Pour the Second Glass
On labas, hchouma, and the question we never really ask.
Essay2 October 20264 min
Articles
Everything Atlasque has published, across every issue.
Estranged, Both Home and Abroad
When Returning Feels As Foreign As Leaving.
EssayIssue 019 min
Was Raï Ever Uncool?
The tape never really stopped spinning, we just stopped listening when we dcided that it's our parents' music.
Essay18 September 20265 min
I’m a Rajel. Now, Can I Use a Straw?
Taught by mothers, performed by sons and fathers, paid for by all.
Essay11 September 20264 min
Case #010: The Disappearance of Creativity
The usual six suspects. One missing muse. And a mastermind operating from behind the shadows.
Essay4 September 20265 min
Please Stop Saying ‘Ma3lish.’ My Blood Pressure is 16/9
“Ma3lish, ça va passer.” Those were the words that came from my doctor’s mouth.
CultureIssue 015 min
The Loudest Algerian in the Room Is Not Always Right
Essemhoulna Lirana 3aychin There’s a very Algerian disease nobody talks about enough: “ya kho, n7es rouhi ma نستاهلش.” People with actual talent are busy doubting themselves in silence, while the…
Essay1 September 20264 min
Capes and Cracks: Every Superhero but Spider-Man
Gather round, dear reader. Pull that blanket up to your chin and get real cozy. Tonight, we have a very important story about capes, hammers, and shields. Oh, wait, that’s not all. We also have a bat who is very, very serious about everything. Worry not, you’re already acquainted.
Essay1 September 20265 min
Algerian Publishing in English: From Niche to Movement
In the past, Algerian fiction written in English felt like speaking into the void. A few curious readers. A handful of writers. A language learned everywhere, yet welcomed nowhere. Today, that silence is finally breaking. What was once a niche is steadily becoming a movement.
Culture29 August 20265 min
Writing in a Mechanical World: How Does One Maintain a Creative Voice?
Unappreciative, remote, robotic. Mechanical is what we have become. We no longer possess that sheer appreciation for art, for matters that we deemed worthy of our attention.
Essay22 August 20264 min
What Will The Next Algerian Novel Look Like?
It is no secret that Algerian literature was born with a mission long before it was allowed to be a space for experimental writing. In fact, it has always been defined by its engagement with the revolutionary consciousness and its ties to a cruel and bloody colonial history.
Conversation22 August 20264 min
Exploring Algeria’s Complex Identity Through Its Fiction
Algerian identity has never been neat or straightforward; it is made of layers of histories, languages, and cultures, that refuse to melt into a single pot.
Culture21 August 20265 min