Lydia Hounat

Lydia Hounat is a British-Algerian writer and photographer. She was a Poet-in-Residence at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Special Collections Archives. Her work has appeared in HOBART, MAI Journal: Feminism & Visual Culture, and The Babel Tower Notice Board. She co-edits interdisciplinary art zine, SOBER. and is currently curating the French and Amazigh collections at Manchester Poetry […]

from ‘The Death of Abderrahman’

Le soleil et la lune se meuvent d'après un calcul – Coran LV, 5 Après la pesée Désarroi Où         l’étoile l’arbre Tôt          la visite Présage Ce jour-là Ton cœur est léger Réjouissances Fête dans la maison Ceux qui attendent au coin Tueurs à gages * Bienfaits sommes-nous […]

Habib Tengour

Habib Tengour’s writing focuses on the Algerian cultural identity and memory as they are being constructed and adapted in the modern conceptions of the Orient and Occident. The poems address experiences of exile and migration. He is considered one of the most forceful and poetic voices to emerge from Northwest Africa in the post-colonial era. […]