Boualem Sansal
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Boualem Sansal′s novel ″2084: The End of the World″Tyranny of sorts
In his latest novel, Boualem Sansal, attacks the religious tyranny of Islam, yet fails to comment on the West′s hypocrisy with relation to the fallout of colonialism or recent political involvement. By Iman Humaydan
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The post-Pegida periodPegida may be running out of steam, but its ideas live on
The Pegida activists' winter fairy tale is drawing to a close. We owe this not only to the movement's internal disputes and confused agenda, but also to a large number of counter-demonstrations. Civil society is apparently united in opposition to right wing demonstrations. All's well that ends well? Answers from Stefan Weidner
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Boualem Sansal's essay on IslamisationFighting Islamists with conspiracy theories
Bitter disappointment at the outcome of the Arab Spring oozes from every page of "Allahs Narren. Wie der Islamismus die Welt erobert" (Allah's Fools. How Islamism is Conquering the World) by the Algerian writer and winner of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade Boualem Sansal. Joseph Croitoru read the polemic work
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Interview with the Algerian Writer Boualem Sansal"Take Islam back from the Islamists!"
Are Europe's democracies too weak to curb Islamism? Controversial Algerian writer Boualem Sansal sounds a warning. The time for political debate has passed, he tells Aya Bach
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Literature and Collective Trauma in AlgeriaMoving Beyond the Examination of History
Perception of Algerian literature is dominated by the complex thematic backdrop of violence and the processing of traumatic experience. What are the reasons for this? In a piece to mark the 50th anniversary of Algerian independence, Martina Sabra debates this issue
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France and the 50th Anniversary of Algeria's IndependenceA Pact against Memory
The celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of Algeria's independence will also emphasise the resentments and unspoken conditions of the two countries' shared past that still dominate political memory.
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German Peace Prize for Boualem SansalA Good, Cowardly Choice
Awarding Boualem Sansal with the German Peace Prize is in fact not as courageous as it seems, writes Stefan Weidner: the Algerian author is one of those critics of Arab-Islamic conditions who make it easy for us to follow him, Weidner says
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Algerian LiteratureBoualem Sansal Wins Top German Cultural Award
His books have cost him his job and landed him on the index of banned authors in Algeria, but Boualem Sansal remains a resident and activist there. In 2011 he received German Book Trade Peace Prize. By Gabriela Schaaf