US EditionAlgerian attack survivor vows to be heard in court battle with award-winning author
- Saada Arbane, a 31-year-old Algerian attack survivor who lost her voice when her throat was slit in 2000, is suing author Kamel Daoud over his novel 'Houris'.
- Arbane claims that Daoud's novel, which won France's Prix Goncourt and is banned in Algeria, plagiarizes her life without consent, while Daoud denies this and says the story is widely known in Algeria.
- The lawsuit filed in France and Algeria claims that Arbane shares several traits with the novel’s main character, Aube, including a slashed throat, use of a breathing tube, matching scars and body markings, as well as ownership of a hair salon by both women.
- Arbane says the novel breaches medical confidentiality by using intimate details shared during treatment with Daoud’s wife, psychotherapist Aicha Dahdouh, which she refused to authorize, and describes the legal failure as "professional, legal, human and ethical."
- Arbane has vowed to defend her integrity and seeks acknowledgment of real harm while rejecting claims she is politicized or censoring the writer as court hearings and arrest warrants against Daoud proceed.
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The writer Kamel Daoud, accused of stealing the story of a woman to write "Houris", denounces "a form of judicial persecution"
The Prix Goncourt 2024 is being pursued in France and Algeria, after a woman accuses her of stealing her story to write her novel. In an interview at the "Figaro" on Monday, May 12th, he returned to these accusations.
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