The youngest daughter

Radically open, “The Youngest Daughter” brings up the diversity of an identity — the powerful narrative of self-empowerment.

Stand out, lead a double life, don't live up to expectations — from an early age, Fatima feels at odds with herself and the world. While growing up in a suburb of Paris as the youngest daughter of an Algerian family, she constantly feels torn between family and self-discovery, faith and sexuality, tradition and urban life. She has to travel three hours by bus every day to go to secondary school. What to do with the uncertainty, anger and strength that she feels within herself? In writing, Fatima finds an outlet. “My name is Fatima” is the so-called beginning of every page in her notebook. In a mixture of Surah and Spoken Word, she faces the situations that have made her who she is today: A commuter between worlds that shouldn't really be separated from one another. In her words, a commitment to herself and her story is gradually manifested.

The award-winning debut novel “The Youngest Daughter” by Fatima Daas was celebrated as a literary event and is edited and premiered for the stage by Leyla-Claire Rabih.