Over the past two decades, political literature has experienced a marked resurgence of interest in the French-speaking world, particularly in the Maghreb, where a new generation of writers has taken up “the political, identity and memory crises affecting contemporary societies.“ This revival has taken place against a backdrop of armed conflict, rising extremism, migration, and collective trauma, with writers moving beyond the role of observers to take centre stage in public life. They have turned literature into a privileged space for reflection, resistance, and ethical mediation, confirming, as Alexandre Gefen points out, that “literature is a political affair.”