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The Year in Review: 2021
A look back on world events, life milestones, and the best essays, books, music, movies, and more of 2021.
Talking 'The Algerian Dream' on Maghreb-Orient Express
I discussed my new book, The Algerian Dream, on French broadcaster TV5MONDE's show Maghreb Orient Express.
Book Launch: 'The Algerian Dream' Is Here!
My new book, The Algerian Dream: Youth and the Quest for Dignity, is now available for sale worldwide.
Announcing "The Algerian Dream": Signed Books Now Available for Pre-Order
My new book, "The Algerian Dream," is now available for pre-order. Details here!
Plagued: Misreading Camus in the Age of Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter
A pandemic is the time to lift up and care for an underclass, not to erase it further. Yet Camus's famous novel does just that to native Algerians.
All Books Are Sacred: Kamel Daoud in Translation
My translation of Algerian author Kamel Daoud's latest piece has been published by Middle East Eye.
"Inside the Battle of Algiers": Where to Buy, and US Book Tour Info
"Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter" by Zohra Drif with Lakhdar Brahimi (foreword), Andrew Farrand (translation)
Translating Madame Drif
The story behind my translation of Zohra Drif's memoir ‘Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter’ (Just World Books, 2017)