The Fantasies of Kamel Daoud
Lede:
Kamel Daoud, an Algerian novelist, recently wrote controversial articles in Le Monde and The New York Times. In response, 19 academics have penned a letter arguing that this writing is Orientalist and "feeds the Islamophobic fantasies of a growing proportion of the European (and American) public."
Read the correspondence between Kamel Daoud and Adam Shatz regarding Daoud's articles in Le Monde and The New York Times.