Kamel Daoud facing defamation charges over his novel 'Houris'

Franco-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud is appearing today before the Paris criminal court on defamation charges.

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An Algerian woman accuses him of plagiarizing her story in his novel 'Houris,' which won the 2024 Goncourt Prize.

The ruling could impact freedom of literary creation in France.

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