L'Algérie tu l'aimes ou tu la kiffes

Algeria, you love it or you like it!

If you know an Algerian, nothing can happen to you; If you know an Algerian, anything can happen to you! These are the words that begin this dive into lived Algerian, the everyday words, proposed by Smaïl Chertouk, illustrated by Sarah Handala, aka @BerbereWoman.


From Chemma and its space program to the rising floor tiles and it’s normal! passing by Demi old birds raised by young Inzoidjables, or the Vulcanization launched by 3ami Spock emigrated to Algeria, etc., «Algeria, you love it or you kiffes» is a amusing deambulation in words that make up Algeria.


The essay also proposes a succession of “paintings” of Algeria and its heritage, from memorable singers such as Djermouni to stories such as the novel by adventuress Isabelle Eberhardt; from the scientific excellences of N. Melikechi and M. Arkoun to the artists Baya and Ahmed Malek or writers Benhadouga and Ahlem El Mosteghanemi.

It is the Algeria of the Chakhchoukha, the Pyramids of Tiaret, that of the popular fables and the legend of Hammam Meskhoutine.
«Algeria, you love it or you love it» is an ode to the land and people but also to Algeria-idea and proposal to the world, written and illustrated by love and humor of Algeria!

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