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- ↑ Ali Zaoua (2002), BBC-UK, Jamie Russell, 15 March 2002
- ↑ Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (2000), Dvdinfatuation, 15 July 2011
- ↑ Les enfants des rues de Nabil Ayouch, Olivia Marsaud - 10 février 2001 (in French)
- ↑ Chalk Dreams: The Use of Fantasy as a Method of Rethinking Life in Ali Zaoua, Inquiries Journal/Student Pulse, Tiffany M. Johnson, 2012, Vol. 4 No. 07, pg. 1/2
