{
  "id": 19821740,
  "title": "Algerian writer Kamel Daoud sentenced to five years over prize-winning novel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/algerian-writer-kamel-daoud-sentenced-to-five-years-over-prize",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T14:19:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20261113-algerian-writer-kamel-daoud-sentenced-to-five-years-over-prize-winning-novel"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Franco-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud and his wife have each been sentenced to five years in prison by an Algerian court over allegations that his award-winning novel Houris drew on confidential medical information about a woman who survived an Islamist attack during the country's civil war in the 1990s.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}