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Name
  
Tahar Ouettar

Role
  
Writer

Books
  
The earthquake


Tahar Ouettar Sminaire national sur le romancier Tahar Ouettar

Died
  
August 12, 2010, Algiers, Algeria

Commentaire de Tahar Ouettar sur Tahar Djaout 1993 الطاهر وطار حول جاووت YouTube


Tahar Ouettar (Arabic: الطاهر وطار‎‎; 1936 – August 12, 2010) was an Algerian writer. Ouettar was called "one of the North African nation’s most prolific Arabic language authors".

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Tahar Ouettar Africultures Biographie de Tahar Ouettar

Born into a Berber family in Sedrata, he was a supporter of arabization in the wake of Algerian independence. The essence of his project, he once said, was to “liberate Algerian identity to make it Arab-Berber-Islamic.” He denounced Algeria's French-language writers as "vestiges of colonialism". Ouettar published his first novel "Al Laz" in 1974. While steadfast in his assault on francophone writers, he defended the use of the Berber language.

Tahar Ouettar The Beret Project Tahar Ouettar aka Tahir Wattar

In English

Tahar Ouettar Akher Kalamquot de Mohamed Zaoui Ouettar sa canne Obama et

  • The Earthquake, trans. by William Granara, Saqi Books (2000) ISBN 0-86356-339-2

  • Tahar Ouettar The Beret Project Tahar Ouettar aka Tahir Wattar

    References

    Tahar Ouettar Wikipedia


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