The writer Mohammed Moulessehoul (Kenadsa, Algerian Sahara, 1955) used a pseudonym to publish while fighting in Algeria: Yasmina Khadra. Under this name, which she has never abandoned, she has written works such as The swallows of Kabul (Alliance), The Sirens of Baghdad (Editions 62/Alliance) or The Algiers Trilogy (Alliance). Khadra, accompanied by his wife, received the Pepe Carvalho award from BCNegra on Thursday. The writer, who lives between France, Algeria and Alicante, spent almost four decades in the army. In many of his novels he focuses on terrorism and also in the consequences of colonialism.