Kamel Daoud says he was sentenced to three years in prison in Algeria over his novel 'Houris'
Le Monde
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His 2024 book explores the Algerian civil war that killed 200,000 people between 1992 and 2002.
Speaking to Le Monde, Daoud confirmed that the sentence was solely related to a complaint from the National Organization of Victims of Terrorism, and not that of Saâda Arbane, who accused the author of stealing her tragic story.