Allaoua Amara

Allaoua Amara
Born1975 (age 50–51)
Béni Hamidan, Algeria
EducationEmir Abdelkader University
University of Poitiers
University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
OccupationsHistorian, University Professor
EmployerEmir Abdelkader University of Islamic Sciences
Known forSpecialist in medieval Islamic and Maghrebi history
AwardsTranslation Prize of the High Commission for the Arabic Language (2014)

Allaoua Amara (in Arabic: عمارة علاوة), born in 1975 in Béni Hamidan, is an Algerian historian and university professor. A specialist in the history of the Maghreb and medieval Islam, he holds a PhD in history from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He teaches at the Emir Abdelkader University in Constantine and collaborates with several research institutions, including the CNRPAH, CNRA in Algeria, and the CNRS in France. He has published numerous articles in international journals, as well as various books on medieval Islamic history, Algerian history, and the Algerian War, in addition to works related to translation and academic research.

Early life

Amara began his studies in Béni Hamidan before entering the University of Constantine in 1991. Excelling in his class, he received a scholarship to pursue studies in France.

In 1997, he earned a Diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA) at the University of Poitiers under the supervision of Jean-Pierre Arrignon, then completed a doctorate under Françoise Micheau [fr] at Paris 1 on the topic: Power, Economy, and Society in Hammadid Maghreb, which he defended in 2002.

In 2020, he co-authored a book on Malek Bennabi with Riad Cherouana, based on over 200 archival documents—letters, press articles, and French administrative and military reports—which provided new insights into Bennabi's activities in Algeria, France, and Germany. Originally published by Dar Al-Houda in Algeria, the book was later reissued by Dar Al-Fikr in Beirut.

In 2023, Amara and Cherouana published a book on Abdeslam Ben Badis, a FLN activist who died in 1960 on the Challe line [fr]. It is based on unpublished French archival material and was released to commemorate Ben Badis's 100th birthday.

He has declined academic offers from France and Gulf countries to remain in Algeria for personal and family reasons.

Publications

Books

Selected Articles

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "ما لا تعرفون عن (3): الدكتـور عـلاوة عمارة" [What you don't know about Dr. Allaoua Amara]. El Bassair (in Arabic). 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  2. ↑ Allaoua Amara (31 December 2021). "مسار بحث". Insaniyat (in Arabic) (94): 121–132. doi:10.4000/insaniyat.26075. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Malek Bennabi dans les archives nationales françaises, de Riad Cherouana et Allaoua Amara" [Malek Bennabi in the French National Archives, by Riad Cherouana and Allaoua Amara] (in French). Liberté Algérie. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Une analyse du livre « Les documents de Malek Bennabi »". Jadariyat (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "New Edition of "Documents of Malek Bennabi"". Echourouk Online (in Arabic). 1 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "في إصدار للباحثين علاوة عمارة و رياض شروانة" [In a publication by researchers Allaoua Amara and Riad Cherouana]. Annasr (in Arabic). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "وثائق تنشر لأول مرة عن الشهيد الدكتور لخضر عبد السلام بن باديس" [Documents published for the first time about the martyr Dr. Lakhdar Abdel Salam Ben Badis]. Echourouk Online (in Arabic). 15 February 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Éditions de la Sorbonne, ed. (2011). Islamisation et arabisation de l’Occident musulman médiéval (viie–xiie siècle). ISBN 978-2-85944-873-8. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Alger, de la fondation ziride à la capitale régionale (Xe–XVe siècle)" (PDF). Hesperis-Tamuda: 115–137. 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "L'abrégé de Dībāǧat al-iftiḫār". Arabica: 306–313. 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  11. ↑ Allaoua Amara (2025). "Malfante l'Africain. Relire la "Lettre du Touat" (1447)". Bulletin critique des annales islamologiques (39): 225–226. doi:10.4000/13v5e. Retrieved 5 June 2025.