Le trabendo selon Mimouni et à travers les prismes de la littérature, du cinéma et de la sociologie

Two works by Rachid Mimouni (De la barbarie en général et de l’intégrisme en particulier and Chroniques de Tanger), crossed with Algerian cinema and a novel by Abdelrrahmane Zakad, allow for a better understanding of the practice of trabendo, an endemic problem in the Maghreb: the shortage of some basic products gives rise to a flourishing shadow economy where otherwise unavailable staple goods as well as luxury goods circulate.