Born in Le Kef in Tunisia, Fawzia Zouari holds a doctorate in French and comparative literature. Based in Paris since 1979, she is a journalist and writer. His work is made up of around fifteen titles, including essays such as “Ce voile qui déchire la France”, novels such as “La retoure” and a story “Le corps de ma mère” (Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie ). She is also one of the founders of the “Writers’ Parliament”.
“A little girl grows up in the shadow of a traditional family and in submission to an all-powerful mother. But this corner of rural Tunisia is shaken up by modernity, with the advent of Independence, the departure of French settlers , the arrival of Bourguiba, compulsory school for girls.Then the child, destined to live and die veiled and illiterate like her older sisters, goes, first of her tribe, to take the long road to emancipation. The price to pay will be heavy for the one who will have to free herself from spells, prohibitions and maternal secrets. (Presentation of Plon editions)