L'équation africaine

Yasmina Khadra is the pen name of Mohammed Moulessehoul (born 10 January 1955 in Kénadsa, Béchar Province, Algeria), a former Algerian army officer who served 25 years in the military, including combat command during Algeria's civil war. He began publishing while still serving and adopted his wife's first two names as a pseudonym in 1988 to avoid submitting his manuscripts to military censors; she signed his early publishing contracts in his place. He revealed his true identity in 2001, shortly...