The streets of central Algiers, so many nooks and crannies filled with history. Each passage and each alley is a real open-air museum, exhibiting the popular culture of the capital. The spokeswoman for the United States Embassy in Algiers set out to discover its neighborhoods, known for their very “working-class” atmosphere in which proximity is essential.
According to a video shared on the official account of the US Embassy in Algiers, Staci visited central Algiers, including the Clauzel Market where she had a dish of sardines. It is on a background of Chaabi music, that we can see the American employee cheerful at the idea of visiting this pole of the capital.
Staci: discovering central Algiers, with a smile on your face
First of all, it begins by highlighting the small businesses in the alleys of central Algiers, in particular the famous sellers of books and novels on the ground, but also the sellers of objects of all kinds in the market.
Then, on the same video, we can see Staci strolling, joyful in the streets of Algiers with the buildings of the capital as a background. She finally ends up going to a popular restaurant before sitting down and ordering the famous plate of fried sardines, a dish very popular in Mediterranean countries, especially in Algeria. She sprinkles her dish with a few drops of squeezed lemon before launching a “Yaatik saha” in Algerian dialect and tasting her fish.
Finally, we can read in the description of this video that the American asks the Algerians for advice for her future tastings. She indeed, it is mentioned there: what will she test next time? Mhadjeb? Guaranteed?
