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contact: anouarrahmaninovelist@gmail.com Anouar Rahmani was Shortlisted for the index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards, London 2021; honored by the German Bundestag’s protection (Parliamentarians for Parliamentarians), Berlin 2021, recognized as exiled writer by Pen America, supported by Pen International, Pen America, Pen Canada, Pen France, Frontline defenders, Human rights Watch since 2016. Named the pen…
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End of the Third World is a sprawling, multi-layered novel that examines the foundations of patriarchal systems and questions the global order through the lens of a worldwide epidemic known as the Patriarchy Virus. The virus is said to attack women’s wombs, triggering panic across the globe and pushing governments toward permanent lockdowns, persecution, and…
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Anouar Rahmani I had a place in America before I set foot in John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Here, in Uncle Sam’s country, I found that I had a space that was made for me in advance on this land before I came to it, an inalienable space that existed before me, and…
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My story of turning Pittsburgh into another Algeria. (By Anouar Rahmani) Four years ago, I arrived in Pittsburgh: eyes full of fear, a pale face, trembling hands. I had just fled persecution that lasted 14 years of my life in Algeria, because of my human-rights activism, my banned books, and my ideas that had long…
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Chapter One of my first novel, published in 2016 and subsequently banned in Algeria. This text revisits the story of Mother Mary through a radical shift: imagining her as an Algerian woman, devoid of sanctity. The question is no longer divine election, but survival under patriarchy. written and translated from Arabic to English by Anouar…
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Salman Rushdie was stabbed. A man stubbed him with all the strength that could be mustered. He was hit, punched, and stabbed repeatedly and with great malice, while I filmed with my phone. I couldn’t believe what was happening; I expected an intellectual and philosophical debate. I was waiting for a discussion about literature, thought,…
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