Ahlam Mosteghanemi

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born

April 13, 1953 in Tunis, Tunisia

gender

female

website

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

genre

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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Books by Ahlam Mosteghanemi

Average rating: 3.86 · 7,970 ratings · 947 reviews · 9 distinct works

	ذاكرة الجسد by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 4.07 avg rating — 3,333 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	My rating:
	فوضى الحواس by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 4.02 avg rating — 2,458 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	My rating:
	com نسيان by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 3.83 avg rating — 2,703 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Memory in the Flesh 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	عابر سرير by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 3.80 avg rating — 1,630 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	قلوبهم معنا وقنابلهم علينا by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 3.55 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	على مرفأ الأيام by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 3.09 avg rating — 216 ratings	My rating:
	أكاذيب سمكة by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 3.65 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	الكتابة في لحظة عري by أحلام مستغانمي, Ahlam Mosteghanemi 3.37 avg rating — 250 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Ahlam Mosteghanemi

“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

77 people liked it

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

64 people liked it

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

41 people liked it

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