Barzakh Editions

Barzakh Editions (French: Éditions Barzakh; Arabic: دار البرزخ للنشر) is an independent publishing house in Algeria. It publishes work of a new generation of Algerian writers. Barzakh within islam is the period between someone's death and his resurrection at the Last Judgment and the stay in the akhirah afterwards. Barzakh was founded by Selma Hellal and Sofiane Hadjadj in the year of 2000, during the last years of the Algerian Civil War. In these years the conflicts in the country were greatly isolated from the world outside. According to the jury of the Prince Claus Awards in 2010, the foundation of this publishing house was elemental for opening the door again between Algeria and the rest of the world. Initially, it had been the purpose to publish work of writers of Algerian soil only.

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