In mid July, Algeria’s national football team took out their second African Cup of Nations title in Cairo. Amid the joy and elation of victory, Algerian midfielder, Adlène Guediora, spoke unequivocally on the context of the historic victory: ‘the national team’s victory is due to the hirak (people’s uprising)’. ‘Le Casa d’El Mouradia’, a popular anti-regime song echoed around Cairo’s International Stadium and fans chanted ‘The People Demand Independence’. The ...