The casbah was the battleground of the 1954-62 war that cast off 132 years of French rule. Dramatised in Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 film, The Battle of Algiers, the Algerian independence movement was ...

Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965 ... work - from the events of the Algiers Casbah (1956-1957) to the presentation ...

Set along the Mediterranean coast, Algiers blends historic grandeur with contemporary energy. White-washed buildings reflect its unique character, while the Casbah’s narrow alleys and ancient palaces ...