In 2000, the Casbah Foundation, in cooperation with the then-governor of Algiers, Cherif Rahmani, an ardent preservationist, undertook the most ambitious project yet to save the old city.

Most of the Jews in the strife-wracked Casbah quarter of Algiers have been evacuated to a temporary shelter set up by the Consistoire Israelite of Algiers, the central Jewish organization in the ...

ALGIERS (Reuters) - From cutlass and canon to earthquake and flood, powerful forces have long done damage to the Algiers Casbah, fabled bastion of Barbary pirates who plied the Mediterranean for ...

Algiers’ Casbah is one of the major strongholds of Muslim fundamentalists fighting to overthrow the government since 1992. An estimated 40,000 people have been killed during the civil strife.

A boy swings on window bars in the old city of Algiers Al Casbah, Algeria December 3, 2015. Decay from the passing years, as well as earthquake damage in 2003, leads some to consider a move to ...

Rialto Pictures' newly restored print of "The Battle of Algiers" is still timely five decades later. Guest blogger Rebecca Romani has this review.

Not every legendary 1960s film looks fresh and convincing in retrospect. The Battle of Algiers, if anything, is even more of a cinematic marvel now than it was back then. Pontecorvo, an Italian ...

So, you've seen 'Algiers'? Here's a chance to marvel at the beautifully crafted 1937 French gangster classic on which it's based.