French

L’Orient est rouge

Leïla Sebbar

Mon cher fils

English

Paris, October 1961

The Seine Was Red

Fiction

Poetry

Graphic Novels, Comic Books, Illustrated Books, and Manga

Biography or Memoir

Children's Book

Nonfiction

Palestine

Lebanon

Egypt

Syria

Iraq

Morocco

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia

Algeria

Türkiye

Iran

Jordan

Sudan

Yemen

Libya

United Arab Emirates

Kuwait

Oman

Bahrain

Art and Art History

Gastronomy

Feminism and Gender

Architecture and Urbanism

Philosophy

Anthropology and Society

Politics

Journalism and Media Studies

Psychology

Environment, Health, and Science

Literary Theory and Criticism

Religion and Spirituality

Business and Finance

Music

Political, Cultural, and Social History

Leïla Sebbar (born 1941) is a French-Algerian author.

 Early life 
Leïla Sebbar was born on 9 November 1941, in Aflou. The daughter of a French mother and an Algerian father, she spent her youth in French Algeria before leaving aged seventeen for Paris,  where she now lives.

 Career 
Sebbar writes in French about the relationship between France and Algeria and often juxtaposes the imagery of both countries to show the difference in cultures between the two. She deals with a variety of topics, ...

Books by Leïla Sebbar

Leïla Sebbar has 3 distinct books on kotobli

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