298 Mediated Publics
61.“relay components,” see Querrien, “Un art des centres et des banlieues.” On
62.illes Kraemer, “Presses francophone et arabophone en Algérie,” G Monde
Arabe Maghreb-Machrek 173 (2001): 73–83 (83).
63.t may seem problematic to speak of civil society in the case of Algeria. I
According to authors who insist on the iron grip of the regime, civil society
is merely a shadow; its existence depends on the state and its infrastructure.
Other authors, in contradistinction, recognize the existence of civil society
despite its being fresh and weak. See Yahia Zoubir and Youcef Bouandel,
“The Question of Human Rights in Algeria: An Analytical Approach,” The
Journal of Algerian Studies 3 (1998): 1–18 (18).