The Kasbah is a unique kind of medina, or Islamic city. It stands in one of the finest coastal sites on the Mediterranean, overlooking the islands where a Carthaginian trading-post was established in ...

The maze of passageways, dead ends and tapering lanes in the Kasbah of Algiers is reminiscent of an Escher painting that’s been left to ossify in the midday sun. The high, flaking walls are ...

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 ...

Among Algeria's most notable destinations is the Casbah of Algiers, a historic labyrinth declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Oran, with its Spanish and French influence, stands out for its ...

Rai music in Oran and the Kasbah of Algiers.

The country boasts a rich mix of history, culture, and natural beauty, but despite its charms there is still a conspicuous lack of tourists there, according to reports.

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 ...

Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice ...

Elsewhere, in the Moorish cafes of the Kasbah the body is silent, unable to tear itself away, to leave the glass of tea and rediscover time with the pulsing of its own blood. But, above all, there in ...