Walls of Algiers : narratives of the city through text and image I. Peoples. Exoticism erasures and absence: the peopling of Algiers c. 1830 1900 Julia Clancy Smith Medina and modernity: the emergence of Muslim civil society in Algiers between the two World Wars Omar Carlier II. Images. The promise and power of new technologies: nineteenth century Algiers Frances Terpak The houses of Algiers in French colonial discourse Zeynep Çelik The invisible prison: representing Algiers on film Eric Breitbart III. Places. Masking and unmasking the historic quarters of Algiers: the reassessment of an archive Isabelle Grangaud Historic intersections: the center of Algiers Zeynep Çelik Historiographies of Algiers: critical reflections Patricia M.E. Lorcin