Culture #31

ILR 2+ · Culture & religion · radio interview · pausal recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 5What is the interview about?

Question 2 of 5What does the novel follow?

Question 3 of 5In which language was her first novel written?

Question 4 of 5Why did she write this novel in Arabic?

Question 5 of 5What does 'I am a daughter of this multiplicity' express?

Vocabulary

رِوَائِيَّةnovelist (f.)

تَدُورُ حَوْلَrevolves around

خَيْبَاتdisappointments

حَرْب التَّحْرِيرthe war of liberation

الْعَشْرِيَّة السَّوْدَاءthe Black Decade (1990s Algeria)

حَفِيدَةgranddaughter

تُرْوَىbe narrated

حِكَايَاتtales

التَّعَدُّدmultiplicity