كانت تعيش وسط عائلة فقيرة في الجزائر، ثم فقدت والديها بسن مبكرة.
اكتُشفت موهبتها مصادفة، واكتسبت شهرتها من الفنان التشكيلي بيكاسو، الذي علمها حين سافرت إلى فرنسا لعرض أولى لوحاتها.
حاول الاستعمار الفرنسي نسب فنها إليه، لكنها رفضت هذا بشدة، ورفضت مغادرة الجزائر في أصعب الفترات التي مرت على البلد، حتى لا تعطي المستعمر فرصة باستغلال فنها المرتبط بطفولتها ... Show More
Jan 2024
Judith Surkis, "Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930" (Cornell UP, 2019)
Judith Surkis's Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930 (Cornell UP, 2019) traces the intersection of colonialism, law, land expropriation, sex, gender, and family during the century after the French conquest of Algeria in 1830. Seeking to assimilate Algerian land ... Show More
1 h
Feb 2024
Clarissa Bitar & Sofiane Saidi at Habibi Festival 2023 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
<p>We partnered with Habibi Festival for a six-night celebration of ancient + contemporary sounds from Lebanon, Tunisia, Syria, Morocco, Palestine, Algeria and more! It all took place from October 1-7 at Joe's Pub in NYC.</p><p>Each night we taped live conversations with the arti ... Show More
1h 2m
Feb 2020
Todd Shepard, "Sex, France, and Arab Men, 1962-1979" (U Chicago Press, 2017)
Departing from the bold and compelling claim that we cannot fully understand the histories of decolonization and the so-called “sexual revolution” apart from one another, Todd Shepard’s Sex, France, and Arab Men, 1962-1979 (University of Chicago Press, 2017) is a complex analysis ... Show More
1 h
Mar 2024
Julie Kalman, "The Kings of Algiers: How Two Jewish Families Shaped the Mediterranean World During the Napoleonic Wars and Beyond" (Princeton UP, 2023)
On July 27th, 1827, the dey of Algiers struck the French consul over his country’s refusal to pay back its debts–specifically, to two Jewish merchant families: the Bacris, and the Busnachs. It was an error of judgment: France blockaded Algiers, and later invaded, turning Algeria ... Show More
48m 6s
Apr 2024
Aliénor d'Aquitaine, une rebelle au Moyen-Âge (1/3)
<p>Aliénor hérite du royaume d'Aquitaine à 14 ans, devenant ainsi un des plus beaux partis de France.<br/><br/> C’est la première femme de pouvoir de notre Histoire. Reine de France à 15 ans par son mariage au roi Louis VII, Aliénor d’Aquitaine devient reine d'Angleterre à 30 ans ... Show More
32m 28s