Polarizing French Algerian author wins France’s most-coveted literary award

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In the same week Kamel Daoud was awarded the prestigious Prix Goncourt in France, he was excluded from the Arab world’s largest book fair held in Algeria. Host Carolyn Beeler looks at why he’s both beloved and condemned.

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