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Kabylia: Towards Autonomy While Preserving National Unity

Kabylia is not merely a geographic region of Algeria. For several decades, it has embodied a strong aspiration for cultural, democratic, and social recognition within the framework of Algerian national unity. The Kabyles, educated and politically engaged, uphold values such…

Kabylia: The Quest for Identity and Recognition in Algeria

Kabylia, the cultural and historical heart of Algeria, possesses a distinct identity shaped by its language, traditions, and pivotal role in the nation’s history. Hegel emphasized that the spirit of a people flourishes when its culture and institutions can develop…

Kabylia and the Challenge of National Pluralism in Algeria

Kabylia, a historical and cultural region located in the northeast of Algeria, has long been a space of strong identity expression within the Algerian nation. Through its attachment to the Amazigh language, education, cultural transmission, and civic engagement, this region…

Kabylia and Its People: History, Culture, and the Viking Connection Theory

Kabylia is a mountainous region in northern Algeria, situated within the highlands of the Amazigh homeland along the Mediterranean coast. Known for its dramatic landscapes and independent spirit, it is home to the Kabyle people one of the largest Amazigh…

Reinventing Algerian Identity: Neither Uniform nor Divided

In the face of cultural, political, and identity-based tensions, Algeria is being called to redefine its national foundation. Between its diverse heritage and democratic aspirations, a new form of Algerian identity may emerge; one that embraces inclusiveness, respects the rule…

A Nation Cannot Be Built on Lies: Kabylia Victim of School Results Falsification

For years, Kabylia has stood out for its academic excellence, with some of the highest success rates in national exams (Baccalaureate, Brevet) in Algeria. Yet, in 2025, a decision by the Algerian Ministry of National Education shocked many: the official…

The immortal Algerian Kabyle singer Idir

Five years have passed since the death of the singer of,”A vava inouva” Idir, whose real name was Hamid Cheriet, born on October 25, 1949 in Ait Yenni, Kabylia, Algeria, and who died on May 2, 2020 at the Bichat…

Could Algeria become a federal and secular state?

Since its independence in 1962, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria has adopted a whole series of constitutions that, sometimes amended or supplemented, have governed the country’s political system. The unitary state has brilliantly failed since independence. Find another form…

Human rights violations: solidarity for Kabylia

Since Algerian « independence » in 1962, for which Kabylia nevertheless invested body and soul by consenting to immense sacrifices, believing it would find its happiness like that of the other peoples that make up Algeria, Kabylia has had nothing…

Identity struggle: Kabylia of yesterday and today, hostage of the Algerian authoritarian regime

From the so-called “Berberist” crisis of 1949 to the present day, the Kabyle question is at the heart of contemporary history. Independent Algeria, born in the heat of a war of liberation to which the contribution of Kabylia was fundamental,…

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