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'''Ahlam Mosteghanemi''' ({{lang-ar|أحلام مستغانمي}}), was born 13 April 1953. She, is a notable Algerian [[writer]]. andShe was the first Algerian woman to publish poetry and fiction in Arabic.<ref>{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Stevie |title=The Dust of Promises, by Ahlam Mosteghanemi - book review |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-dust-of-promises-by-ahlam-mosteghanemi-book-review-allegories-of-erotic-love-and-acts-of-political-resistance-a6819926.html |website=The Independent |access-date=16 December 2022 |language=en |date=18 January 2016}}</ref> and published four novels and six anthologies. She gained BA in Literature at the University of Algiers and a Doctorate in Sociology at the University of Sorbonne. Her work enriched the Arabic literary scene, and she led the fight against corruption, injustice, totalitarian regimes, fundamentalism and the denigration of women's rights. In 2001 she established the [[Malek Haddad]] Literary Prize in 2001 for Algerian writers, In 1976 in Paris she married Georges El Rassi, a Lebanese journalist, and had three sons.
 
Ahlam has won many awards and honours, among them the most successful Arabic writer in 2006, most distinguished Arab Woman of 2006, Algerian Cultural Personality of the year in 2007, and best Arabic writer in 2014. For three years in a row, (2006, 2007, 2008), she was named one of the 100 most powerful public figures in the Arab World.
 
==Biography==
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Ahlam studied in the Arab school for girls which opened after Algeria gained independence, and became proficient in [[Modern Standard Arabic]]. She said that Arabic was her father’s choice: he had been prevented from learning the language himself by the French occupiers, who had declared war on Arabic as a way of stripping Algerians of their identity. "For my father, choosing Arabic was a conscious political decision, but for me, it was my father’s will that I was fulfilling'.<ref>Karima Belghiti and Jonas Elbousty, '[https://arablit.org/2021/10/19/ahlam-mosteghanemi-a-writers-journey-of-love-for-and-devotion-to-arabic-literature/ Ahlam Mosteghanemi: A Writer’s Journey of Love for and Devotion to Arabic Literature]', ''ArabLit Quarterly'' (19 October 2021).</ref>
 
Algeria was rebuilding its identity and recovering from a colonial past that had resulted in the deaths of over a million and a half citizens, and was not ready to allow girls to express themselves freely on subjects such as love and women's rights, and certainly not in the sacred Arabic language. This is where Ahlem's battle againstfight sexism began.<ref name="about" /> During the revolution, women had fought alongside men, but after the war they were sent back to their traditional roles,<ref>Salhi, Zahia Smail (2011). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=qwiGABIDfIwC&pg=PA155 Algerian Women as Agents of Change]." In: Fatima Sadiqi and Moha Ennaji (Eds.), ''Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Agents of Change'' (pp.&nbsp;149-172). New York: Routledge. p.&nbsp;155.</ref> and were not allowed to express themselves or aspire to succeed. After Ahlam had gained a B.A in Literature, the board of directors of the University of Algiers refused to enrol her for a Masters on the pretext that her freedom of expression would have a negative effect on the other students. She was also expelled from the Union of Algerian Writers for not conforming to the established political line.<ref name="about" />
 
===Marriage and life in Paris===
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