· December, 2008

Stories about Algeria from December, 2008

North Africa: Regarding the Shoe Tossing

  15 December 2008

The Moor Next Door deconstructs the cultural implications of having a pair of shoes thrown at you: “In either case, the insult is obvious: Few people of any culture would take having a loafer or sneaker thrown at them as an expression of endearment.”

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