Men Don't Cry
Written by Faiza Guene
Narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi
3.5/5
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Born in Nice to Algerian parents, Mourad is fuelled by the desire to forge his own destiny. His retired father spends his days fixing up things in the backyard; his mother, bemoaning the loss of her natal village in North Africa. Mourad lives in fear of becoming an overweight bachelor with salt and pepper hair, living off his mother's cooking. When Mourad’s father has a stroke, he makes his son promise to reconcile things with his estranged sister Dounia, a staunch feminist and aspiring politician, who had always felt constrained living at home. Now living in the Paris suburbs himself, Mourad tracks down Dounia and battles to span the gulf separating her and the rest of the family.
Faiza Guene
Faïza Guène is a French writer and director. She was born in France in 1985 to parents of Algerian origin. Spotted at a writing workshop at the age of 15, Faïza made an astonishing literary debut with the international bestseller, Kiffe kiffe demain (Hachette Littératures, 2004), which has been translated into over thirty languages. This was followed by two further novels Du rêve pour les oufs (Hachette Littératures, 2006) and Les gens du Balto (Hachette Littératures, 2008). Faïza has acquired a reputation as one of France’s most unique contemporary literary voices. Faïza also writes for Film and TV, and is currently one of the principal writers on Disney Europe’s series Oussekine.
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