Politics● Low18m ago · Nov 10, 2026, 3:08 PM
Algeria: writer Kamel Daoud and his wife sentenced to five years in prison
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Jeune Afrique · North Africa
Prosecuted in France and Algeria since the publication of his novel « Houris », awarded the Goncourt Prize in 2024, the writer is accused by a survivor of the black decade of having « stolen » her story with the help of his wife, of whom the plaintiff was a patient.
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