Yasmina Khadra
Expatriate Algerian novelist living in France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammed Moulessehoul (Arabic: محمد مولسهول; born 10 January 1955), better known by the pen name Yasmina Khadra (Arabic: ياسمينة خضراء), is an Algerian author living in France, who writes in French. One of the most famous Algerian novelists in the world, he has written almost 40 novels, and has published in more than 50 countries. Khadra has often explored Algerian and other Arab countries' civil wars, depicting Muslim conflicts and reality, the attraction of radical Islamism to those alienated by the incompetence and hypocrisy of politicians, and conflicts between East and West. In his several writings on the Algerian war, he has exposed the regime and the fundamentalist opposition as the joint guilty parties in the country's tragedy.
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Native name | Mohammed Moulessehoul |
Born | (1955-01-10) 10 January 1955 (age 69) Kénadsa, Béchar Province, Algeria |
Pen name | Yasmina Khadra |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | French |
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