In 1516, the Corsair Aroudj Barberousse helped liberate the city of Algiers, surrounded by the Spaniards. King Salim Toumi, who has entered into an alliance with the pirate, is assassinated. While the court is on the run, one of his wives, Zaphira, chooses to stay, to stand up to the pirate, and his family, to keep the memory of the late king alive, and to see his son Yahia succeed him. . But the new master of Algiers hopes to conquer it as he has brought the city to heel…
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Adila Bendimerad revives Zaphira, Queen of Algiers in the 16th century, in “The Last Queen”
