المحكمة الإسبرطية

International Prize · 2020 · Winner

Dar MimJanuary 1, 2019Literary Fiction Historical Fiction

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
International Prize for Arabic Fiction	2020	Winner

About This Book

Set in 19th-century Algeria, depicts the historical experience of Algerians under French colonial rule through three interconnected narratives, drawing on the genre of the historical court drama to examine colonialism, resistance, and cultural destruction.

About the Author

Abdelouahab AissaouiDZ

Abdelouahab Aissaoui is an Algerian novelist born in 1985 in Tébessa. He is one of the most significant younger voices in Algerian Arabic literature, writing in Modern Standard Arabic about Algerian history and identity. He studied Arabic literature and has worked as a journalist. Read more →