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Karima Ziali in conversation with Mariana Inés Tezón

Cartagena 2026, 

Una oración sin dios is the debut novel of the philosopher and writer Karima Ziali (Spain/Morocco). It is a book that is a prayer which “transgresses the order” and a fight against an imposed identity. The main character, Morad, wakes up after a night of excess, and before him is his little world, made up of Farida, a mother whose love for her children has become asphyxiating; Moha, the older brother who has left the family home; Salma, the younger sister who takes refuge in it; the cautiousness of Saleh, the father; and Doménech, a counterpoint, who can act as a guide. It is a novel made up of silences and vivid images. In conversation with Mariana Inés Tezón.

Karima Ziali in conversation with Mariana Inés Tezón