SAND ROSES

332pp., paperback, Newbury, 2023

Historical novel set in colonial Algeria in the 1930s. Two sisters, pursuing careers as courtesans in Bousaada, kill a French soldier in self-defence

“…an extraordinarily immersive narrative, and a fascinating story of the little-known Ouled Nail dancers.” The Island Prize Judges

Hamza Koudri is the Country Director with the British Council in Algeria