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Author Leïla Slimani urges Moroccans to rebel against 'medieval' laws

Written By Unknown on Friday, November 4, 2016 | 1:27 PM

Prize-winning novelist describes arrest of two teenage girls who were caught kissing as ‘humiliation and abuse of power’

Moroccans must rebel against the country’s “medieval laws”, the winner of France’s top literary prize has declared, following the arrest of two teenage girls who were caught kissing.

Leïla Slimani, who this week became the first Moroccan woman to win the prestigious Prix Goncourt for her novel Chanson Douce (Sweet Song), lambasted her homeland’s human rights record and the way women are treated.

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