The study "When the Margins Rise: The Case of Ouargla and Tataouine" outlines the characteristics of two borderland towns, in both Algeria and Tunisia, where spatial disparities between coastal towns and borderlands reach pathological proportions. Dalia Ghanem and Eya Jrad explain how in Ouargla and Tataouine, which are situated in the borders, suffer from a profound socio-economic marginalization by comparison to the northern and coastal regions.