Algeria Sentences Goncourt Winner Daoud to Five Years for Novel 'Houris'

An Algerian court sentenced French-Algerian novelist Kamel Daoud to five years in prison for his Goncourt-winning novel 'Houris', following a complaint by Saâda Arbane who claims he appropriated her personal tragedy from Algeria's 'black decade'. The verdict escalates a legal and cultural clash over memory and artistic freedom, with potential diplomatic implications between Algeria and France.

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