Publication

Blida history book reproduces colonial texts, sparks criticism for bias, plagiarism, and false claims on Sidi Ahmed El Kebir’s origins.

Analyze Corneille Trumelet’s key colonial books on Blida and Boufarik. Learn why his pro-French view requires a modern, critical analysis.

Le Marabout de Blida follows a woman torn between French and Algerian identities as a mystical marabout helps her reconnect with her roots.

Examines the sustainability of urban planning and land management in Algeria. Analyzes the effectiveness of regulations and legal texts using the case of Blida.

Review of Joëlle Deluz-Labruyère’s thesis on Blida’s urbanization. It analyzes French-era structures and the persistent socio-spatial gaps after 1974.

Une Rencontre à Blida, Though the tale unfolds within the framework of larger History.

La Rose de Blida un récit d’adolescence autobiographique, The story unfolds in post-colonial Algeria, inside a military boarding school.

Café Maure Algérie, Between 1929 and 1946, Charles Courtin, born in Blida in 1884, published six colonial novels, including Café Maure (1939).