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Alphabet of Nonsense [Charabia]

By Lina Benayada

Lire en français (FR) - version originale

Despite the linguistic distance between Lina and her father, who was born in Morocco, the lullaby he used to sing to her as a child in Arabic profoundly influenced her imagination and writing. It served as a foundation for crafting her own language, that of the "bastard children."

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Lina Benayada

Lina Benayada was born in France. They studied in preparatory classes before entering the master's program in creative writing at Paris 8. To make a living, they work with ceramics.

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