Why we should revisit the posts of Saïd Mekbel, the injured Algerian witness


Heis the story of a grandfather, a father and his son, who were caught in an Algerian storm. This story can be found in a moving work: a collection of posts by journalists and daily directors MorningMekbel said, killed by Armed Islamic groups (GIA) on December 3, 1994 at a pizzeria in Algiers, a crime ordered by Emir Mohamed Saïd… a former literature teacher.

Work Saïd Mekbel, chronicle of life (1963-1994) born from a question. “My son Mehdi became interested in his grandfather’s writings so that I realized what was missing,” said Nazim Mekbel, the son of the murdered journalist, who is also a former journalist and president of the Ajouad Algérie Mémoires Association…