Ahlam Mosteghanemi





Ahlam Mosteghanemi

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April 13, 1953

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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


Average rating: 3.92 · 36,843 ratings · 4,410 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 7,930 ratings — published 1985 — 11 editions
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3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 549 ratings
فوضى الحواس
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 6,227 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions
com نسيان
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 8,130 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
الأسود يليق بك
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 10,364 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
عابر سرير
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 4,164 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
قلوبهم معنا وقنابلهم علينا
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 995 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
الكتابة في لحظة عري
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3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 733 ratings
أكاذيب سمكة
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1993
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“الذين نحبهم لا نودعهم، لأننا فى الحقيقة لا نفارقهم، لقد خُلق الوداع للغرباء..وليس للأحبة”
Ahlam Mosteghanemi, ذاكرة الجسد

“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

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

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