, in the South by the district of the Ait Yaḥyā and in the east by that of the At Frawsen, and... Continue Reading →