Friday, November 13, 2026 Vol. I · No. 1
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Algerian writer Kamel Daoud sentenced to five years over prize-winning novel

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Franco-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud and his wife have each been sentenced to five years in prison by an Algerian court over allegations that his award-winning novel Houris drew on confidential medical information about a woman who survived an Islamist attack during the country's civil war in the…

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