ALGIERS- An exhibition of photos and video portraits devoted to the Sahrawi women and their aspirations for freedom and independence as well as to their vision for the future, was inaugurated Sunday, in Algiers, by photographer Rafik Zaidi.

ALGIERS- The event “New Cultural Season,” gathering together theatre, plastic arts, music, dance and tales in addition to literary meetings, has been officially launched on Saturday, in Algiers, by Minister of Culture and Arts Malika Bendouda.

ALGIERS- A new art gallery, dedicated to the contemporary art of North Africa and the Arab world, named "Diwaniya Art Gallery," opened recently to visitors with a collective exhibition.

ALGIERS- The icon of Malouf music, singer and musician Hamdi Bennani died on Monday at the age of 77, his family said.

ALGIERS-A new collection of short stories entitled "What the black box hasn’t said” by writer and poet Zahra Bousekine was recently published by "El Khayal" editions.

ALGIERS-Algerian Archaeologist Toufik Hammoum has been reappointed head of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Board (STAB) of the UNESCO convention for the protection of underwater cultural heritage, announced the Ministry of Culture and Arts.

TIZI-OUZOU- The Tamazight version of the film "The Opium and the Stick", adapted from the eponymous novel by Mouloud Mammeri, will be screened next December in Tizi-Ouzou, the General Secretary of the High Commission for Tamazight (HCA), Si El Hachemi Assad to the local radio on Thursday.

ALGIERS- Minister of Culture and Arts, Malika Bendouda, proceeded, Tuesday in Algiers, to the installation of the committee in charge of the book reform and to propose alternatives to the service of the book industry in Algeria.

ALGIERS - "Tahya Cinéma" is a newly created digital platform, intended for professionals of the 7th art and audiovisual industry who will now have the possibility of finding sources of funding in Algeria and abroad to carry out their projects.

ORAN-Secretary General of the High Commission for Amazighity (HCA) Si El Hachemi Assad announced Saturday in Oran that the contest for the Prize of the President of the Republic for Amazigh literature and language would open the following week just after the installation of the jury members.