10.17192/meta.2015.5.3523 Hecking, Britta Elena Britta Elena Hecking Navigating the City Center: Young Street Hawkers in Algiers Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 5 (2015) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2015 Street Politics Urban Peripheries Algiers Informality Youth Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2018-01-31 2015-11-03 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2015/103/3523 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2015-103-35231 https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2015.5.103 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2015/103/3523/3523.png 2196-629X image/jpeg application/pdf This paper explores the significance of navigating practices in the everyday life of young street hawkers in the peripheral urban areas of Algiers. The French expression naviguer ("navigating") is used by young people in colloquial Arabic to describe practices of getting by and being on the move in outdoor urban spaces. By navigating the central spaces of the Algerian capital, young people resist social and spatial exclusion. Based on the results of research conducted at Martyrs Square between 2009 and 2012, this paper aims to scrutinize the "politics of navigating" and argues that navigating practices both preserve and challenge the status quo. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 5 (2015)