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The essays reveal that the debate over the linguistic situation in Algeria is neither over nor solved, and is still capable of provoking the same passion and controversies half a century after the country's independence, almost as much as it did in the early years of independence. Readers interested in issues of identity and multilingual situations would find Algeria in Others' Languages a very valuable reference. Aida A. Bamia, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, 23:1-2, 2003

Readers interested in exploring the issues of language, gender, and contemporary politics in Algeria will find much that is new in these essays, and will appreciate the diverse views expressed by their authors. An extensive bibliography adds an invaluable research tool for scholars in many fields of study on Algeria. -Susan Tarrow, Cornell University, Modern and Contemporary France 12:2, 2004

As transnational language politics increasingly come to be recognized as crucial to the study of post-independence cultural formations in the wake of colonial wars, a book such as Algeria in Others' Languages is both timely and historically significant. Lucid, eloquent, and charged with political urgency, this collection is the first of its kind in English devoted to Algeria's predicament as a society riven by the conflicting claims of secular and Islamist traditions. Emily Apter, University of California, Los Angeles

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Anne-Emmanuelle Berger is Professor of French Literature at Cornell University.

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