Publications
7 entries
Blida — 500 Years of History
A recently released book compiling historical texts from the colonial period about Blida — praised by some, criticized by others for its use of colonial language.
Jan 2025
Café Maure Algérie
A 1939 colonial novel by Charles Courtin, born in Blida, depicting the political tensions in colonial Algeria with striking insider detail.
Jan 2025
Colonial Books by Trumelet
Two key works by French colonel Corneille Trumelet documenting Blida and Boufarik during the French colonial period.
Jan 2025
La Rose de Blida
An autobiographical coming-of-age story set in a post-colonial Algerian military boarding school — a tale of impossible first love.
Jan 2025
Le Marabout de Blida
Annie Cohen's novel about a woman torn between her Pied-Noir, French, and Algerian identities, guided by the mystical marabout of Blida.
Jan 2025
Une Rencontre à Blida
Inspired by real events, this novel follows two young orphans whose lives intertwine in early twentieth-century Blida.
Jan 2025
Urbanization in Algeria — Blida: Process and Forms
A 343-page doctoral thesis co-published with the Universities of Lyon and Algiers, examining colonial urban structures and post-independence change in Blida.
Jan 2025