Prix Goncourt: Kamel Daoud wins France's literary prize for Algerian Civil War novel ‘Houris’

Prix Goncourt: Kamel Daoud wins France's literary prize for Algerian Civil War novel ‘Houris’

France • Nov 4, 2024, 11:54 AM

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French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud has won the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize, for his novel set during the bloody "Black Decade" that tore apart his native Algeria at the end of the 20th century.

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French prosecutors demand 20-year sentence for ex-husband in Pelicot mass rape case

France • 4:05 AM

The prosecution asked on Monday that Dominique Pelicot be given the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for drugging and raping his then-wife, Gisele Pelicot, and recruiting others to rape her. The prosecutor told the court in Avignon that the prison

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