During his stay in Paris, Ali Këlcyra wrote on Le Quotidien, and Le Matin to report on the situation in Albania and on the pro-fascist politics of Ahmet Zogu.
In October 2001, Khaled Nezzar's son Lotfi violently attacked a Le Matin reporter, Sid Ahmed Semiane, for having criticized his father.
The Protos gain worldwide acclaim in 1908 when it was first to cross the finishing line in the 1908 New York to Paris Race organised by the newspapers Le Matin of Paris, and The New York Times - six competitors covered some 13 000 miles, an additional 10 000 miles being over sea.
Three of his novels were adapted to movies: 37°2 le matin (1986; English title Betty Blue) which was filmed by Jean-Jacques Beineix; Bleu comme l'enfer (1986; English title Blue Hell) directed by Yves Boisset; and Impardonnables (2011; English title Unforgivable) directed by André Téchiné.