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Exhibit room
Modern Algeria
“Statesmen, thinkers, poets and artists of a free nation.”
37 figures1 eras5 regions
Statesmen, thinkers, poets and artists of a free nation.
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14th century
Ibn Khaldun
Maghreb / Intellectual history
20th century (1913–1962)
Mouloud Feraoun
Kabylie
20th–21st century (1936–2015)
Assia Djebar
National / Algeria-wide
20th–21st century (1949–2020)
Idir
Kabylie
20th century (1956–1998)
Lounès Matoub
Kabylie
1919–1992
Mohamed Boudiaf
National / Algeria-wide
1916–2012
Ahmed Ben Bella
Western Algeria
1932–1978
Houari Boumédiène
Constantine
1926–2015
Hocine Aït Ahmed
Kabylie
1929–1989
Kateb Yacine
Constantine
1917–1989
Mouloud Mammeri
Kabylie
1920–2003
Mohammed Dib
Western Algeria
1927–1978
Malek Haddad
Constantine
c. 1910–2002
Cheikh El Hasnaoui
Kabylie
1907–1978
El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka
Algiers
1939–2012
Warda al-Jazairia
National / Algeria-wide
Born 1960
Cheb Khaled
Western Algeria
Born 1949
Tassadit Yacine
Kabylie
Voice of Memory and Identity (born 1950)
Lounis Aït Menguellet
Kabylie
Poet of the Nation (1908–1977)
Moufdi Zakaria
Sahara
Architect of a Plural Algeria (early 20th century)
Amar Imache
Kabylie
1889–1940
Abdelhamid Ben Badis
Constantine
1905–1973
Malek Bennabi
Constantine
Film director & urban storyteller
Merzak Allouache
Algiers
Film director of memory and independence
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
National / Algeria-wide
Film director of diaspora and memory
Rachid Bouchareb
Algeria / Diaspora
Actor-director and storyteller
Lyes Salem
National / Algeria-wide
Contemporary film director
Karim Moussaoui
National / Algeria-wide
Film director and editor
Yamina Bachir-Chouikh
Algiers
Film director of women and society
Djamila Sahraoui
National / Algeria-wide
Documentary filmmaker and cultural organizer
Habiba Djahnine
Kabylie
Experimental film director
Narimane Mari
Algiers
Rebel Voice of Algerian Music
Rachid Taha
Kabylie
Voice of Kabyle Oral Memory
Taos Amrouche
Kabylie
Writer, Broadcaster, and Voice of Algerian Consciousness
Jean Amrouche
Kabylie
Mother of Memory
Fadhma Aït Mansour Amrouche
Kabylie
Voices Across Generations
The Amrouche Family — A Family of Memory
Kabylie
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