Houris

Synopsis of Houris

Houris is a novel by Algerian author Kamel Daoud, published in 2024. The story follows Aube, a young Algerian woman who must remember the war of independence and forget the civil war of the 1990s. Marked by a scar on her neck and destroyed vocal cords, she dreams of regaining her voice and can only tell her story to the daughter she carries in her womb. In a country that punishes those who evoke the civil war, Aube returns to her native village in search of answers.