Cultural News
Algiers hosts 9th international competition for Best Recitation of Holy Quran Award
Algérie Presse Service (APS) – August 9, 2012
Beginning yesterday evening, the 9th edition of the International Competition for the Award of Best Recitation of the Holy Quran involving participants from 50 countries began in the Algerian capital.
2012 London Olympic Games - Algerian Gold Medal Winner Taoufik Makhloufi: “I dedicate my medal to the Algerian people on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Algeria’s independence”
Algérie Presse Service (APS) – August 8, 2012
Joy and jubilation in Algeria greeted Taoufik Makhloufi’s Gold Medal in the 1,500 m race in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Makhloufi raced largely ahead of Leonel Manzano (United States) and Abdalaati Iguider (Morocco) to win Algeria’s first Gold Medal.
Algerian music star Souad Massi interviewed on NPR
During her visit to Washington, last June 30, where she gave a concert held at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage and organized by the Embassy of Algeria in Washington DC,
Cultural activities organized by the Embassy in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the independence of Algeria
In the framework of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the recovery of our national sovereignty, the Embassy of Algeria has organized over the past weekend a series of events including various cultural and artistic activities to the benefit of the Algerian community living in the United States.
Biotechnology: Presentation of follow-up report on Algerian-American partnership project
Algérie Presse Service (APS) – May 24, 2012 Minister of Health, Population, and Hospital Reform Djamel Ould Abbès and representatives of U.S. pharmaceutical firm PhARMA attended yesterday in Algiers a presentation releasing a follow-up report on the Algerian-American partnership project in the biotechnology sector.
Notice to Algerian competences living in the United States
Algerian competences living in the United States are hereby notified that, in the framework of implementing a new pedagogical program, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research is hiring faculty for teaching positions at Algerian universities in the following specialties:
NOTICE TO ALL ALGERIAN COMPETENCES LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES
Algerian competences living in the United States are hereby informed that the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the State Secretary in charge of the National Community Living Abroad, in partnership with the Algerian Competences Association (ACA), are convening in Biskra a Winter University from December 24 to 29, 2011, at the Mohamed Khider University.
Algerian movie awarded Best Prize at Montreal “Vues d’Afrique” Festival
American researcher resuscitates the Kingdom of Koukou
Liberté – May 3, 2011
Speaking in Oran on April 28, American anthropologist and president of the Society for Algerian Studies Hugh Roberts lifted the veiled on the Kingdom of Koukou, established in Kabylia in the 16th and 17th centuries, and which he said represented “a particular time in the history of Algeria.”
Algerian novelist, Faiza Guene, was selected by UNESCO as one of fifteen artists under 35 years to be awarded the title of ''Young Artists for Intercultural Dialogue between Arab and Western worlds'' the UN said in a statement.