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Algeria Pardons Writer Boualem Sansal at Germany’s Request
ByEphrat Livni and Ségolène Le Stradic November 12, 2025November 12, 2025

Boualem Sansal, an Algerian-French writer, was arrested on accusations of undermining national security during a visit to his homeland a year ago and sentenced to five years in prison.

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French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal pardoned and to be released from prison
ByPhilip Oltermann European culture editor November 12, 2025

Eighty-one year-old, who has prostate cancer, can now be transferred from Algeria to Germany for medical treatmentThe French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been pardoned and is to be released from prison, the Algerian presidential office said in a …

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Pépé le Moko review – mysterious and passionately despairing French noir with a luminous Jean Gabin
ByPeter Bradshaw September 11, 2025

Powerful French film that inspired Casablanca stars Gabin as a holed-up gangster in Algiers lured to his doom by infatuationJulien Duvivier’s mysterious and passionately despairing 1937 movie is rereleased, with its luminous lead performance from Jean …

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Pépé le Moko review – mysterious and passionately despairing French noir with a luminous Jean Gabin
ByPeter Bradshaw September 11, 2025

Powerful French film that inspired Casablanca stars Gabin as a holed-up gangster in Algiers lured to his doom by infatuationJulien Duvivier’s mysterious and passionately despairing 1937 movie is rereleased, with its luminous lead performance from Jean …

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‘I sit alone and talk to myself’: a family ripped apart by Europe’s migration crisis
ByOkba Mohammad and Tom Levitt August 27, 2025

An Algerian mother blames people smugglers and opportunists for the death of both her daughters. Now she cares for four grandchildren aloneEach morning Zahia leaves the home she shares with her four grandchildren in the Algerian coastal city of Bou Ism…

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‘I sit alone and talk to myself’: a family ripped apart by Europe’s migration crisis
ByOkba Mohammad and Tom Levitt August 27, 2025

An Algerian mother blames people smugglers and opportunists for the death of both her daughters. Now she cares for four grandchildren aloneEach morning Zahia leaves the home she shares with her four grandchildren in the Algerian coastal city of Bou Ism…

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