Fatima Daas’s debut book explores the writer’s conflicted identities as a lesbian, Muslim woman with an immigrant background. In France, it was an unlikely literary hit. By Julia Webster Ayuso PARIS — ...

“The Little Sister,” which marks the third feature film helmed by Herzi, tells the coming-of-age story about a French-Algerian teenager exploring her sexuality while navigating her Muslim faith. The ...

Fatima Daas' novel draws on her childhood in a Paris banlieue, as well as her conflicted identity — as a Frenchwoman, Algerian, Muslim, and lesbian. The International Literature Prize is awarded by ...

In “The Little Sister,” a teenager tries to hide in plain sight. Although everyone comments on her beauty, 17-year-old Fatima prefers to tie her hair back in a ponytail, her bright eyes buried ...

French-Algerian actress Nadia Melliti won the 2025 Cannes Film Festival Best Actress prize for The Little Sister (La Petite Dernière) in keeping with the festival’s rarely remarked-upon liberal ...

Written by the director, who is loosely basing her work upon Fatima Daas ’ novel of the same name, the story of The Last One revolves around Fatima, the youngest child in a family of Algerian ...

Fatima Daas, trans. from the French by Lara Vergnaud. Other Press, $15.99 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-63542-184-2 French writer Daas debuts with a frank and fervent work of autofiction about a woman ...

Small Axes, an imprint of HopeRoad Publishing, has acquired The Last One by French-Algerian author Fatima Daas, to be translated by Lara Vergnaud. Pete Ayrton, editor, acquired UK rights from ...

CINE DE HOY Fátima (Nadia Melliti) es la hija menor de una familia argelina que ha emigrado a París. Estudia el bachillerato ...