Hiya al-Hayāt Hunāk: Arabic 2025

A woman who decides to destroy you, a longing for youthful love, dinner guests burdened by tradition... Ben Jelloun narrates his amazing tales with agility, taking us on a journey across time, languages, and coasts, from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. He refreshes the memory with the richness of diverse Morocco, creating characters whose lives are tossed about by chance and changed by events. From small towns to large towns, from cottages to luxury hotels, from seaside promenades to magnificent palaces, the author continues his narrative, celebrating the human sensitivity that characterizes Morocco. 'A great storyteller' Paris Match 'Stories full of sweetness and bitterness' Le Figaro Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan writer and novelist who won the Prix Goncourt. He is one of the most widely read Francophone authors in the world. His publications from Dar Al Saqi include: Honey and Bitterness, Insomnia, Lovers of Casablanca, Racism as I Explain It to My Daughter, and Islam as We Explain It to Our Children.