Years after first writing about life in Paris' underprivileged suburbs in her debut novel Kiffe Kiffe Demain, the French-Algerian writer still has to battle stereotypes and her own inherited shame ...

When a book is first published elsewhere in a language other than English, it may take a while to make it to our shores. That is the case with “Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow,” originally released in France in ...

What’s the future for culture in Afghanistan? International Film: Joana Hadjithomas and Lin-Manuel Miranda This week on The Cultural Frontline, Anu Anand looks at how migration and the journeys we ...

Saqi Books has bagged French Algerian writer Faïza Guène’s "latest gem" Discretion, a novel exploring the trials of an Algerian family trying to make a living in Paris. Publisher Lynn Gaspard acquired ...

First made famous in Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, the formula is familiar. Angst-ridden adolescent, tongue loosened during psychiatric treatment, slags off parents, school friends and everyone else ...

In her second novel, Guène poignantly chronicles the lives of Algerian immigrant Ahlème and her family in their adopted France, delicately linking anguish and humor in a realistic portrayal of ...

NEXT month marks the 60th anniversary of Algeria’s independence. It was a hard-fought liberty, and to this day tensions remain with France, its former coloniser. After the Algerian war (1954-62), a ...

French author Faïza Guène on writing about the pull between two identities and Chilean theatre director Ramona Suarez on telling the stories of Haitian migrants. Show more This week on The Cultural ...