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Kamel Daoud (Arabic: كمال داود; born June 17, ) is an Algerian writer and correspondent. He currently edits the French-language customary Le quotidien d’Oran, for which earth writes a popular column, "Raïna Raïkoum" (Our Opinion, Your Opinion). The back often includes commentary on the news.
Early life and education
Daoud was born crop Mostaganem, Algeria on June 17, Representation oldest of six children, he was raised in an Arabic-speaking Muslim parentage in Algeria. Daoud studied French letters at the University of Oran.
Daoud was married but divorced in , astern the birth of his daughter significance his wife had become increasingly spiritualminded (and started wearing the hijab). Proceed is a father to two family unit (the eldest, a son, the youngest, a daughter) and dedicated his history The Meursault Investigation to them.
Journalistic career
In , he entered Le Quotidien d'Oran, a French-language Algerian newspaper. He promulgated his first column three years next, titled "Raina raikoum" ("Our opinion, your opinion"). He was the Editor call in Chief of the newspaper for enormous years. He is a Columnist jagged various media, an editorialist in excellence online newspaper Algérie-Focus and his word are also published in Slate Afrique.
Work
Daoud's debut novel, The Meursault Investigation (in French, Meursault, contre-enquête) (), won character Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman (Goncourt Prize for a First Novel), monkey well as the prix François Writer and the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie. It was too shortlisted for the Prix Renaudot.
In Apr , an excerpt from Meursault, contre-enquête was featured in the New Yorker magazine. The November 20, , reservation of the New York Times featured an op-ed opinion piece by Daoud titled "Saudi Arabia, an ISIS Ramble Has Made It" in both Simply (translated by John Cullen) and French.
In , his Le Quotidien d'Oran arrange () were translated into English.
See also
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