Ahlam Mosteghanemi

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born

in Tunis, Tunisia

April 13, 1953

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female

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http://www.mosteghanemi.com/english/Biography.htm

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Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Ahlam Mosteghanemi (Arabic: أحلام مستغانمي ) is an Algerian author and the first female Algerian author of Arabic-language works to be translated into English.
By the time she was born, Mosteghanemi's father had already been imprisoned after the 1945 riots. When the Algerian war broke out in 1954, her family home in Tunisia became a central meeting point for resistance fighters allied to the Algerian People’s Party including her father and cousins. After independence, in 1962, the family returned to Algeria, where Mosteghanemi was sent to the country’s first Arabic-language school.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she became one of the first Algerian Arabic writers, broadcasting her poetry on national radio to support her family due to he...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 36,843 ratings · 4,410 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors

	ذاكرة الجسد by Ahlam Mosteghanemi, أحلام مستغانمي 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 7,930 ratings — published 1985 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	على مرفأ الأيام by Ahlam Mosteghanemi, أحلام مستغانمي 3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 549 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	فوضى الحواس by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 6,227 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	com نسيان by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 8,130 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الأسود يليق بك by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 10,364 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	عابر سرير by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 4,164 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	قلوبهم معنا وقنابلهم علينا by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 995 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الكتابة في لحظة عري by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 733 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	أكاذيب سمكة by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1993	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“الذين نحبهم لا نودعهم، لأننا فى الحقيقة لا نفارقهم، لقد خُلق الوداع للغرباء..وليس للأحبة”
― Ahlam Mosteghanemi, ذاكرة الجسد

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“أشياء تطاردها
و أخرى تُمسك بتلابيب ذاكرتك
أشياء تُلقي عليك السلام
و أخرى تُدير لك ظهرها
أشياء تودّ لو قتلتها
لكنّك كلّما صادفتها
أردتك قتيلًا”
― Ahlam Mosteghanemi

178 people liked it

“الفن هو كل ما يهزنا... و ليس بالضرورة كل ما نفهمه”
― Ahlam Mosteghanemi, ذاكرة الجسد

172 people liked it

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