While in Benghazi, police knew the trouble spots to head to when rioting started in February. But Algiers’ casbah – a warren of 16th-century souks, homes and Ottoman bathhouses – encapsulates this ...

A child of the Casbah, he is the brilliant author of a film shot in the streets of Algiers in 1970, Tahya Ya Didou. Through this unique work, Zinet invents a new cinema, tells another story ...

As a result, it was perfectly normal to see battle tanks shuttle across Algiers from downtown to the Casbah. Algeria's football-loving President Ahmed Ben Bella scheduled two friendly matches for ...

Capital city Algiers blends French colonial architecture and traditional Algerian culture. Its Casbah is a UNESCO World Heritage site famous for its narrow winding streets, historic mosques ...