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Comment: The Algerian regime is resorting to divide and rule tactics to try and crack a strong, collective and visible show of opposition, writes Malia Bouattia.
Culture: Berber theatre, long overlooked and ignored by critics, is developing as a tradition in its own right within the wider context of Moroccan theatre.
The ancient Algerian custom of 'Touaiza' goes back centuries but is still practised today throughout rural Algeria, where the social value of solidarity and interdependence is highly regarded for the benefit it brings to communities.
![Berbers begin Amazigh New Year celebrations [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/792D2601-2E10-4E7E-8C3D-5E5270EDE632.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=lBlxvcy3 "Berbers begin Amazigh New Year celebrations [Getty]")
For decades, Morocco's Amazigh community pleaded for an official recognition of the new year as an official paid holiday, a symbolic recognition of indigenous identity that they hope to win under the leadership of Amazigh PM Aziz Akhannouch.
Opinion: French politics is lurching markedly to the right in the run-up to the presidential election. Malia Bouattia asks what's stopping the progressive left from mounting a serious challenge.
Opinion: The people of Algeria have been organising to battle raging wildfires as their neglectful government points the finger of blame in every direction, writes Malia Bouattia.
Mohamed Melehi's first UK solo show celebrates his life's achievement as both an artist and forerunner of the cultural scene in post-colonial Morocco.
Comment: Military chief Gaid Salah built a career on undermining the democratic will of the people, writes Malia Bouattia.
Comment: This International Women's Day, Malia Bouattia highlights the Algerian government's abject failure to protect women, and finds solace in the solidarity of the Hirak movement, and her own family.
In-depth: Survivors of a 2013 shipwreck that killed 200 migrants say Italy failed to take appropriate measures to save their relatives. A new UN ruling supports their claims.