Heritage
The Story Behind the Photograph
An Algerian Icon Coveted by Her Neighbours
Photographed around 1905 and circulated under the caption “Une Ouled Naïl”, this young Algerian woman has become Tunisian, Moroccan, Amazigh, Aïcha Kandisha or simply a “Berber beauty”. A face so magnetic that everyone has wanted to claim it.
Places & Regions · Heritage
TIMIMOUN — Life Won from the Desert
The palm grove, the market, the craftswomen, the lanes of the old ksar: Timimoun seems to overflow with an improbable energy in the middle of the Sahara. But this abundance is no natural miracle. It tells of centuries of ingenuity, movement and collective organisation in a territory where water determines everything.
THE PLACE TO SEE
The Jardin d’Essai, Algiers’ Jungle
In Hamma, a formal French garden vista opens below the Martyrs’ Memorial. Then, just a few steps to one side take you into almost tropical vegetation. A place you visit for a stroll and end up getting lost in.