La Campagne is a newsletter about the upcoming French presidential election by French economist Manu Saadia (best known for his book Trekonomics). He was fed up with the inaccuracies of English language coverage of French politics, and decided to remed…
Macron statement on 1961 protest killings ‘falls short’, say critics
French historians had hoped for outright apology for police attacks on Algerians during peaceful protestFrench historians have accused the president, Emmanuel Macron, of failing to fully admit the state’s responsibility in the police killing of scores …
Algeria recalls ambassador to France as diplomatic row mounts
Envoy recalled ‘for consultations’ after Emmanuel Macron said the former colony was ruled by a ‘political-military system’ Algeria has recalled its ambassador to France for consultations as diplomatic tensions mount over comments by Emmanuel Macron tha…
Plainte – Chekoua – Lamentation / Épreuve – Mihna – Hardship
Chris Silver (Gharamaphone): “In May 2020, I posted Sariza Cohen’s stunning recording of ‘أَشْكُوا الْغَـرَامَ’ (Ashku al-gharam) [Soundcloud], released … in 1938. This is the other side of that record [Soundcloud]. It is no less remarkable. Here the…