: Written in clear Arabic script capturing the exact local dialect.

This tradition, known as "Al Boukalate," is an exclusively female practice that has been passed down through generations. In the past, women in the Casbah of Algiers would gather in the evenings, often during Ramadan, around a well-laid table to exchange the most poetic and meaningful boukalates they knew. The rite is intrinsically linked to the "game" of making wishes, where a participant reads a boukalate, and those listening make a wish upon it.

La transmission orale est magnifique, mais la numérisation permet de préserver ce patrimoine. Télécharger un PDF de boukalates permet de :

Many Algerian cultural bloggers digitize these poems to preserve national heritage. Search for terms like "كتاب البوقالات الجزائرية PDF" (Book of Algerian Boukalates PDF) on Google.