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Assia Djebar Quotes

1936–2015

Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (Arabic: فاطمة الزهراء إيمالاين‎; 30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015), known by her pen name Assia Djebar (Arabic: آسيا جبار), was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance.

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Each of my books is a step towards the understanding of the North African identity and an attempt to enter modernity.

Like many writers, I use my culture and I collect several imaginary worlds.”

First it was the language of the enemy,, “then it became a kind of stepmother, in relation to the maternal tongue of Arabic.

there were only men in the streets of Algiers.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Assia Djebar (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.