Ziad Bentahar
Biographic Data
| ID | 296675 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ziad Bentahar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ziad |
| FAMILY NAME | Bentahar |
| SIGNATURE | BENTAHAR Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Towson University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4231-5778 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Remembering North Africa in French popular music at the turn of the twenty-first century
At the turn of the twenty-first century, memory was a recurrent theme in French songs about North Africa. This painted the region as a place of the colonial past, diminishing its current relevance to France by occulting immigrant perspectives. In the early 2000s, ‘Adieu mon pays’, Enrico Macias’s 1962 song about a departure from Algeria upon its independence, continued to be the exemplar of the song about North Africa. However, songs from the 199…
Ytnahaw ga: Algeria's Cultural Revolution and the Role of Language in the Early Stages of the Spring 2019 Hirak
When Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced in February 2019 that he would seek a fifth term, the people took to the streets in protest. This sparked the Hirak, an ongoing popular movement that ultimately resulted in the withdrawal of Bouteflika’s candidacy. In March 2019, during the early stages of the protest and before Bouteflika’s withdrawal, a video of a young man reacting candidly to the situation in the country went viral on soc…
Beyond the Francophone Maghreb
The study of North African literatures has been firmly rooted in francophone frameworks since the 1960s, an approach that perpetuates colonial categories of both space and language. It is thus imperative to continue to push the study of North African cultural production beyond the geographic and linguistic limitations of the so-called Francophone Maghreb. This Introduction outlines the history of the study of North African literatures, and sugges…
A voice with an elusive sound: Aphasia, diglossia, and arabophone Algeria in Assia Djebar'sThe Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua
The recent passing of Assia Djebar (1936–2015) raises interest in the legacy of her work. It is well documented that the renowned Algerian author attempted to write in Arabic in the 1970s, but never did. Instead, she made two films in Arabic before returning to writing in French. Film, in fact, is the only medium in which she used Arabic. Why was Arabic for Djebar a language suitable for filmmaking but not for writing novels or short stories? To …
The Visibility of African Identity in Moroccan Music: F rom G nawa to G hiwane and B ack
Over recent years, a new generation of musical groups has emerged in Morocco. This new generation is centred on the metropolitan area of Casablanca, and is closely linked to the development of the
Beyond Harem Walls: Redefining Women's Space in Works by Assia Djebar, Malek Alloula and Fatima Mernissi
Orientalist and colonial representations of harems have resulted in the association of North African women with domestic confinement. North African authors such as Assia Djebar (1980), Malek Alloula (1981) and Fatima Mernissi (1994), however, suggest that this view is biased. While focusing largely on Fatima Mernissi's memoir, Dreams of Trespass, this article builds on these authors' exploration of the various ways in which women of the Maghreb a…
France and the Maghreb: Performative Encounters
Ytnahaw ga: Algeria's Cultural Revolution and the Role of Language in the Early Stages of the Spring 2019 Hirak
When Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced in February 2019 that he would seek a fifth term, the people took to the streets in protest. This sparked the Hirak, an ongoing popular movement that ultimately resulted in the withdrawal of Bouteflika’s candidacy. In March 2019, during the early stages of the protest and before Bouteflika’s withdrawal, a video of a young man reacting candidly to the situation in the country went viral on soc…
The Visibility of African Identity in Moroccan Music: F rom G nawa to G hiwane and B ack
Over recent years, a new generation of musical groups has emerged in Morocco. This new generation is centred on the metropolitan area of Casablanca, and is closely linked to the development of the
Beyond Harem Walls: Redefining Women's Space in Works by Assia Djebar, Malek Alloula and Fatima Mernissi
Orientalist and colonial representations of harems have resulted in the association of North African women with domestic confinement. North African authors such as Assia Djebar (1980), Malek Alloula (1981) and Fatima Mernissi (1994), however, suggest that this view is biased. While focusing largely on Fatima Mernissi's memoir, Dreams of Trespass, this article builds on these authors' exploration of the various ways in which women of the Maghreb a…
Remembering North Africa in French popular music at the turn of the twenty-first century
At the turn of the twenty-first century, memory was a recurrent theme in French songs about North Africa. This painted the region as a place of the colonial past, diminishing its current relevance to France by occulting immigrant perspectives. In the early 2000s, ‘Adieu mon pays’, Enrico Macias’s 1962 song about a departure from Algeria upon its independence, continued to be the exemplar of the song about North Africa. However, songs from the 199…
A voice with an elusive sound: Aphasia, diglossia, and arabophone Algeria in Assia Djebar'sThe Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua
The recent passing of Assia Djebar (1936–2015) raises interest in the legacy of her work. It is well documented that the renowned Algerian author attempted to write in Arabic in the 1970s, but never did. Instead, she made two films in Arabic before returning to writing in French. Film, in fact, is the only medium in which she used Arabic. Why was Arabic for Djebar a language suitable for filmmaking but not for writing novels or short stories? To …
France and the Maghreb: Performative Encounters
Beyond Harem Walls: Redefining Women's Space in Works by Assia Djebar, Malek Alloula and Fatima Mernissi
Orientalist and colonial representations of harems have resulted in the association of North African women with domestic confinement. North African authors such as Assia Djebar (1980), Malek Alloula (1981) and Fatima Mernissi (1994), however, suggest that this view is biased. While focusing largely on Fatima Mernissi's memoir, Dreams of Trespass, this article builds on these authors' exploration of the various ways in which women of the Maghreb a…
The Visibility of African Identity in Moroccan Music: F rom G nawa to G hiwane and B ack
Over recent years, a new generation of musical groups has emerged in Morocco. This new generation is centred on the metropolitan area of Casablanca, and is closely linked to the development of the
A voice with an elusive sound: Aphasia, diglossia, and arabophone Algeria in Assia Djebar'sThe Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua
The recent passing of Assia Djebar (1936–2015) raises interest in the legacy of her work. It is well documented that the renowned Algerian author attempted to write in Arabic in the 1970s, but never did. Instead, she made two films in Arabic before returning to writing in French. Film, in fact, is the only medium in which she used Arabic. Why was Arabic for Djebar a language suitable for filmmaking but not for writing novels or short stories? To …
Beyond the Francophone Maghreb
The study of North African literatures has been firmly rooted in francophone frameworks since the 1960s, an approach that perpetuates colonial categories of both space and language. It is thus imperative to continue to push the study of North African cultural production beyond the geographic and linguistic limitations of the so-called Francophone Maghreb. This Introduction outlines the history of the study of North African literatures, and sugges…
Remembering North Africa in French popular music at the turn of the twenty-first century
At the turn of the twenty-first century, memory was a recurrent theme in French songs about North Africa. This painted the region as a place of the colonial past, diminishing its current relevance to France by occulting immigrant perspectives. In the early 2000s, ‘Adieu mon pays’, Enrico Macias’s 1962 song about a departure from Algeria upon its independence, continued to be the exemplar of the song about North Africa. However, songs from the 199…
Ytnahaw ga: Algeria's Cultural Revolution and the Role of Language in the Early Stages of the Spring 2019 Hirak
When Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced in February 2019 that he would seek a fifth term, the people took to the streets in protest. This sparked the Hirak, an ongoing popular movement that ultimately resulted in the withdrawal of Bouteflika’s candidacy. In March 2019, during the early stages of the protest and before Bouteflika’s withdrawal, a video of a young man reacting candidly to the situation in the country went viral on soc…
History (7 works) · North African History and Literature (7 works) · History (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works)