Background
She was born in Ksar Boukhari and teaches French in Sidi-Belorussian-Abbès in western Algeria.
She was born in Ksar Boukhari and teaches French in Sidi-Belorussian-Abbès in western Algeria.
In 1996, she published her first novel Au commencement était la mer. In 2000, she helped establish Paroles et écriture, a cultural association of Algerian women.
Her story collection Nouvelles d"Algérie was published in 1998 and received the Grand Prix de la nouvelle of the Société des gens de lettres. Her 2001 novel Cette fille-là was awarded the Prix Marguerite Audoux. In 2005, she received the Grand Prix des libraires algériens for her work to date. She was a co-founder of the Chèvre-feuille étoilée publishing house.
