Hicham Yezza

Hicham Yezza is an Algerian writer and human rights activist. He is the editor-in-chief of Ceasefire Magazine. Follow him on Twitter: @HichamYezza and @Ceasefire_Mag

Gdeim Izik: the first, forgotten spark of the Arab uprisings

Many commentators, notably in Algeria, have drily noted the familiar dissonance between the west's florid paeans to Arab freedoms and emancipation and its continuing indifference to the plight of Sahrawis next door.

By Hicham Yezza

/ 24 Feb 2013

How to be different together: Algerian lessons for the Tunisian crisis

In light of the crisis currently unfolding in Tunisia - particularly the increasingly strident and incendiary rhetoric of the main political poles - the echoes and parallels with Algeria's own democratic moment two decades ago are stark, and could yield crucial lessons.

By Hicham Yezza

/ 10 Feb 2013

After In Amenas: an Algerian perspective

The notion that this episode heralds a real shift in Maghreb-western dynamics is increasingly hard to dismiss.

By Hicham Yezza

/ 28 Jan 2013