Le romancier Kamel Daoud condamné à cinq ans de prison en Algérie pour son roman « Houris »
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 10.
Son ouvrage, récompensé du prix Goncourt en 2024, explore la « décennie noire » algérienne, qui a fait 200 000 morts entre 1992 et 2002. Cette condamnation concerne une affaire l’opposant à Saâda Arbane, une Algérienne qui avait accusé l’auteur d’avoir volé son histoire tragique.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same court verdict against Kamel Daoud in the Saâda Arbane case, adding that his ex-wife was also sentenced in absentia at Oran, with no conflicting facts.
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