Saber Blidi

Saber Blidi is an Algerian writer.

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An Algerian man walks by a greengrocer’s stall in a market of the Khraicia district, 20km south of the capital. (AFP)
Algerian finance bill adds to citizens’ tax burden
May 29, 2020
Algerian Secretary of State for culture Salim Dada visits the vandalised art mural. (Facebook)
Defaced mural in Algiers reveals widening ideological rift
May 27, 2020
A man prays outside a mosque near his car in Algiers. (AFP)
Algeria’s Islamists use identity issues to drum up support, serve agenda
May 23, 2020
Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum meets with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian (L) in Algiers, last March. (AFP)
French Army drawing about Berber issue ratchets up tensions between Algiers, Paris
May 15, 2020
A general view shows empty streets in Algiers after anti-government protests were suspended, following the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. (REUTERS)
Algerian activists, experts see more of the same in new draft constitution
May 13, 2020
Algerian protesters take part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers, last February. (AFP)
Algeria Army Magazine signals continuing divide between military and radical opposition
May 11, 2020
A file picture shows Algerian soldiers standing guard at Tiguentourine gas plant in In Amenas, 1600 km southeast of Algiers. (Reuters)
Constitutional amendments to scrap Algeria’s military dogma of non intervention abroad
May 09, 2020
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune attends the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last February. (AFP)
Algeria is seeking to recapture lost influence in Africa
April 23, 2020
distribute food aid to poor and homeless people in Algiers, April 8. (AP)
Algeria faces risk of social upheaval as living conditions deteriorate
April 16, 2020
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune speaks at a news conference in Algiers, last December. (Reuters)
Algeria expels manager of Qatar-owned company, signalling strained relations with Doha
February 21, 2020
Celebrating identity. Algerian Berber women prepare couscous as they mark the Yennayer New Year in the village of Ait el-Kecem, south of Tizi-Ouzou, east of Algiers. (AFP)
Celebration of Amazigh new year reflects Algeria’s diversity but also stark contradictions
January 18, 2020
Algerians take part in a protest against the government in Algiers, Algeria, Friday, October 18. (AP)
Algeria, from an uprising to the other
October 19, 2019
Key sector. A worker inspects the Krechba gas plant in Algeria’s Sahara Desert, south of the capital Algiers. (AP)
New hydrocarbon law divides Algerians
October 12, 2019
Struggling sector. An employee works on a production line in Oued Tlelat in the south of the Algerian city of Oran. (AFP)
Automobile industry crisis prompts Algeria to import used vehicles
September 07, 2019
Tough times. A worker inspects the Krechba gas plant in Algeria's Sahara Desert, about 1,200 km south of Algiers.  (AP)
Rise of trade deficit sparks concern over Algeria's economic situation
September 01, 2019
Fast-paced manoeuvres. New Speaker of the Algerian parliament Slimane Chenine (C) arrives to deliver a speech in Algiers, July 10. (AFP)
Signs of deal between Algeria’s rulers and Islamists to circumvent protests
July 13, 2019
An employee stands near the headquarters of the state energy company Sonatrach in Algiers. (Reuters) 
Anti-graft drive complicates Algerian economic woes
May 11, 2019
In this file photo from March 2018, former Algerian Prime Minister Ali Benflis talks to the Associated Press in Algiers. Benflis has announced on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 that he will run for president in next year’s election. (AP)
General’s candidacy unsettles Bouteflika’s plans
January 22, 2019
A veiled woman walks with a girl in central Algiers. (AFP)
Niqab ban triggers reactions from Algerian Salafists
September 29, 2018
A file picture shows buildings in the centre of the Algerian capital, Algiers. (AFP)
Clashes between security forces and conscripts in the Algerian Army
July 18, 2018