Abstract: In Iktišāf al-šahwa by Faḍīla Al-Fārūq, a young Algerian woman recounts the story of a life robbed in its native country and violated in its host country. The identity of the female narrator emerges between rigid societal norms, frustrations, and taboos, in a confrontation with repression and marginalisation. Through her marriage with an Algerian from Paris, the narrator experiences a constant tension between Here and There, and an ongoing encounter with Alterity.
