Welcome to my blog about my experiences while living in Algeria!
Echorouk Online Reports:
According to a survey made by experts in the judicial police, Algerian farmers may become specialists in drugs cultivation in Algeria after security measures were tightened in west and south borders.
Hmmm… I really hope Algeria gets a handle on this problem. It’d really be shame to let this country go in that direction.
Viva Algerie!
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NYT reports:
Women make up 70 percent of Algeria’s lawyers and 60 percent of its judges. Women dominate medicine. Increasingly, women contribute more to household income than men. Sixty percent of university students are women, university researchers say.
That’s really great to hear. Very inspiring and I just hope that it will give women a unified front when demanding thier rights in Algerian family law.
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I just posted some photos of wedding and party dresses found in Setif shops to my new photo gallery. The wedding dresses are made in France. They can be rented for between 5000 - 7000 DZD or bought for around 30000 DZD. Still, looking at them closely, I thought they lacked quality. I don’t know if you could see that in the pics.
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Setif Wins 1-0 against Jordan in the Arab League Championship 2007 game. Very very exciting! Setif is a madhouse. Cars honking, fireworks igniting. Setif is oozing with pride right now. Wish you could be here to experience it!
Visit the ESS official website for up to date information and goodies.
Viva Setif!
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Although voters will be allowed to choose elected representatives, their choices are limited to candidates blessed by the military-backed system of government that has prevailed in Algeria since it gained independence from France in 1962. Only a handful of minor opposition parties are permitted to run against the governing coalition.
Read more here…
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This last week I read that Al Qaeda was encouraging their followers to boycott today’s Parlimentary elections. And I thought, “what a way to make changes, not supporting the democrat process, … idiots!” But, then last night when I was doing my weekly grocery shopping, I inquired with the merchants if they were going to be voting. And they said ‘no’ they don’t want to vote because all the nominees are corrupt! Well, that’s a system that works, huh? So, I am left thinking to myself what is the solution to this problem. The president hasn’t, thus far, promoted an atmosphere where the people of Algeria can freely express themselves about what they want or how they feel. My God! The press are locked up for criticizing government officials. How can an average Algerian feel confident to do so. So, of course, the nominees are corrupt! They know someone, or knows someone who knows someone who will help them get to the top in a corrupt system. It’s a shame, really. Algerians as a people are very kind and generous. Their country has so much potential for being great! But, the ignorant and greedy just can’t get enough! I wish upon a wish, pray upon a prayer that Algerians could come together in an intelligent and peaceful way, of course, and effect some real changes within their communities and government.
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If any of you know Mr. Mustapha Sadia, the father who abducted the child, from Birkhadem, Algiers, please be sure to knock some sense into this man!
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Once again, I had the pleasure of taking my kids to the Florilegio Circus. We did take them last year, too, and it was great. The kids just loved it. Well, anyway, during intermission we went outside with the crowd to grab some snacks. There were some booths set up for product promotion. There aren’t too many family events in Setif for this kind of thing, so I think it’s always interesting to see them. Well, there was a booth for Kiri cheese. Kiri cheese is like the American Philidelphia cream cheese. Yum yum yum! At their booth they were painting kiddies faces with special paint markers and setting them up for a free photo with the Polaroid camera. You can see a photo below of my kiddies(I got a polaroid, but it kind of looks washed-out, so I’m just including my digital pic). I thought it was so smart because what better free publicity than that? All the moms will show their pic off to their friends and family and all receiving Kiri’s smart branding!
So, I talked to the booth operator and they are an independant PR company in Algeria. I took their card and thier information is as follows:
Kamel KHELLAL, Conseil en Communication
6, Rue Jean Jacques ROUSSEAU, El-Biar, Algiers, ALGERIA
Tel/Fax: +213-21791085
E-mail: k2c_dz@yahoo.fr
They are a full service provider. They do market research as well as all types of promotion. Here is a pick of the booth operators(they are holding my daughter):
Aren’t they smart?
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Thanks to my sister Jo-Ann I am expecting to leave this week for Algeria for I don’t know how many months of work with newspapers in Algiers.
The company that runs our Sarajevo center also runs a program in Algiers working with newspapers to westernize if not modernize editorial and business practices. Consultants are embedded into the Algerian newsroom for long periods to work with editors and top business people.
It will be very interesting to read Rosemary’s thoughts on Algeria’s Press issues. I look forward to following her blog.
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