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Primary Source Publications

L’Action
L’Action Nouvelle
L’Algérie Libre
al-Balagh al-Jazairi
al-Bassair
Bulletin de la Société de géographie d’Alger et de l’Afrique du Nord
La Défense
L’Écho de la Presse Musulmane
L’Écho Indigène
L’Entente franco-musulmane
Femmes de Demain
La Française
L’Ikdam
al-Islah
La Justice
La Lutte Sociale
Minerva
al-Najah
Oran Républicain
El Ouma
al-Salam
al-Shihab
La Voix des Humbles
La Voix Indigène

Primary Source Monographs and Novels

Baroy, Marie. “Rôle du travail de la femme dans l’évolution sociale de la Casbah.” Master’s thesis, Université de Alger, 1943.

Bel, Marguerite A. Les arts indigènes féminins en Algérie. Algiers: Ouvrage publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement Général de l’Algérie, 1939.

Bennabi, Malek. Islam in History and Society. Translated by Asma Rashid. Islamabad: Islamic Research Institute, 1988.

———. Mémoires d’un témoin du siècle: l’enfant, l’étudiant, l’écrivain. Algiers: Samar éditions, 1965.

Bentami, Rosalia. L’Enfer de la Casbah. Algiers: Impr. du Lycée, 1936.

Borrmans, Maurice. “La femme de ménage musulmane en service dans les familles européennes.” Master’s thesis, University of Algiers, 1955.

Bottini-Honot, Jeanne. Parmi des inconnus. Constantine: Éditions de l’Académie Numidia, 1929.

Bugéja, Marie. Énigme musulmane. Algiers: Editions de France, 1938.

———. Nos sœurs musulmanes. Algiers: Editions de France, 1921.

———. Visions d’Algérie. Algiers: Editions de France, 1929.

Cadi, Cherif. Terres d’Islam. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle, 1916.

Faci, Saïd. L’Algérie sous l’égide de la France contre la féodalité algérienne. Toulouse, 1936.

———. Mémoire d’un instituteur algérien d’origine indigène. Constantine: Attali, 1931.

Goichon, Amélie-Marie. La Vie féminine au Mzab. Paris, 1927.

Laloë, G. Enquête sur le travail des femmes indigènes à Alger. Algiers: Typographie Adolphe Jourdan, 1910.

Lechani, Mohand Le Malaise algérien. Algiers: Pfeifer et Assant, 1939.

Lefèvre, Laure. “Recherches sur la condition de la femme kabyle.” PhD diss., Université d’Alger, 1939.

Viollette, Maurice. L'Algérie vivra-t-elle?: notes d'un ancien gouverneur général. Paris: Félix Alcan, 1931.

al-Zawawi, Shaykh Abu Yaʿla. al-Islam al-sahih. Cairo: al-Manar Press, 1926.

Zenati, Rabah. Bou-el-Nour. Algiers: La Maison des Livres, 1945.

Archives Consulted

Archives of the Wilaya of Algiers
Archives of the Wilaya of Constantine
Archives of the Wilaya of Oran
Archives of the Archdiocese of Algiers
Archives nationales d’Algérie (Algiers)
Archives nationales de France (Pierrefitte)
Archives nationales d’Outre-Mer (Aix-en-Provence)
Archives nationales de Tunisie (Tunis)
Bibliothèque nationale de France

Oral Interviews

Benaik, Fatma Zohra. Interviewed virtually by Sara Rahnama. March 4, 2019.
Lounas, Dahbia. Interviewed virtually by Sara Rahnama. October 31, 2021.

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