Rebel Writers: Algerian Voices | Documentary

Two radical Algerian writers – a novelist who championed independence and a playwright whose work cost him his life.

How two eminent figures in Algerian literature used the written word to contribute to their country’s struggle for independence, justice, dignity, and national identity.

Mohamed Dib (1920-2003) was one of Algeria’s most celebrated novelists who wrote in French to reclaim his people’s literary voice. His novels exposed poverty and injustice under French colonial rule and…

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