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The article is divided into two sections: the first part examines how first-generation immigrants are reluctant to break away from pre-migratory culinary and dietary traditions. The seemingly contradictory binary of stability and disruption is in fact less antagonistic than it seems: both are essential to transformation. The article exemplifies how in seeking to (re)create a sense home, immigrants contribute to the restructuring of public neighbourhoods. In so doing, they are effectively creating a multisensory experience that travels through food. The result is a transcultural and transculinary social space. The second part of the article uses ethnographic scaffolding to present three food markets intended for migrant clienteles and that are located in two Montreal neighbourhoods where migrant populations are predominant. The analysis confirms that transculturalism is also at play here and that older or more traditional understandings of integration are, in turn, nuanced.

Keywords: immigration, alimentation, transculturalisme, ethnographie, commerces, immigration, nutrition, transculturalism, ethnographic inquiry, food commerce

AbstractConfrontation by LanguagesThe answers to central questions raised by mankind (Where do we corne from ? Where are we going to ? How one can be born of two ?) constitute the symbolic system of a society, transmitted between generations through languages. The many languages existing in Algeria express the richness of ils identity. However, authoritarian power or sectarian dogma can transform a live language into a dead one. For now, the languages are still alive, but they cannot converse for lack of a center of legitimity. Speeches are silenced and violences settles.Key words : Grandguillaume, Algeria, arabization, language, religion, islam, identity, legitimity

This article compares the works and careers of Leo Africanus, Moroccan geographer born in Granada, and of the Morisco Ahmad al-Hajarî, focusing on their contributions to travel literature and to the development of Oriental studies in Europe.

Keywords: Jean Léon l'Africain (v. 1490- v. 1554), Ahmad al-Hajarî (1569 ou 70 – après 1640), Orientalisme, littérature de voyage, Morisques, écrivains marocains, Leo Africanus (ca. 1490-ca. 1554), Ahmad al-Hajarî (1569 or 70 – after 1640), Orientalism, travel literature, Moriscos, Moroccan writers, Juan León el Africano (ca. 1490-ca. 1554), Ahmad al-Hajarî (1569 o 70 – después de 1640), orientalismo, literatura de viajes, Moriscos, escritores marroquí

AbstractSilting and solid transport constitute, by their importance, a major problem in Algeria (agricultural land degradation, silting up of reservoirs). Hydrotechnical design and planning studies very often come up against the problem of the lack or of the reduced availability of data on solid transport. Many researchers try to find a work around to tackle this problem by developing models specific to the watersheds studied. These are used to fill the gaps due to the lack of measurement data and to extend the existing series according to the water flow information that is often measured. The purpose of this study was to quantify solid transport and erosion rates in the Sikkak river basin, to determine periods of active erosion and to establish a model relating the transport of solids to the flow rate (Qs as a function of Ql). The Sikkak basin is located in north-western Algeria, covers an area of 218 km2, and includes the Sikkak dam with a capacity of 30 Hm3. We used instantaneous water discharge and suspended sediment loads measured at the Aïn Youcef station from September 1972 to August 1990. Results of analysis of the instantaneous values of suspended solid flow and their relations with water discharge show the existence of two periods of active erosion. The annual solid and liquid contributions vary greatly from one year to the next. The mean of the soil erosion rate is evaluated at 170 t•km‑2•yr‑1, varying between 4 and 745 t•km‑2•yr‑1. These values are very moderate compared to those reported for other basins of the Algeria and the Maghreb, but are very close to the values for some of the Tafna basins.

Keywords: Sikkak, Tafna, érosion, sédiment, débit liquide, transport solide, modèle, Algérie, Sikkak, Tafna, erosion, suspended sediment, water discharge, transport, model, Algeria

The advent of Arab satellite televisions in the mediascape of the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean raises many questions about the nature of the public sphere that has resulted. Although the genealogy of this sphere can be traced in older media, such as the Egyptian radio and its programme « Voice of the Arabs », it is different in nature (how can non-national televisions produce a common ground with already established various national groups ?), and in its effects which at once « loose » and yet persistent. This article discusses the concept of « Arab public sphere » by addressing its conditions of possibility and by relating it to the discussions on the liberal democratic public sphere and on alternative modernities. Does satellite television create the Arab public sphere, as some works seem to suggest ? If so, what are the premises ? It is difficult to pretend to a transnational dimension of the public sphere without referring to « the social substratum » that identifies the national public spheres. We will show this link by drawing on field research conducted in the Maghreb. By doing so, we hope to point out to the consequences of the virtual public space, which is at the same time problematic in its implementation and rich in possibilities.

Keywords: Hadj-Moussa, sphère publique arabe, Maghreb, télévision par satellite, généalogie, modernités alternatives, Hadj-Moussa, Arab Public Sphere, Maghreb, Satellite Television, Genealogy, Altenative Modernities, Hadj-Moussa, esfera pública árabe, Magreb, Televisión vía satélite, genealogía, modernidades alternativas