The former colonial French bandstand, draped in the Algerian flag, still occupies pride of place on Blida's largest square, overlooked by elegant colonnaded shops and apartments, and the al-Kawthar mosque
Story written 12 November 2007
Just a few years before Algeria's "second civil war" broke out in 1991, I had the chance to live, work and travel in Algiers, Médéa and the Sahara desert.
Algerian boy in the Adrar oasis
Algerian cheikh, near Djelfa
Colin Alexander Smith has been a member since 10 November 2007 and goes by filtran.
Currently in France.
Translator, writer and photographer now living in Bordeaux, France. I have escaped from the UK and feel considerably better for it.