Career
He teaches in Algeria. He has published novels, one of them titled The Gorilla. Riahi has been translated into English, French, Italian and Hebrew.
He was one of the 39 Arab writers under 40 years who were selected for the anthology Beirut39.
I consider myself as someone of a Negro decent, although I am not black. Perhaps my wide nose proves this theory.
Therefore, I am sympathetic towards the blacks ideologically, by heritage and by history. We, the whites, will not be liberated until we liberate ourselves from the racist views we have of other races and religions.".
