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Algerian Author Leila Marouane On Religion, Politics and Writing

May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Leila Marouane

Born in 1960, Leïla Marouane is an Algerian writer, who has lived and worked in France since 1990. Marouane’s books include The Girl from the Casbah (1996), Ravisseur (1999), and La Jeune Fille et la Mère. The latter book received the Prix Jean-Claude Izzo in 2006. Marouane has also previously been awarded the LiBeraturpreis at the Frankfurt Book Fair (received in 2004).

In this interview with Hadrien Diez, Marouane talks about her writing, and shares her thoughts on religion, women oppression, and the politics of her country.

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The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris (by Leïla Marouane)

April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris (by Leïla Marouane)

Leila Marouane’s fifth novel, The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris, is by many aspects, a radical shift in the author’s work. The novel’s central character is a man: Mohamed Ben Mokhtar – or Basile Tocquard as he oddly re-baptised himself; a middle-manager banker in his forties, full of self-confidence. Ben Mokhtar is a second-generation Algerian immigrant, something you would barely notice since he takes great care to whiten his skin and straighten his hair.

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What the Day Owes the Night (by Yasmina Khadra)

October 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
What the Day Owes the Night (by Yasmina Khadra)

In “What the Day Owes the Night”, Yasmina Khadra has written a majestic novel about Algeria, and his is an amazing story that highlights the terrible rift between lovers, family and friends that are loyal to the same country. Younes, the narrator, is, despite his conflicting character, both interesting and likeable. Notwithstanding, many readers will find themselves by turn frustrated at some of the poor decisions he makes.

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