Motifs is a young publishing house founded by Maya Ouabadi in Algiers. Editions Motifs whose name (in French) refers first to the motives that inspire action, but also to the aesthetics, to the patterns that adorn and decorate. In their publications, they try to combine the two aspects by proposing content (literary criticism magazines, feminist journal, printed documents and stories, artist books, notebooks) which by the specificity of their format or their tone do not necessarily find their place in the Algerian literary and journalistic landscape.